170m2 single-family house in the Bavarian countryside

Not at all, to be honest. We don’t have any and won’t be installing any. We have a pavilion with sliding elements, precisely because we struggle more with lateral sun exposure. It’s gone in autumn. We already notice very much how shading takes away light inside. With glass, I would fear that heat would build up. Play areas like the sandbox, paddling pool, pool disappear under sun sails. One was planned and now we don’t want one. Maybe the next summers will be rainier and I’ll present one in 2023. It’s retrofittable. I just wanted to point out that 3m is too little depth. Especially at the garden table, people often don’t sit straight. Chairs get pushed back and people lounge around, there’s a lot of movement. Suddenly someone is sitting with half the chair in the grass.

So I don't like the floor plan. For example, I would expect the staircase on the northeast side facing the street, so that the office can be on the garden side to the southeast. This would also allow mirroring upstairs and moving the master bedroom to the quiet garden side instead of the street.

I would allow the master bedroom 3 sqm more and take 3 sqm away from one child. That would at least be fair. For parents, 14 sqm including the wardrobe is really tight. Of course, a different layout would be necessary to achieve this distribution of space. The door to the small bathroom next to the head of the bed and the toilet flush directly on the partition wall mean that you can’t use this bathroom without disturbing someone in bed. I would probably make the small bathroom accessible from the hallway so anyone can use it as a guest bathroom when the family bathroom is occupied. Toilet, washbasin and shower fitting then on the exterior wall.

Especially on the ground floor, I find the hallways oversized as well. In my opinion, that’s wasted space. A toilet does not need 4.5 sqm without a shower, half of that would be enough. I would put the pantry in the basement and only have a large storage cabinet in the kitchen. You have a better chance for the food to stay cool in the basement than on the southeast side next to the kitchen. Also, you have plenty of space in the basement that you lack in the living-dining-kitchen area. This is all quite tight compared to the house size. Best to place the pantry right under the stairs in the basement, that way you have the shortest distance from the front door when you come home with groceries.

Cold air does not rise and living basements aren’t really cold either. Therefore, a windbreaker is actually no longer necessary these days. Cold air has never come up from my basement anyway ;)

I find the exterior quite boring because all windows are neatly aligned. I would glass in the dining area much more generously, possibly even around the corner. I don’t like a sofa in front of the window either, I would rather place the TV under the window or in the corner or on the northwest wall and enjoy the view outside. In other words, sofa on the office wall.

Terrace roof: I would use glass including shading options or a retractable louvered roof. However, that does not work with the extra strip on the southeast side. What is that for?

What I like: Separate cloakroom, platform staircase.

Of course, the question then is how to solve the roofing of the bay window if you use glass or slats. I think the kitchen bay window with roof edging looks significantly nicer.

Glazing around the corner might still be a change worth considering. And the "neatly stacked windows" is the traditional style that I like. Especially I am very structured :p That probably reflects itself there.

The pantry in the kitchen is not something I demand but my wife. Otherwise, I could move in alone ;)

And a bedroom facing east has the disadvantage that a train route is nearby. In the west, you have peace (although it might be a bit warmer in summer).

Otherwise I can move in alone ;)

Women :rolleyes:;)

Railway route nearby.

If it’s quieter on the street, that definitely makes sense!

I think the kitchen bay with roof edging looks much nicer

That rather confused me: The flat roof, which meets the bay’s pitched roof at 2/3 of its width (see southwest view). By the way, with glass roofs there is no 100% flat roof, you always need a slight slope. How a corner solution like this is supposed to look eludes me. The southwest part has to "fall" in a different direction than the southeast part.

Women :rolleyes:;)


When the street is quieter, that does make sense!

What rather confused me was this: The flat roof, which meets the sloped roof of the bay window at 2/3 of its width (see southwest view).
By the way, there is never a 100% flat roof with glass roofs; you always need a slight slope. How a corner solution like this is supposed to look escapes me. The southwest part has to "fall" in a different direction than the southeast part.

I attached a picture from Google. There are plenty of ways to realize this around the corner.
Clearly, it has to have a certain slope – that doesn’t bother me – but I want to keep it as flat as possible.

So either I only take a roof on the south side and cover the bay window separately with a sloped roof. The choice of material is easier here.

-Or-

Roofing from the south to the east side over the bay window, all neatly enclosed in one go. However, the question of material arises here,