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• House planning is the process of meeting your dream design and plan of your house.
• Factors that affect house planning include the analysis of house planning, room sizes, and factors that influence the design of the house.
• Room sizes and arrangements are a crucial aspect of house planning.
• Understanding the analysis of house planning, identifying factors affecting the house planning, and identifying room sizes and arrangements are the objectives of this module.
• The objectives of this module are to understand the analysis of house planning, identify factors affecting the house planning, and identify room sizes and arrangements.
• A house plan is a set of structures or working illustrations that define all the construction description of a residential house, such as the measurements, materials, layouts, installation methods, and techniques.
• Before starting to design your home, it's best to create conditions lists for each household member and all the possible functional spaces of the house.
• Site analysis and creating a house plan are crucial aspects of house planning.
• When designing a house, it's important that the house fit the land and the neighborhood.
• One should not create a home in isolation of the land.
• Designing a home before purchasing land is not recommended.
• The typical garage or parking size is 12 x 20 ft. (3.65 x 6.09 m) for a single car and 20 x 20 ft. (6.0009 x 6.09 m) for two cars.
• If you are a design engineer, then you must be aware of these standard room sizes.
• The typical living room size is 12 x 18 ft. (3.66 x 5.49 m).
• The typical bedroom size is 10 x 10 ft. (3.04 x 3.04 m) for a small room, 12 x 12 ft. (3,65 x 3.65 m) for a medium room, and 14 x 16 ft. (4.26 x 4.87 m) for a large room.
• If you know these sizes, it will be conducive for you to design.
• Standard room sizes for a home are different for small, medium, and large size rooms.
• The list of storage requirements includes view, whether space should be cozy, confined, open, high or low ceilinged, etc.
• The typical dining area size is 10 x 12 ft. (3.04 x 3.65 m).
• The typical kitchen area size is 5 x 10 ft. (1.52 x 3.04 m).
• Comparable nearby properties or recently transacted house prices are used as a benchmark against your home's possible price.
• A house in a rural or less developed area will always cost less than those in the well-developed or urban area.
• Similar apartments sold at a fair price could have better facilities than the apartment at a low cost, or its reverse can also be true.
• A correctly proposed final house plan doesn't look good no matter its size, labels, requirements, and locations.
• A popular neighborhood seen as a hub of prestigious schools, public transportation links with lower or negligible crime rates, and a short distance to a school or a place of worship enhances the property value and stands to hold premium prices.
• Green homes tend to have higher resale value as compared to ordinary ones.
• If a house happens to have features such as a modular kitchen, underground drainage system, intercom facility, it is going to command a pretty good price.
• A home is located in a physical location and surrounded by neighborhood, which transforms into key aspects that affect both you and your lifestyle.
• If any of the given variables reaches its maximum level in a specific area, then the inhabitants start finding a better lifestyle elsewhere.
• There is a particular set of features and amenities that have high desirability or appeal as from a buyer's perspective.
• The larger the square foot of the house, the more expensive it can be.
• A house is for a specific group of people, including family members, friends, and occasional guests.
• These infrastructure facilities provided within the township community have a significant impact on the house prices.
• A house for frequent elderly guest may have a bedroom on the ground floor, easy access in the washroom with grab bars in bath, and a cozy, warm, and bright place for reading and study.
• Functional spaces in a home should be designed keeping in mind the people who will use it and the approximate space required.
• For each part in the list of household members, make a list of their requirements.
• The infrastructure facilities like clubhouse, kids play area, jogging track, swimming pool, gymnasium, covered parking lots, 100% power backup, library, yoga center, 24/7 security, etc.
• Green residential projects reduce the damaging impact on the earth's environment while focusing on utilizing renewable sources as much as possible.
• A location with excellent accessibility to highways, expressways, schools, shopping malls, and local employment opportunities contributes to the added house value.
• For each household component on your list from above, project forward and assess how long you hope to live in this house.