Charming home with 140m2 on 2 full floors

The arguments regarding room size distribution are understandable to me. I find the window layouts very unusual. The rooms facing southwest with floor-to-ceiling windows .. I would rather choose wider windows with a sill height of about 85 cm or so. That is easier to furnish and basically also provides more light.

Since the draft comes from an architect, the legal regulations have been complied with.

Don’t be too sure about that... our first architect planned a wonderful and significant overlap of setback areas...

Whether I would really like it open straight to the front door, I don’t know. Possibly I would consider a large sliding glass door there. It stays bright, you can leave it open if you want, but also close it sometimes.

What’s the deal with that funny stub wall in the middle on the ground floor with the one kitchen cabinet?
Then be consistent and push it towards the kitchen. That way the kitchen doesn’t need a separate entrance, those three extra steps around the corner can be walked.

Regarding the kitchen: I’m generally not a fan of U- or L-shaped kitchens because you always have a dead corner. Corner solutions are usually dumb.
As I said, I would close off the stub wall of the kitchen wall towards the hallway and then rather opt for a two-line kitchen: one line on the back wall (where there already is one), one line as a (half-)island at a distance of 120 cm. Much more ergonomic and without these corners.

I agree with my predecessors about the upper floor.
It would be interesting to know whether child(ren) are still planned.

The house has no basement, right?
Overall, there is too little storage space for my taste. Think about where you want to store all your stuff. Of course, it also depends on your hobbies, but with us (various mountain sports, diving, cycling, etc.) that adds up quite a bit.
If no kids are planned, you could of course use the little stub room upstairs as storage.

I don’t particularly like the exterior views overall, but I always believe that design should follow function. Still...

I don't particularly like the exterior views overall,

I agree with that. Especially the chimney stuck like a Damocles sword right above the forehead looks very strange. In front of the sliding door, it looks as if there is a gutter (the image resolution of the drawings leaves much to be desired). But not at the two-wing window door around the corner, and both exits also seem to be significantly (>1 step) above the finished ground / terrace (?) The bathroom feels to me like an overly simple hall.

Within the circle of friends and relatives, we have already shown the draft around,

What is the proportion of people there who have already built themselves?

Hello,

thanks a lot already for the answers and suggestions !!!! You can see that different views and perspectives also bring new approaches. Therefore, I would like to briefly comment on a few tips and questions and will do so in the order of the posts:

1. Maria16
- Currently, we have 3.90m between the TV and the back of the couch, 3.75m would also work.
- Room 1 will be an office; so a desk and otherwise file storage. We both have jobs that cannot be done from home. Room 2 will initially be a guest room or storage.
- We will reconsider the argument about the doors.
- A dressing room is a must, also in that size. Narrower does not work either because otherwise we could only put wardrobes on one side.

2. apokolok
- Interesting idea. We will think about it. Possibly the bathroom would then be too small.

3. kaho674
- A shower is a must. Our dog is a filthy pig.
- Does not work like that for various reasons. Lack of space (the bedroom is already minimum and the dressing room should be that size) and we want the hallway to have window area. Because of the full storey, no skylight is possible either.

4. Müllerin
- I think the dog will also be washed outside in summer. Then cold water is enough. She does not like warm water... As a fellow dog owner, one has a different perspective.
- Smaller probably due to the unusually large hallway and the dressing room with over 6m of wall space.

5. kbt09
- That is my concession to my wife. At least in the rooms, in the hallway we both want it like that. We have already reduced here, originally there were 3x double floor-to-ceiling windows upstairs.

6. Climbee
- We hope (and trust) that he has considered everything.
- This door was once planned but was removed because it would always be open anyway.
- This stub unfortunately has to be there. We need a support at that point and have connected it with a piece of wall, light switch, a picture, who knows... but there will be no kitchen cabinet there.
We want the small passage hallway → kitchen so one doesn’t always have to go around the corner. The kitchen will be very different from what is shown there.
- Storage space is scarce, so the garage will have to serve and the cars will park in front and to the right of the house. We are aware of that, but a basement is not possible.

7. 11ant
- The chimney runs outside, which basically saves space inside. In the ground floor that would still be bearable, but upstairs it is not acceptable. That is why, and honestly, we don’t find these externally located stainless steel chimneys bad.
- A drainage channel must be installed in front of the sliding door. No idea why none is drawn at the other door. I have to clarify, thanks.
- The pictures were properly compressed, that’s true. But that happened during upload, I will try to attach this view again better.
The surveyor measured, maybe we have to add backfill. Why the house is planned exactly at that height I have to ask the architect.
- Of course, a towel warmer, bathroom furniture, etc. will be installed in the bathroom. There is nothing worse than an uncomfortable bathroom.
- The share is very small, therefore I turn to you.

General:

- We wanted a straight hallway upstairs with a large window area. It should not be a mere functional hallway, from which only doors lead off, but should have the character of living space.
- Topic children’s rooms: You can still build a drywall at the end of the hallway upstairs to connect this gallery with the small room (possibly then remove the partition wall). This way you get a room of 12-13 m² and then have 2 children's rooms. The idea just came to me now, but there should be nothing against it.

At the top, I would do without floor windows and rather opt for the "bathroom window version" everywhere. One disadvantage is easy to understand in the hallway/desk area (views of cables and the lower body). In the bathroom: swap the toilet and shower (also because of views after showering, like light during toilet use). On the ground floor, do without the fixed window in the living room, instead have one on the east side: better positioning space for sofa and TV. I like it open like this... looks similar to our ground floor [emoji4]. The upper floor probably has more potential if the bathroom is designed smaller.

That's why, and to be honest, we don't find these external noble stable chimneys bad either.

Neither do I, but I would at least support it on the premises. Suspended like that in the sky/gable looks odd.

Unfortunately, this stub has to be there. We need a support at that spot and have connected it with a piece of wall,

In my opinion, it belongs there stylistically as well.