City villa with hipped roof 140m²

You can fit at most your 4 jackets and 4 pairs of shoes in the space. This creates the feeling of being in a small rental apartment.

Print out the plan and really draw your existing or desired furniture to scale.

Then move walls.

The first thing I noticed is that the dining table is placed with the head side towards the bench. In my opinion, that only wastes space and looks illogical.

The technical room is really quite small. Do you really need the shower on the ground floor? You could fit some more equipment there.

I think the ratio of the children's room size to the bedroom size is great. The children live in their rooms. Only the parents sleep in the bedroom. You don't really need more space in the bedroom, and if you like it a bit cozy, this is just right. A bit of discipline with the amount of clothing, and that's it.

The gallery upstairs is useful—as long as it is closed off—as a storage room and "upstairs wardrobe." The wardrobe space downstairs forces discipline: everyone only one jacket and one pair of shoes...

A study room is important if it is regularly used for value creation. I would reserve part of the wardrobe in the study room for out-of-season clothes that are not needed.

There is too little space for a stroller—but given the children's ages, this is a temporary phase that can be quickly bridged; I wouldn't plan for more.

You don't have to make everything "large," and if an area is "tight like in an apartment" (as was described, among other things), that is not necessarily a disadvantage.

I didn't say make it bigger. Only with jackets and shoes placed at just over 1 m width it is tight. I had that in my first apartment. Alone on 45 sqm that is not feasible for 4 people planned in an emergency.
Due to the bottleneck, everyone also has to carry the groceries


Look for cabinet solutions under the stairs. There are good ideas and storage space. There you can store handbag, keychain, second jacket, and rubber boots. It is unfavorable if the person who is working is disturbed just because the rain jacket is needed

I would have hung the wardrobe between [Haustechnik] and [Allraum]. Not much more space, but not quite as tight.

: We have too little wardrobe space for our family discipline (teenage boys...) in our townhouse. That is indeed annoying. Others in the neighborhood manage perfectly fine with the same amount of space and everything is neat. Limited space can be compensated by disciplined behavior. A matter of preference. Small apartments are not bad at all.

Only at that spot does everyone trip over the shoes

Don’t look into the work, guestroom with them as everything is piling up there. It’s not an option here since the room is being used