City villa with straight staircase, open modern design, 140m²

If you want to make the house significantly smarter with simple means, you carry the projection of the floor plan through to the upper floor. That looks much more intentional than this protruding bay window. I would revise the arrangement of the windows: the garden side apparently confuses "harmonious" with "maximally unimaginative".

I also find the room layout very successful, except for the too narrow entrance area. But that has already been discussed. An 8m² bathroom can work. I don't think the layout is bad either, but the shower would need to be all glass, so no built-up wall and a door in front of it. Otherwise, the room feels too oppressive. I would also reconsider the second door. It might be practical, but you are taking away wall space in the bathroom and dressing room. Besides, it might be hard to know who is in the bathroom, and always locking two doors is annoying.

From the outside, I don't really like the offset, and the house looks relatively bare. But you could certainly add some pep with color or other façade elements so it doesn't look so sterile.

PS: Regarding the living area, it might actually make sense to replace 1-2 floor-to-ceiling windows for more storage space.

I would also consider the second door. It might be quite practical, but you lose wall space in the bathroom and dressing room because of it. Also, it might be hard to know who is currently in the bathroom, and always locking two doors is annoying.

I would remove the third door. Who is supposed to be in the bathroom: Rumpelstiltskin or the Virgin Mary? — most likely just an ordinary family member. Anyone who doesn’t want to be disturbed can knock. Those who lock bathrooms usually write spontaneous slogans on toilet doors (and probably don’t have a plumber among their friends).

I find this really, really difficult. The floor plan looks nice at first glance, the rough layout is also common and tried and tested. But I also believe that the house is mostly deceptive packaging. It all looks as if every wish and what people have today and call mainstream (not meant negatively) has found space in the house, but in real life a lot is painfully tight: guest WC, hallway, cloakroom, living room, dressing room, and bathroom. All of that has already been mentioned. The only thing that has showroom character is the straight staircase as well as the kitchen, although the character of the straight staircase is lost when it is walled in to create storage space, the island appearing as 80s?, but actually coming in at over 220 (240?) length. What to change now, where to save space to gain elsewhere? Get rid of the dressing room, make the bathroom bigger. That’s doable. But I’m of the opinion that the staircase would benefit from one or even two turns. For houses under 10 meters, this kind of staircase does the house no favors. Especially considering how much space upstairs is wasted by the hallway. Another staircase could mean: 2 x 3 meters of closet space in the desired dressing room and a bathroom where even 4 people can feel comfortable. Then a kitchen that is not bigger than the living room... an island of 90 x 180 is also nice and possibly more suitable, so there is more depth space for the dining table as well. A study with a floor area of about 8 sqm can also accommodate guests, but I would leave reasonably large space behind a door to also fit a built-in closet there. The design reminds me on the ground floor somewhat of the Jette house from Viebrockhaus, which, however, offers a larger area and which I find just as unsuccessful.

But I also think that the house is mostly deceptive packaging.

True. In the end, everything just barely works at the moment. You could shower on the ground floor, but only just barely. You could wash laundry in the utility room, but not more than 3 pairs of underwear, the wardrobe fits 2 jackets and 2 pairs of shoes, then it gets tight, and so on. Who wants to live so close to the edge?

The only thing that has a showroom character is the straight staircase ...

The staircase is the ugliest thing about the whole house for me. 1. Apparently, it is only 90 cm wide. If a railing is added, we're down to 80 cm — again, just barely workable... 2. It is walled in — you only have a cramped tunnel where no one can come towards you. 3. It starts immediately behind the front door. When you come in, you almost stumble up the steps. 4. It dominates the entire floor plan for dwarf living and wastes the already scarce square meters. I've never seen a straight staircase make sense in floor plans under 170 sqm. There we have it again.

Whoever locks bathrooms also writes spontaneous sayings on toilet doors (and probably doesn't have a plumber in their circle of friends).

Hihi, I just happen to notice it now, it seems a spell "correction" has struck: of course it has to be "Sanitäter".