City villa 170m² on 567 m² plot

But we simply don’t find a utility room nice and want to keep it far away from the entrance area. Our idea is: as far away as possible.

A utility room with heating, trash and cleaning supplies has no place in my entrance.

Hardly anyone finds housework a cool party – there is even a broad consensus in the forum to see ironing as a first-class mother-in-law occupation. But this work doesn’t get any nicer in Siberia either. The room doesn’t have to have a full glass door to the hallway

I adjusted the floor plan again

Chapeau, you really put some effort in – unfortunately, "R" doesn’t stand for rally, but reverse gear

What should be terrible about a passage to the garden?

Often being greeted by the bare Hans right in front of the front door can also be a nice reminder of a vacation at the sea, of course. Tastes differ.

You must have the perfect house and lots and lots of time to write thousands of posts here

Yvonne has a house, even a fairly successful one. Karsten, who has also written more posts than I have, even has one more or less to my taste. I don’t even own my current apartment yet – but architect was my career wish when other boys still wanted to become "astronauts" (not cosmonauts, I grew up in West Germany). What does that have to do with pointing out sore spots in plans (and what does the latter have to do with claiming one’s own perfection)? – Yvonne, for example, has just offered you one of her mistakes to learn from: namely the wind corridor at the entrance. Karsten also made one (and has since corrected it), namely retrofitting the insulation of his attic. If I remember correctly, it was the second house for both of them (so the one for a friend). My first house (the one for an enemy, where you make most mistakes) is still pending. But waiting also brings joy, not just damage

Thanks again for the many contributions.

I will take the time over the weekend to incorporate all aspects into the planning. This will mean that the garage and front door will first be moved to the northeast.

Let's see how the house develops as a result.
My biggest fear was simply that a garage in the northeast (bottom left in the pictures) would take too much garden space for the driveway.

Of course, I gladly accept criticism. But often it’s the tone that makes the difference.

My greatest concern was simply that a garage in the northeast (in the pictures bottom left) would take too much garden space due to the driveway.

This should be clarified at the latest after Katja's drawing in post #54. I think I belong to a majority here for once (not understanding your "too much driveway" in the slightest). In my world, driveways become shorter when garages are moved closer - but maybe that has to do with the fact that you make a secret out of your property. There are also aerial photos and cadastral extracts of fields. A location, shape, and size are necessary for a property in order to buy it.

Here you will find the plan that currently exists at the municipality.

The house that is drawn in is only shown as an example

Option 1


Option 2


With option 2 we have less garden behind the house, but a little more on the side towards the southwest.

In variant 2 we have less garden behind the house, but a little more on the side towards the southwest.

A free southwest area offers the opportunity to enjoy the sunset on the terrace after work with a drink of choice. I would prefer that. Can’t the garage be placed directly at the property boundary? The house dimensions are freely selectable, maybe a bit more rectangular and the garden at the back wouldn’t lose any depth? The floor plan could (and according to my recommendation, should) be rearranged again anyway... But even with these house dimensions, you would have a very nice garden area on two sunny sides of the house.

Again about the utility room: You don’t see it anyway, it has a closed door, just like the guest toilet. Even just for taking out the trash, I would place it near the front door. The property has a great location for a nice south and southwest garden. In my vision, the front door should also be located on the north side. South & West = living and children’s rooms North & East = utility rooms and parents’ bedroom

Thank you very much for your message. Yes, the garage may be placed on the boundary. We have chosen the city villa as the house type and therefore decided on a hip roof or pyramid roof. The municipality's requirements regarding the roof pitch are somewhat strange To get a pyramid roof, the house must be square. In my opinion, a hip roof with a 30° pitch doesn't look good. Therefore, a rectangular shape is not possible. I have to agree with the people that the entrance in the north probably allows a better layout of the house. We then have about 7.5m of garden to the south and also 7.5m to the west. This already sounds quite okay. The driveway to the garage, which will be paved, is about 13m long. This is still a bit awkward. If I move the garage forward, I get an unused patch of green space in the northeast. Unused space is very unfortunate and was also too expensive for that, at least here in the area. We now still have to think a bit about how to place everything. A passage between the garage and the house would still be very nice. Where we now place the utility room, we have to see.