City villa floor plan 160 sqm, without basement - Your opinions on that?

This time initially only on Diamonds, to first ask for opinions and possible difficulties that we ourselves have not noticed.

Either a sketch or a drawing with dimensions...

Otherwise, one or the other door could still be moved to create a small wardrobe niche and possibly even

... the difficulties start right here: You are dealing with niche planning in detailed planning, which includes wall thicknesses. Especially when you plan several walls across the width of a house, which together "eat up" more than a meter of living space in width. The situation between office/pantry alone is problematic. You can already not get past the drawn-in furniture in the office, the pantry is already not accessible – how is it supposed to work with walls? How is one supposed to enter the shower on the ground floor?

She did not say in advance how wide they should be

In real dimensions, however, one then runs into narrow spots. One inhabits a house and not a floor area budget.

You should probably start to realize that the many wishes for your floor area are a bit too much. Even if you could cram everything into the last draft, would it still be nice? The entrance area alone is way too small. You come through the door and have to decide whether to fall up the stairs or slide down the narrow hallway into the living room in single file with muddy boots so that the last person doesn't have to stay outside.

Well, the main thing is that the front door is centered at the bottom of the plan and "decorated" with the [Hauseingangsüberdachung].

Personally, I find this [Hauseingangsüberdachung] totally old-fashioned. It certainly wouldn't win any beauty contests. I wouldn't even build it if the floor plan fit. Bending over backwards for that is, in my opinion, completely absurd.

Well, the main thing is that the front door is centered at the bottom center and "decorated" with the house entrance canopy.

All inclusive, everything must be drunk up A symmetry dogma does not go together with a floor area budget, as it requires building on the other side of the "scale" the same width needed on one side for the sake of balance (whether it is needed there or not). We are talking about almost double the floor area to reach the dimensions in which this works out (i.e., in which this effect "dissipates" on the floor, meaning no cantilevered areas are created). In the dimensions present here, one only has the choice between a floor area surcharge of about 20 to 25% or the "compensation" through bottlenecks or unfavorable sequences of rooms or traffic routes.

well, I have to say, it is also difficult. on the one hand, you say to sketch on the graph paper, which makes sense because you can roughly see the dimensions. on the other hand, if you draw on the graph paper and then write the paper dimensions next to it, it’s not correct either.


Funny that the pantry on the drawing is not accessible. There is not even one marked there.


well, first the door is not centered in the sketch. it is actually offset. second, the canopy is a matter of taste, but we like it.

well, be that as it may, I have transferred everything and shifted it a bit. we are both actually satisfied with it and think that technically and practically everything would be feasible?

the exterior and interior walls are all 5mm thicker than the masonry will otherwise be. this should somewhat account for the plaster etc.

the stairs could be pushed up a bit to have a little more space when entering the house. or we try a quarter-turn staircase so that it is shorter and could then be pushed further up.

yes, the pantry is a little pantry, but we recently saw one like that in real life and found it completely sufficient to store some canned goods and rarely used kitchen appliances. access will be through a fake cabinet, which inside also houses a large spice rack on the door (we have a lot of spices that we don’t need every day).

the couch in the guest room is already pulled out in the picture. so that’s also doable. otherwise, almost all the furniture is XL size, so you know you can later accommodate larger furniture than currently available.

what we still wondered is whether the heat pump plus supply lines will fit into the niche in the utility room

first of all, the door is not centered in the sketch. It is actually offset. secondly, the porch is your taste, but we like it.

Yes, it's completely OK if you like it that way.

we both are actually satisfied with it

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