City villa with approx. 200 sqm - without basement. Please provide feedback

@Ant11

A few pillars and steles can certainly be accommodated in the front yard. I think, except for the roof as a whole, it mostly follows one style.

@OP

Better get used to this language today than later. During the construction phase, things are even rougher. You can say whatever you want then, but nothing will change about it. Since you have already mostly expressed the arguments (if they can be accepted as such) in advance, I could already take them into account in my response.

In that sense, the language may be harsh, but it hits the mark.

I can put it differently:

A house with 200 sqm, where a storage room (office/storage) becomes a child's bedroom at midday (not a bad idea in itself), where a 200x200 bed doesn’t fit in the master bedroom, the wastewater routing doesn’t work, is simply in need of optimization. And the view (of what?) must be especially good when washing dishes. When washing dishes! If there is a view anywhere there, living space (not washing space) belongs there first.

Either the architect was pressured with too many "must haves" and simply can’t do it, didn’t have the guts, or the architect is more of a draftsman than an architect. For a fee of at least 40,000 euros, I would expect significantly better work (in the long run). But you are not yet at the end of development.

And if you like it that way: then build like that and don’t ask for criticism if you can’t take it.

@Ant11

And the view (of what?) must be especially good at the sink. At the sink! If there is any view there, habitat (not a sink area) belongs there first.
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we have always had a window right at the sink and we think that’s great. In our current house, we have a 2.25m wide window that runs directly into the countertop. I find it so nice when you can look out the window while washing dishes (you also do other things at the sink). I would never want to stand in front of a wall at the sink.

Best regards
Sabine

The issue with the sink is secondary. You can certainly do it that way if you like it like that. But I think everyone agrees that more utility could be gained from this amount of square meters. I hope the OP is not discouraged or dismisses changes now on principle because she feels attacked.

The topic of the dishwasher is secondary. You can certainly do it that way if you like it that way.
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Or like this: you can gladly do it that way if it is feasible and does not cause other things that should generally have a higher priority (e.g. functionality, costs, sense) to suffer.

and ignore the - attention quote "ridiculous, nonsensical" snap decisions of some candidates.

But with the undecided First, the "candidate" is right, I would also reduce the roof pitch by four to five degrees.

I think, except for the roof as a whole, it largely follows one style.

US-American neo-modern.

And the view (of what?) must be especially good when doing the dishes. When doing the dishes! If there is any view there, living space (not dishwashing space) belongs there first.

I wouldn't disregard living quality even when doing household chores. Washing salad, chopping beans, etcetera are activities where "appropriate housewife posture" should be considered. And the nicest view is of your own playing children. Even when sewing. When washing the car, you are outside yourself and don’t need a window for this view. But then the children play on the street when you see them...

But I believe everyone agrees that more utility could be gained from that amount of square meters.

However, I would significantly reduce the parameter "area" (roughly about ten percent lengthwise and crosswise, so about twenty percent). The utility can be improved by "qualitative" measures (less design, more furnishing-oriented shutters), i.e. leaving out the excess area can be done without pain.

Incidentally, that alone already pays for the extra cost of the stairs and much more.

I add appropriate husbandry for househusbands