Summer cottage 6 acres - features of planning and arrangement
You became the owner of the coveted plot of 6 acres for a vegetable garden, planting garden shrubs and trees, and perhaps building a country house, but do not know how to plan it correctly?
Then we are here to help you! How many square meters are there in 6 acres?
This is a small piece of land measuring 20x30 or 15x40 meters (600 m 2), and there are so many things I want to place there. Planning a plot of 6 acres is not an easy task, therefore, it requires careful preparation.
First you need to decide what you want to see on your site. After all, we are all different, and our needs are also different.
Some want to build a comfortable residential building for recreation in their free time, and simply sow the remaining territory with lawn grass, arrange a recreation area, a bathhouse, a barbecue; others give preference to various plantings and cultivation of organic vegetables and fruits, the third is important and the first and second.
Let's start planning
For clarity, it is better to carry out a plan-scheme on a scale, where, in accordance with the current standards, we will place all the necessary buildings, and plan various zones. You can make a drawing with your own hands on a scale of 1:500 (in 1 cm - 5 m).
When processing the documents, you obviously received a land certificate, which indicates the dimensions of your site. Transfer the dimensions to a sheet of paper.
Need to know
According to SNiP 2.07.01-89* "Urban planning. Planning and development of urban and rural settlements, as well as SNiP 2.01.02-85 "Fire safety standards":
- - it is impossible to locate a residential building and other buildings closer than 5 m from the red line of the street (unless otherwise provided by the detailed planning plan of the territory);
- - the distance from the house to the borders of neighboring plots must be at least 3 meters;
- - distance from outbuildings to the borders of neighboring plots - at least a meter;
- - the distance from the windows of the house to the outbuildings (barn, bathhouse, garage) located on the neighboring site should be at least 6 m;
- - the distance from outbuildings with poultry and livestock to the windows of a residential building is at least 15 meters;
- - distances between residential buildings, depending on the degree of fire resistance - from 6 to 15 meters.
If the width of your site, subject to all norms, allows you to move the house in one direction or another, then it is better to do this to save usable space. Stepping back the required 3 m from the neighboring site and observing the fire gap, you will leave a free area between the house and the fence of the neighboring site on the other side for the construction of various sites, a lawn, a garden or a kitchen garden.
You should also pay attention to the orientation of the site to the cardinal points.
Living quarters should be continuously insolated for at least 2-2.5 hours a day:
- - living room in a one-room apartment (house);
- - at least one living room in a 2-room and 3-room apartment (house);
- - two living rooms in a house with more than 3 rooms.
Based on this norm, it is better to have a kitchen, a bathroom, a wardrobe, a pantry on the north, northwest and northeast sides.
And, of course, an important point in the location of the house is the view from the windows. Determine the most interesting view points, and when designing a house, take them into account when determining the location of window openings, terraces and verandas.
Zoning of the territory
Correctly positioning the house on a plot of 6 acres is half the battle. It is necessary to consider the location of the associated outbuildings, and various zones (garden, vegetable garden, recreation area, barbecue, etc.).
Equipping a garden plot of 6 acres, you should not have a garage or carport in the depths of the site, as the passage to them will take up a significant part of the useful area of \u200b\u200bthe territory.
The garden should not shade the garden, so as not to interfere with the normal growth of plants, which means that it cannot be located in the southern part of the site. For the same reason, the garden should not be broken in the shade of the house and other buildings. The recreation area just may not be in the most illuminated place, since rest on a hot sunny day is pleasant in a shaded area.
Having a barbecue or campfire, take an interest in the prevailing wind direction in your area, and place this area on the windward side, so the fire smoke will not spread throughout the site.
If the site has a significant slope, then melt and rainwater will accumulate in the lowest place, this is the worst place for setting up a garden. But it is possible to plan a plot of 6 acres in the form of terraces and additionally provide for a drainage system.
Each terrace will become an independent zone, and they can be combined with a system of paths and steps. Terraces can be strengthened with retaining walls made of rubble, monolithic concrete or concrete blocks.
Starting landscape design of a plot on 6 acres you should know a few simple rules.
A small area is visible throughout, and the clear boundaries defined by the fence make the site squeezed. To soften the contours of the fence, decorate it with vegetation (lianas, flowers), or make a mesh fence so that the gaze rushes outside the territory.
If this is not acceptable for you, then paint the blank fence in neutral shades or combine it from various materials in order to avoid monotony. Visually, this will expand the space.
To prevent the site from being viewed all at once, install several pergolas entwined with vines. Thus, the gaze, lingering on an oncoming object, will move more slowly through the rest of the territory.
Avoid row landings. Garden trees are best distributed throughout the territory.
Free territory, sown with a lawn and framed by ornamental plants, will also expand the space. This zone can occupy a small area near the house, and be a view point of the site, or be located in the central part of the garden.
Clear correct path lines for a small area are not desirable, it is better to make paths in the form of curved and smooth lines, forcing the gaze to slowly follow an arcuate path.
By the way, instead of regular plantings, arrange the beds in the form of a circle, semicircle or any free form.
It is not only unusual, beautiful, but also practical, especially in a small area. Such plantings of parsley, dill, carrots and other vegetables will look like a flower bed.
When planning zones on your site, prioritize. It is impossible to place a large number of zones in a small area without creating crowding. If a residential building occupies a significant part of the site, then the remaining territory should be harmoniously combined with it.
The master plan diagram shows the layout of the site with a house and a garage for two cars..
In the far right corner we have a bathhouse and a recreation area with a pond and a gazebo. Below the recreation area is framed by a small garden of rounded shape, which does not violate the overall composition. Here we plan to plant decorative flowering trees.
From the side of the main facade, we arrange a front area with a flower garden, a lawn, where thuja is supposed to be planted. In the upper left part of the site - a place for planting fruit trees. A platform is paved on the back side of the house, where in the warm season you can take out garden furniture and an umbrella.
In this diagram, we see an elongated section. The house is in the foreground on the left. In front of the house there is an open area with a lawn and decorative landscaping (shrubs, trees, flowers).
The winding path is decorated with pergolas and takes us through a mini-garden to outbuildings and a vegetable garden. On the left behind the house, you can plant raspberries, blackberries, and between the fence and the garden - shrubs (currants, gooseberries, etc.).
As you can see, any, even the smallest territory, can be arranged so that your stay in the country will be pleasant. We wish you the same.