10x10m city villa (approx. 155m², 6 rooms), fine-tuning desired

Otherwise, I see many things the same way as my predecessors.
A pity: the living room and children's room don't get much sun, somehow everything is planned contrary to the sun's path - even though it could be implemented well here.
In the winter months (Sept to April), the carport facility also blocks the sun. The rest is done by the roofing. Then the walls... this will be a gloomy house.

Honestly, I would just go back to square one!

Regards, Yvonne

Do you get such a long driveway approved?

I thought the living room faces south, isn't that so?

Best regards
Sabine

Therefore, there is only one drivable access from the south.

What I don't understand is, why can't you access the property from the west? Is there an entrance in the south that comes from a street there, or does the entrance have to come entirely from the street in the west?

By the way, I can only agree with Yvonne's comments regarding location and sun, etc. The last possible late sun in summer from the west is then blocked by the large terrace roof.

The stairs are used several times daily, also with a laundry basket, etc. And, you don't move in just once; children grow up and suddenly want 140 cm beds, the children's furniture is replaced by youth furniture, etc. Ceiling height of 240 cm in a room over 9 m wide could also feel slightly oppressive. The standard today is rather 254 cm, which means a story height of about 290 cm (the ceiling must also be overcome), and for that you need a suitable staircase.

Shoes in the carport? Are slippers supposed to be left there and then shuffle under the canopy into the house? And in winter, the shoes are nice and icy cold?

Living room open... I wouldn't create 3 areas that lie next to each other like 3 furniture cabins in a furniture store and have the fireplace as a bottleneck when entering this room.

And, home office in the living room with 3 children I just can't take seriously. You should create a proper workspace for that. It also makes it easier to separate work and leisure. And, I know what I'm talking about; I have been working from home for over 10 years.

So, to summarize:
You have a north-facing orientation and in the west you are also blocking the sun for yourselves, so that no one can look onto your terrace from the south. Then you place the entrance in the west as well, minimizing the last chance for sun in the living room.

I think you urgently need to work on your neighborhood phobia first. You can also create privacy with bushes or planted pergolas. Taking the sun away from your garden is a stupid solution in contrast.

Maybe you should mark the building area on your sketch of the property so the forum can consider what else would be possible.

And regarding the heating: yes, we built in 2013/2014. But there are only two of us. Our hot water storage tank is very small. With children, you can only dream of that. And the heating specialists unfortunately always want access to the device from all sides – that's really mean of them.

My recommendation: first optimize the property layout according to the sun and the west orientation, move outbuildings out of the sun. Move the entrance so that the hallway is optimized, enlarge the utility room, and think about whether 3 children’s rooms upstairs are really necessary. Rethink ceiling heights and stairs and whether it really has to be 10x10.

And then see what remains of the floor plan.

The floor plan gives me the impression that the planner from the construction company tried to somehow fit in every single wish. In my opinion, it doesn’t make the home feel cozy.

It starts with the hallway. For me, the hallway is actually the business card of the house, but here it is unfortunately a dark and cramped place. When several guests arrive, they first have to be led one by one through the kitchen before everyone can be greeted. There is also no space for shoes here. The workaround is to store shoes in the carport in the future. Is that seriously going to be the shortcut for the rest of your life? What do you do when you have birthday parties? Make all the guests leave their shoes in the carport? Do you have slippers for everyone there, or do they have to walk back into the house on their socks through the dirt without shoes? I imagine that looks quite funny in snowy winter weather. The carport is probably not locked either and accessible to everyone (people and animals) at any time of day or night?

Next is the utility room. 6 sqm for heating, electrical, water, washing machine? That will be very tight, and in the end, due to lack of space, the washing machine will end up in the kitchen.

It gets tight with the stairs. We have 19 steps and 3.2m x 2.2m to comfortably reach the upper floor. I would like to see the planning of your stairs from the staircase builder.

On the upper floor, there was a forced attempt to cram in three children's rooms at all costs. I wouldn’t want to grow up in "Child 1." Due to the close proximity to the parents’ bed and the small room, you experience every lovemaking session of the parents up close. Additional frustration arises when the demands on the room increase with age. Try furnishing the room sensibly for a >= 12-year-old (desk with PC, TV, wardrobe, 1.60m bed).

Because of the three children’s rooms, the master bedroom is very cramped too. The spouse who is forced to sleep at the end of the bed is not to be envied. With a raw room width of 2.80m, there will be at most a passage of about 54 cm left (280 cm - 6 cm plaster - 220 cm bed). Probably even less. After the person has broken their toe on the bedpost for the second time, it would be kind to switch sides occasionally.

My tip: As some have already written, best start again from scratch and consider whether you might want to invest a little more money and enlarge the house a bit. With 10x10m, accommodation wishes such as a third children’s room or guest room on the ground floor are difficult to implement sensibly without impairing other rooms.

Regards Michael