Components of good Residential house

According to the income of the family Residential house is classified in to four

classes as Residence for high class, middle income, Low income, weaker income
family.
Residence for high income family consists: Living room, Dining room, Family
room, Bed room with bath, Kitchen, Office, Gust bed room.

Residence for middle income family consists: Living room, Dining room, Bed
room, Bath with Waco, Store.

Residence for low income family consists: Living room, Bed room, Kitchen, Bath
and wc.
Residence for weaker income family consists: living, bed, kitchens are together in
one room without any partition.

Every room in residential house parts fill with different fixtures and furniture’s
with this proportion
 Living room 30% to 35%
 Dining room 50% to 60%
 Bed room about 65%

According to the room purpose classified Residential house zone is

classified Living area, Sleeping area, Service area,Other area

Living room
 Living room is the main component of the house in which the the first
accessible room for outsider. Living room is used for meeting, entertainment, etc
The living room is preferable to face towards to the north and main
components includes couch, table, television, flower pot, table lamp.
Good residential house must compose perfect orientation of furniture with
appropriate
walkway.

Fig: appropriate dimension of living room component

The main component in the living room Is couch. There are different type of
couches available according to the size of our living room some of them listed
below.
 0.9m*2.1m or 0.75m*2.05m
Reclining or club chair 0.75m*0.9m or 0.65m*0.75m
Twin chair or sofa 0.75m*1.35m
Office chair or small chair 0.45m*0.45m
Chair without arms for dining
Writing table 1.35m*0.75m
Small desk 1.20m*0.60m
Bridge table 0.9m*0.9m
Coffee table 1mdiameter
End table or end piece 0.6m*0.3m or 6.6mdiameter
 Living room is the most potential accessible room which has many connection
with other part of the house. a person can access any room from the living room
including bed room, kitchen, dining room . It is also the largest room in the
house. A .

Bed room

Main fixture’s: Bed , cupboard ,clip light ,mirror

To ensure comfort while sleeping the bed length should be 250mm longer than
individual height. Based on the average heights beds are produced in range of
standard size:900x1900 mm, 1000x1900mm,1000x1900mm,1000x2000mm and
2000x2000mm. the bed room lay out should give at least 600mm,preferably
750mm around the bed. There should always be a beside cabinet to the left and
right of the double beds and a headboard, onto which one can fix clip lights for
reading ,is also useful. Bed room
About 1m of cupboard length should be planned per person. If there is not
enough room in the bed room then space can be found in the corridor. At least
one mirror in which one can see oneself from head to toe should be fitted in the
bed room: mirrored cub board fronts are even better
 Bathroom

Bath room is a part of the house which is used for the hygiene and cleaning
purpose. They are mostly connected with bedroom and living rooms.
The most convenient location for the bathroom is adjacent to the bedrooms.
Showers are compact and preferred by young people, baths are generally suitable
for elder people. A bath up and a shower tray plus a wash basin are installed in
the bathroom while flushing toilet, bidet and hand washing are installed in the
wc.
 Fig: Spatial relationship with bathroom
The bathroom and wc should be oriented towards the north and should normally
be naturally lit and ventilated. It is susceptible to damp so appropriate sealing
must be provided surface must be easy to clean and withstand the condition,
covered with slip resistant floor covering. At least one sealed electrical socket
should be provided at a height of 1.30m.
Baths with chamfered corners can be useful in renovation projects.
 Kitchen

Kitchen is a part of the house which is a part of the house used for
preparation of food, drinks, and different eating staff.
Kitchens should face north-east or north-west and adjacent to any
vegetable garden and cellar. Ideally kitchen should look out on the
garden gate. Since it is a working area the house holder may spend long
period so careful design is important. The kitchen is also the meeting
point for the family if it contains a dinning or a snack area.an
appropriate arrangement to easy the work in the kitchen would be
from right to left: storage surface, cooker, preparation area, sink,
drainage surface.

Fig : standard kitchen connection with other rooms

The minimum area for a cooking recess is 5-6 m2. For normal kitchen it is 8-
10m2 and for normal kitchens with dining or snack areas is 12-14m 2
For planning purposes the following width requirements for fitting and
equipment may be used : cooker 60cm, twin sink and draining surface including
(dishwasher) 150 cm ,refrigerator 60 cm , freezer 60 cm, cupboard 170 cm.
The material used in kitchen unit include plywood, chipboard and plastic.
exposed wood surface are varnished or laminated with plastic .shelves are of
wood or plastic coated chipboard; metal shelves are the best pots and pans.

Dining room
Dining room is a part of the house which is used for the purpose of eating and
drinking.
It is often desired to have space in the kitchen for eating snacks,breakfast etc.
and use the dinning room for the main meal only. The standard dimension for
retractable table with the height of 70-75 cm, movement area of at least 80 cm is
needed to the left and right of the table.
 Fig : allow space between sideboard for fig: retractable table
Walkaway
It is useful to be able to extend the dining room through wide doors or a folding
wall for special occasions. To eat comfortably an individual needs the area of
60x20 cm. a strip of 20 cm is needed in the center of the table for dishes pots and
bowel. Lighting should not be dazzling the ideal distance from lower edge of the
light to the table top is around 60cm

Fig: typical table cover

 Fig: convenient dining room for 12 people

Verandah

It awaiting or recreation area attached with bed room or other rooms its serves to
look the outside of the building.
 LOCATION AND PURPOSE: it’s attached to bed room family room and other
rooms it’s a waiting room for a stranger or a visitor before he is lead in to
the recreation room.
 SIZE: it is sacra comfort on the south and west is in dispensable. Providing
verandah on east and north is a luxury. It is not more than 1m to 1.20 wide
of the width.

Corridor/circulation
 Corridor is the main pass way of the house which uses to access different rooms
of the house. In the corridor if it is possible all doors should open into the rooms.
If the room arrangement is offset it is exposed to heavy traffic so the the corridor
width should be up to 2.20 meter. Door with low traffic the width should reduce
to 90-1.0 meter.

fig different dimension of corridors

Maximum floor Minimum Maximum floor Maximum

Types of room area in sqm approximate size area in sqm approximate size
of room of room

Living room 12 4*3 20 5 * 4 as per

requirement
Dining room 10 3 * 3.5 20 4*5
Office 6 2*3 9 3*3
Bed room 10 3 * 3.5 20 3 * 3 as per
requirement
Guest room 7 2.5 * 3 12 3*4
Kitchen 4.50 2*2.50 10 3.50*3 as per
requirement
Verandah - 1.20 wide - 3m wide
Passage - 1m wide - 1.50m wide
Bath room 2 1.50*1.20 9 3*3
Water closet 1 1.20*0.90 2 2*2
Satire case - 0.90 wide - 1.50 wide
Garage 13 2.50*5 20 3*6.5
Store 6 2*3 9 3*3
Pantry 4 2*2 7 2.50*3
dressing 4 2*2 7 2.50*3
Servant room 8 2.50*3 10 3*3.50
Lounge 10 3*3.50 30 5*6 as per
requirement
Box room 4 2*2 9 3*3
Table 1.2 Recommended size of different room of
Residential house

Local case study

House one
 Location: Adam town, bole
 Type : Residential house
 Number of room: 5
 Story:g+0
 Size of the site:- 140 sq.m
 Has L-shape configuration
 Facade: the facade of the house is well plastered and beautiful there is
no visible leak in the wall. And It is decorate with different decoration tools

Living room: the living room is convenient and has an appropriate standard
size. one of the defect raised in the house is the disturbed front view.
Because of the guard room in front of the house.as a standard living room
is accessible to bath room and one bed room.

Bathroom
There are two bath room including toilets there is no problem with the
bath room which is convenient for the family number, and gender.
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Bathrooms are reached by a short hallway, apart from living areas.
Bathroom to serve the living area and the kid’s bedrooms must have it
located for easy access from both the living and sleeping areas. To attain
this there are outside bathroom which Is accessible for everybody in the
compound. The outside bath is a type of half bath room.

Bed room
There are two bed rooms generally in the house the one is the master bed
room for the parents and the other is for kids. The house holder complain
about the shortage of bed room for children. The master bed room contain
its own bathroom. The location of the bed room is good in which it is not
exposed for noise and solar light at afternoon. Beyond this there are
appropriate arrangement of the furniture’s including beds, cupboards, and
mirrors.
 Kitchen
The house has one kitchen room which is enough for this type of family.
It is added with appropriate fixtures and furniture’s. One defect raised in
this part of the house is there is a shortage of walk away space on the
kitchen.
And also the fixture are not set as a standard kitchen arrangement. Other
than this they try to use the spaces appropriately.
There are also a small dining room beyond the kitchen. Which is
prepared according to the number of the family. Other than the shortage
size of the dining room fixtures is suitable and convenient with the house.
Other Observation reports

The other defect is the shortage of storage places. As I see the house holder
store there tools in the backyard small space.

Most circulation of the house is carried out side of the house since it is a villa
house. So there is no shortage of circulation ways from one room to the other.
The architect try to protect the bed rooms from the afternoon harsh sun light
.other than the children bed room and bathroom the other class has no problems
with size and orientation.