Guest house in the country: projects, features, layout

Benefits of small guest houses

A guest house in a country house or as an additional extension near a cottage is a useful structure. Many owners of private houses erect such a building on their site because it provides a number of advantages:

• A guest house is a convenient option for expanding the living space if the house is not large enough to accommodate both the host family and guests. After all, this is a separate structure and its construction does not require redevelopment of an existing house.
• As a rule, such buildings have small parameters, so you can easily allocate free space for their placement.
• Building a house, especially a summer one, is not very expensive.

Country life in the 21st century

Today, the dacha is a separate life and era. A happy owner of country real estate can use it in different ways. For some, this is a place for a summer vacation, where they can gather with the whole family and invite friends. Some people use it to grow cucumbers and tomatoes. And for some, this is the ideal place to spend time in Chekhov style. For many, the best dacha is a place where you can truly enjoy peace and tranquility, be alone with yourself and take a break from the bustle of the city.

Nowadays, no one is limited by the size of buildings and personal territory. However, there is an unspoken rule - a real dacha cannot be huge and modern. Otherwise, it will be the same apartment located outside the city limits.

In reviews, many summer residents say that they prefer old wooden houses. Abandoned plots and buildings are being bought up with great pleasure.

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In this video we will look in detail at the cost of each stage of building a small house:

• Design, as well as construction work, takes a relatively short period of time.
• Low utility costs.

Guest house: original design solution Source admagazine.ru

Production and construction of wooden houses from logs for recreation centers

We produce and build wooden houses, hotels, clubs. sports and bath complexes made of logs in the cities of: Rostov, Krasnodar, Tikhoretsk, Timashevsk, Sochi, Novorossiysk, Anapa, Tuapse, Gelendzhik, Yeisk, Maykop, Armavir, Volgograd, Elista, Astrakhan, Stavropol, Nevinnomyssk, Mineralnye Vody, Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Zheleznovodsk, Cherkessk, Nalchik, Vladikavkaz, Makhachkala.

has 15 years of experience in the production and construction of houses, baths, hotels, restaurants, and recreation centers from logs.

All construction work is carried out with high quality; wooden houses and log structures are provided with a long-term factory warranty.

High-quality wooden hotels from Stroygroup in Rostov and cities in the South of the country at a competitive price!

Features of small house projects

Despite the limited internal space, in a guest house located, for example, on a summer cottage, with proper planning, it can successfully accommodate even several rooms for the most comfortable stay of one person or an entire family. The desired result can be achieved by minimizing the dimensions of utility and technical premises, which consequently increases the area of ​​the main room.

Guest house layout option Source koon.ru

It should be noted that guest house projects involve almost the same organization of space as in projects of full-fledged residential buildings. However, there are several important nuances that must be taken into account in order to realize all your ideas.

Layout of a two-story guest house Source lestorg32.ru

To rationally use each square meter during the construction and further arrangement of small guest houses, you must follow several recommendations from experts:

1. When designing a day area, it is best to combine several small rooms into one whole, but spacious room. So, for example, you can freely make a single functional area from the living room, dining room and kitchen. If necessary, this room is divided into subzones using light partitions. In addition, the division can be purely visual - due to special design techniques. However, the additional room in any case remains completely isolated.
2. When arranging a guest house in the country, you can create a variety of projects. However, recently, more and more often, rooms that belong to the night zone - bedrooms, dressing rooms and bathrooms - are located in such a way that they are on the same “line” and are isolated from other rooms. If the house is two-story, it is best to place the night area on the top floor or in the attic.
3. You definitely need to take care of creating a full-fledged utility area by arranging a bathroom, utility room, and boiler room. Usually a small area is allocated for these premises.
4. An important nuance in the arrangement of guest houses is the need to minimize the number of transitions between rooms, as well as corridors. After all, such non-residential space cannot be used as productively as possible.
5. If the project is low-budget, then when planning it, special attention should be paid to the correct placement of the bathroom. In a two-story house, it is better to equip two bathrooms, placing them one above the other for the purpose of rational installation of the utility network. And in a one-story house it should be located in a place that will allow it to have a common riser with the kitchen.

See also: Contacts of construction companies that offer small-scale construction services.

Zoning will save space in the guest house Source archilovers.com

Layout of a guest house without heating

If finances are tight, you can design a house that does not have a heating system. Such buildings are used exclusively in the warm season, so its owners have the opportunity to save a lot on:

• erecting a strong foundation - a reliable foundation is not required, because the house is quite light and compact;
• organizing overly complex communications;
• purchasing expensive equipment in order to install a heating system;
• materials - as a rule, materials that are not very durable are purchased for the construction of guest houses. This is due to the fact that there is no need to provide thermal insulation in the room, because these buildings are erected with the aim of protecting guests from bad weather, as well as providing shelter.

A summer guest house can be built quickly and cheaply Source newww.info
The most economical option is a house whose layout provides for only a sleeping area, as well as a bathroom (in some cases they even do without it). Its important advantages are low cost and compact size, thanks to which, if necessary, several buildings can be built on one site.

Despite the overly simple design, this structure can have a stylish and original look. If it is important for the owner of the plot to create a holistic composition of the yard, then you can build an extension in the same style as the main owner’s house. In addition, due to the lack of a heating system, it is not necessary to abandon complex architectural solutions - on the contrary, in a structure made of lightweight materials it is much easier to use non-standard methods of designing not only the exterior, but also the interior.

Summer guest house in Art Nouveau style Source aytau.ru

Recently, designers are increasingly recommending the use of panoramic windows or glazing of walls to ensure that there is natural lighting inside the room.

Layout of an all-season guest house

Unlike unheated extensions, all-season guest houses are a permanent structure. To construct them, it is necessary to purchase classic building materials that are required to create load-bearing structures. In addition, you need to take additional care of the insulation, as well as the installation of the heating system.

Many guest house projects do not provide for connection to a central heating system. To heat these living spaces, boilers or stoves, heat guns or radiators are installed. The choice of heating device depends on the size of the house and the climatic conditions of the area.

Stove for heating a guest house Source suzdal-gostinici.ru

Advantages of constructing recreation centers from logs and timber

Wooden houses made of logs and timber have the following advantages:

• high environmental friendliness of large log houses;
• the low overall weight of the structure allows you to reduce the cost of building a powerful foundation;
• a good microclimate in the house, the wooden walls of the house allow oxygen to pass through perfectly, the house “breathes”;
• high energy efficiency of the house, low thermal conductivity of wood provides you with high-quality thermal insulation;
• cost-effectiveness of building a house, saving on building materials for the foundation, creating walls and ceilings, and finishing them;
• low construction costs;
• fast speed of house construction.

The construction of all construction projects on the territory of the future recreation center should be as fast as possible: time is money, this is not the case when we build a dacha for ourselves, carefully, slowly and sadly. The required speed of construction of the main objects is achievable if various technologies of wooden house construction are used.

Wooden architecture can significantly reduce operating costs for maintaining the functioning of the complex. Most projects can become the basis for both all-season and summer buildings: it all depends on the mode in which the recreation center is planned to be operated.

High-quality wooden houses made of timber or logs do not lose their performance qualities, even if they are not heated during the cold season and are preserved for the winter. The costs of heating and cooling premises, compared to classical construction technologies, are low, even if only electricity is used for this.

The construction of houses from logs and timber for recreation centers has the following advantages:

• High construction speed.
  All wooden elements undergo precision processing. Assembly of the structure takes a minimum of time. The light weight of the material reduces the time required to carry out work, regardless of the complexity and scale of the object.
• Affordable price.
  Wooden construction eliminates lengthy and costly preparatory work. Multi-storey buildings do not require a massive and deep foundation. The absence of the need for external and internal finishing works reduces the costs of project implementation.
• Minimal operating costs.
  Hotels made of timber or logs will last a long time without major repairs. It is enough to provide the structure with high-quality care. The high thermal insulation characteristics of wood reduce heating costs. The ability of the material to breathe reduces the cost of the air conditioning system. An optimal and favorable microclimate reigns in wooden houses.

Projects of guest houses combined with a bathhouse

Particularly popular are guest house projects that are combined with a bathhouse. The difficulty arises in the fact that the owner of the site must initially decide which premises will be the main one and which will be the secondary one. After all, designers offer both a plan for bathhouses, the design of which provides for the presence of a living room, and a plan for the house in which the bathhouse is located. The first option is more suitable for those cases when guests visit the hosts not too rarely, and the second - for the opposite situations.

Bathhouse with living room

If the bathhouse additionally serves as a living space for guests, then the layout of the building may differ little from the design of a regular bathhouse. In it, the recreation room serves as both a living room and a bedroom. However, if necessary, a separate guest area is created.

Project of a bathhouse with living quarters Source toolboxprodhouse.com

House with sauna

If, on the contrary, the house is a building of which the bathhouse becomes a part, then initially the entire structure is divided into two even halves. In the residential part of the house there is a full-fledged guest room with a bedroom, a kitchen area and a bathroom (the availability of premises depends on the project), and the other half is allocated for a steam room and a sink.

Project of a guest house with a steam room Source xemibur.cemixukag.ru.net

The heating element in this case is a sauna stove - it produces enough heat to completely heat the entire building. Therefore, you can live in it even in the cold season.

The most famous dachas

Everyone has their own concept of a country idyll. Some people live quite comfortably in the so-called creative chaos, some value space and a lot of light, while others simply enjoy life away from the city.

Which dachas are the most attractive? Most likely, those that literally exude homely warmth and comfort. So, for example, in the dacha village of Peredelkino near Moscow, the house of Boris Pasternak, a famous poet and Nobel laureate, is still preserved.

The famous ballerina Maya Plisetskaya often recalled her family’s cooperative dacha located in the village of Zagoryanka. A plank house with an outdoor toilet in those days seemed like “royal luxury,” and everyday inconveniences did not bother the owners at all.

Interior arrangement

When decorating a room for guests, you should adhere to the principles of minimalism: place only a bed, a bedside table, a chair and a table in the house. If space allows, then hang shelves, put an armchair and a TV. As a rule, no decorative elements are used in the room.

Interior of a small guest house Source houzz.com

About how nice it is at the dacha in the summer...

With the first summer months, dacha owners begin to plan their vacation. And it is unlikely that hopes will be associated with Turkey or European countries. A country holiday is the best SPA salon that will restore radiance to your skin and peace of mind to your heart.

Happy owners of country real estate can rightfully be considered rich people, because they have all the opportunities to grow their own fruits and vegetables, have a great time in the fresh air, and have a good rest.

Construction of panel buildings

The panel building has a fairly simple design. As a rule, the main elements of such a structure are a steel or wooden frame covered with wooden panels, windows, doors and a roof.

For the manufacture of a steel frame, rectangular metal pipes (metal profiles) are used, and for a wooden frame, bars from various types of wood are used.

The outer cladding of the building frame is made using the following materials:

• OSB panels;
• Linings;
• Moisture-resistant plywood;
• Siding;
• Corrugated sheets;
• Asbestos cement sheet.

For the interior cladding of a country house, less moisture-resistant materials are used. If the housing is being equipped for permanent residence, i.e. and in winter, then heat-insulating material must be laid inside the walls.

Advice from professionals

When doing work with your own hands, practical recommendations and valuable comments from practicing craftsmen will never be superfluous. Here are some of them:

• For work, it is recommended to purchase wood that has undergone preliminary industrial drying.
• Treatment with special chemical compounds and impregnations is intended to protect lumber from natural and biological influences, increase their durability, and reduce the fire hazard of wood.
• The inclusion of diagonal jibs and braces into the assembled frame structure makes the future house much stronger.
• In order to save money, the strip foundation erected along the outer perimeter is supplemented with columnar elements under the internal walls and partitions.
• When calculating and assembling the frame of the house, do not forget to take into account the thickness of the lumber.
• Adjacent pillars of the house frame are connected by jumpers. They make the entire structure more rigid and serve as a convenient junction point for the sheet sheathing.
• Windows on a separate wall should not occupy more than 15%-18% of the area.
• Pay attention to detail when designing a home with your own hands. Any changes and additions after installation of the building are associated with time and financial costs.
• Modular panels should not be large in size and weight, so as not to attract lifting equipment.

Independent construction of a country panel house will not require highly qualified contractors and the presence of a full-fledged team of professional builders on site. The owner will handle all stages of the work, sometimes involving one of the family members to help.

The entire construction process might look like this:

A few days or weeks - and a neat frame country house, made with love with your own hands, is ready for use. Now summer residents who come out of town have a roof over their heads, a convenient place to live, relax, accommodate guests, store things and household equipment all year round.

Roof installation

The roofs of country houses can be single or gable, consisting of a roof and rafters on which flooring and sheathing are placed. The rafter leg is cut into the Mauerlite, which is laid around the perimeter of the wall, or into the upper frame of the wall. Also, a plank sheathing is attached to the rafters, which can be nailed staggered (parallel to the ridge) or end-to-end.

The process of attaching the rafter leg

For the roof, natural or soft tiles, corrugated slate, ondulin or profiled metal are used. The break and ridge of the roof are covered with special shaped parts.

The final stage is the installation of door and window blocks, interior finishing, fastening of other parts in the form of drains, platbands, etc.