Before I go into it, I’ll just post my floor plan, where the staircase fails.
how high is the sand-lime brick on the attic?
Can you push the upper floor up to the building boundary?
Why? From what I’ve read, they have 2 cars. In 6 years the teenager will have one too… I always argue for a yard that is big enough… and the north balcony, yes it is adjacent to the sauna :D
maybe it will be easier if you put a landing staircase at the front right?
Landing is very massive…
Here are the floor plans before I delete them You can leave a comment so one can see in which direction your thinking is going. I’m not planning for myself ;)
The idea was to continue the diagonal further, so that it has a relation to the house and isn’t placed arbitrarily. You can see the entrance would be angled towards the cars (wall would have to go), the staircase and load-bearing? wall inside takes up the angled wall. Visually separated the extension as plaster, so that the barn is also visually recognizable.
The shed would be a compromise: a roof, closed with a door at the back or front, the other side just a shelter for bikes, mower, and co.
I completely forgot my open space above the dining table :D My staircase aimed to go straight up into the light, so towards the balcony. … Now I have an idea, a central landing staircase NW.
Is it worth starting with that? Later I have an online wine tasting of 6 wines, maybe I should get creative again afterwards … hehe

