Assessment of Single-Family House Floor Plan

Hello everyone,

I would be happy if you could take a look at our floor plan and give your opinion. We like the rough layout.
About our property: street runs SW to NE. So the entrance is SW. Slope to NE, where we might consider planning a basement with larger windows in the basement level. This would then house the utility room and office. The utility room is therefore omitted on the ground floor.
Due to the northern orientation, we plan the living/dining area continuously on the right side so that as much light and sun as possible can be captured.
Because of the northern plot, we wanted a terrace both front and back. The rear terrace or balcony will probably be on stilts.
The dimensions of the floor plan are 11 m wide – depth 7.5 m or 8.50 m at the deepest point.

For now, we are mainly concerned with the room layout and what could be changed.

Looking forward to your feedback

hm, somehow I don't really know what to make of the floor plan. It feels so - I don't know. I'll start as best as I can without the dimensions.

- the dining table is way too far from the stove. Also, the table in the large living-dining area really looks squeezed into a corner.

- is there a fridge in the kitchen? A built-in oven? There's no space for that either.

- wardrobe under the stairs - ouch. Also, how do you get to the basement?

- what are those windows between the kitchen and the hallway supposed to be for?

- the wardrobe in the bedroom will probably be extra low. A normally tall wardrobe simply doesn't fit under the sloping roof.

- I find the children's rooms too convoluted and also have too many windows, or windows that are too big. There is no possibility to later place a 1.40 m bed without it being in front of a window.

- a second shower in the house is never wrong either.

I would start completely from scratch again; something is wrong in too many relevant places.

I see it a bit difficult like Manu. Where is actually north? Where will the slope be later? Or will it remain level? Make the vestibule (if absolutely necessary) larger so that stroller, car seat, school backpack, and shoes (better the whole wardrobe) fit in. The kitchen is very unfortunate. Very scattered with the counter. The dining table is then squeezed into the corner around several bends. Towards the living room there is then a lot of space for nothing. Somehow a lot of lost (generous) space and the crucial spots are too cramped. Definitely plan the correct furnishing right away. Where does it go to the basement?

The floor plan is missing dimensions! Dimensions and views! I imagine the views to be positively interesting. A basement is planned on the north side of a slope: where is it? If you plan a basement on a slope, it should be related to the rest of the house. Especially here, with this size of the house (it's not small), I wonder what else you plan for the basement besides a utility room and a study. I would consider planning either the children's rooms or the parents' wing on the lower level with direct access to the garden.

The fundamental mistakes have already been mentioned by and : The emergency accommodation for the wardrobe is always the staircase. But the stairwell is also needed below. I see the wardrobe in the wall opposite the stairs, but there is this opening... these openings do not make sense to me. Sightlines are planned out to the garden. Are the sightlines supposed to show that you can greet the postman while washing up in the kitchen? Or that the person coming down the stairs can make sure someone is really working in the kitchen? I also find built-in cabinets missing in the kitchen. If the kitchen is a placeholder, I still don’t see any space for the refrigerator and so on. Too much walking distance to the counter, too ill-conceived. Living room very large. What are the room dimensions? 5.5 x 7? 5 x 8? Third and fourth impression: everything seems bigger than it is.

On the upper floor, plan more closets for the children's rooms and fewer seating furniture ;) Is that a staircase to the attic? Are those laundry cabinets??? Consider a laundry chute.

I think the mentioned errors can be corrected. Nevertheless, the basement area and slope should be integrated into the design, so one should start over.

Regards Yvonne