City villa floor plan - children's rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows

Hello bear123, I agree with the previous answers. One thing I noticed. You want to put a bed in the office later - is the office Room 7? It has a width of 2.10 m. Should only a 90 cm wide bed fit in here later or how did you imagine it? And who is supposed to sleep in it? I don't know if you really work from home regularly; even for this, the size is far too small. Desk, shelf, but also necessary air circulation. I am currently working in our apartment in such a small room and I am already looking forward to the spacious office in the future! It is really not a permanent condition and I always have clutter due to lack of storage space. But at the latest when you want to put a bed in there, the room is completely unsuitable. I am with : free yourself from the square shape! It is harder to furnish and often results in unused space (as apparently between the dining and living room). The pure area in the room is sufficient. But I can imagine that it will still be tight for you due to the poor furnishing options in the kitchen/dining and living transition. Edit: Is the recess in the hallway actually intended for the wardrobe? Do you already have specific furniture dimensions in mind? Because you probably won’t get far with the niche!

9.60x9.60 is just tight if you absolutely want to force the full room program (standard + pantry, office, dressing room) in connection with a straight staircase. Staircase and hallway area take up 12 sqm on the upper floor and 10 sqm on the ground floor. That is 22 sqm of unused space that the rooms elsewhere urgently lack.

The exterior views: a disaster (sorry!). The arrangement of the windows should follow intended lines of symmetry and not be randomly distributed. At least the ground floor and upper floor should be aligned above each other. Symmetry automatically appears aesthetic to our brains; that is our nature.

But since it is supposed to be constructive(!) criticism: take a look at Town & Country "Stadtvilla 145" or "152". These offer a relatively well-thought-out and mature floor plan with the same or similar exterior dimensions.

I am less for symmetry (symmetry is for someone who can't do it), but guidelines should be recognizable.

I have changed it once.

I think I need more space in the dining room. Not so much when watching TV.

I have not found any other solution for the long room above. I only moved the door as far up as possible so that a 90 cm bed would fit behind it. Also, it does not seem as long anymore when I enter from above.

I am still unsure whether there are too many windows in the bathroom and bedroom (especially the double windows (180) with a BHR 100). Because the street will be on the side of the house entrance. However, I would not want to choose another BHR, as it is the only option to look out from the bed.

Thank you very much

I will refer only to the ground floor. You have now adjusted the width of the office and taken some space from the living room and utility room. I think it now functions a bit more comfortably as an office—despite the recess from the wardrobe. But you must be aware that you can’t properly place a bed in the small room. Definitely not one that is 2 meters long. Smaller ones will also overload the room. So my question is: should this be an alternative children’s room? A guest room? Or do you possibly want to use it as a bedroom later? From my point of view, a guest room would be the absolute limit. And simultaneous use as an office would be out of the question again.

For better usability as an office (and still without sufficient size as a bedroom), you have shrunk the utility room. What kind of technology are you planning? Possibly also a ventilation system? Then it will be very tight to fit everything in. The living room is also on the edge with 3.60 m width. If you ever plan to place an armchair, that probably won’t work.

Is it really important to you to build a square city villa? Especially when the plot is elongated (we unfortunately don’t have a site plan). The square creates exactly the problems you now have: elongated, narrow rooms and everything a bit cramped. Why not, for example, go to 10.5 x 9 meters? There are many floor plans with your requirements, and the floor area is only marginally larger. But all this is somewhat pointless if you can’t see whether the house would even fit on the plot that way. I guess that’s why you haven’t received many reactions yet.