Greetings!

I have recently bought a residential plot in Pakistan and it is a south facing, 50 ft x 90 ft plot. (500 sq. yrds or 4500 sq. ft) and there are houses on all sides i.e. left(west), right(east) and back(north). So the sun is going to shine either from the southern side or when it is overhead. The southern side is expected to get almost 10 hours of sun however, the eastern and western sides are not expected to get more than three hours.

As per the local regulations, I have to keep a uncovered space of 7 feet from north side, 5 feet from each of the east and west side and 13 feet from the south side. That means now I can construct a house only on an area of 40ft x 70ft. i.e. 2,800 square feet.

I am right now in the planning and designing phase of the home building. This must-things in my wish list are:

1/ I want to make it the most edible garden friendly house and for that reason I purposely chose the south facing plot. I plan to do roof top container / raised bed growing also.

2/ I want to have ample space for some chicken, goat and rabbit raising. I am planning to keep the ground floor as open so that there is enough space for the livestock.

3/ In addition, due to my family size, I would need space of 2,000 sq ft. - which all of it would come from the first floor.

4/ As per the regulations, a second floor can be constructed and therefore the 2nd floor will be the roof top of the house. The over head watertank also I intend to keep it on the north western side no sunlight is obstructed.

The help that I need from the members of the forum is if I could get any design ideas on the internet which match closely my requirements. I would be highly grateful for any input in terms of suggestions as well as web links.

Regards

Saood