[*Dining area is just 2.70 m x 3.5 m (up to the passage, so effectively only 3 m), which makes just 9.5 m² (8.1 m²)
[*]the kitchen, on the other hand, takes up 11.4 m², living area 15 m²
Thank you very much for your feedback. We are already building, which is why the points are final. For context/orientation, I am happy to address your comments. Everything is of course subjective :)
In the dining area there is a table with 4 chairs, so the 9 sqm are more than enough. The kitchen is somewhat larger (my personal luxury room), offering a lot of storage space thanks to the good planning at the kitchen studio. The living area with 15 sqm is the point where more could have been done, but ultimately it is the sofa corner with the TV. Apart from a lowboard, we have no living room furniture. It has been that way for the last 12 years and will remain so (short- and medium-term). If things change, we will probably have to be creative.
[*]Master wing with over 30 m² could have been significantly smaller (with makeup/beauty corner, or what is that supposed to be?) --> Office upstairs (or do customers come into the house?) --> 50 m² Living/Dining/Cooking
[*]On the ground floor you don’t need a shower, saving another 2 m² --> Living/Dining/Cooking 52 m²
[*]Interior stairs + attic ladder means: upper floor hallway will be dark
[*]The 2 m lines are suboptimal in all rooms. Kids’ room max 2 m wardrobe (+custom-made for knee wall?)
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[*]I know why I’m mentioning this. We have a side with a knee wall of 1.70 m, dressing row measures 3.30 m, ceiling height from this 1.70 m up to 2.60 m. Built-in wardrobe over 3000 €. If we had significantly raised the knee wall and could have bought a normal wardrobe, we would probably have saved another 1000 €...)
[*]2 m line in the bathroom directly above the washbasin (WB) (1 time flick the hairdryer upward and you’re at the ceiling), I miss a double washbasin
[*]Toilet internal (dark + ventilation)
[*]"long" distances from bathroom to dressing room; always through the bedroom
[*]....
Let’s get to the upper floor. The office on the ground floor was a must that we defined. We both work about 40% of our time at home and still want to arrive after work and put the stuff directly away in the office. Five years with an office upstairs have shown that we don’t carry the bags upstairs, but put them in the hallway/in front of the stairs or somewhere else. Before I delude myself into thinking I can change my habits, I prefer to plan the house according to our needs.
The shower on the ground floor is necessary for us: 2 adults and currently 1 child in the morning routine —> saves time and gives the opportunity to leave dirt (work, mud excursion, beach sand) downstairs and not carry it through the house.
Hallway dark: Yes, but this is no problem for us. Same goes for the toilet. The bathroom door is pretty much open all day, allowing sufficient light to come in.
Master area: Once the dressing room (unnecessary luxury that I gladly grant my wife). The bay window space (without 2 m line) is reserved for the relaxation area after sauna (unnecessary luxury number 2)
—> don’t get me wrong: We of course wanted these luxuries, otherwise we wouldn’t have planned it that way.
Kids’ room: The wardrobe can stand on the inner wall without knee wall restrictions (this is also planned there).
Bathroom: The bathroom is in the bay window, there is no 2 m line there, ceiling height is at 2.26 m. Is DWB a double washbasin? I have never seen an enrichment in this invention. We stand three at the morning toothbrushing party at one and are happy with it :)
Dressing/Sleeping: We work in the same job and get up at the same time. If it is not like that, the other one lays out clothes in the morning. There have never been problems. The note is of course still sensible.
Is there a KfW40(+)?, due to wall thickness 49.5
No, not at all. We have a primary energy demand of about 63 kWh.
