Classic single-family house ~160m² seeking ideas and opinions

I'll also add my two cents. So it's still not the best, I think. In addition to all the already mentioned points (the slanted wall is also an eyesore to me...), I'd like to ask what you expect from the tiny open space in the entrance area? A more spacious feeling??? Certainly not. Such a small hole looks more ridiculous than generous. And I wonder how you’re supposed to reach the openable windows in the dormer (or am I misinterpreting the drawing?)

You’ve already swapped the bathroom and bedroom, and if you now cancel the (in my opinion) completely unnecessary open space in favor of additional room for the bedroom, then you might still be able to fulfill the wish for a walk-in closet.

And another bay window??? Help! This house already feels like the wild assembly of bay windows and projections (which costs, by the way, straight walls would be cheaper!). Please no more complicated layouts!!!

It wouldn’t be my thing at all...

Many things caught my attention, ... this slanted wall that I hate

Yes, given the "protruding corner" and the slanted wall, I wonder if the OP is really doing themselves a favor with this covered terrace. Some things are "classically" straight, nice, and simple because they have proven themselves....

Basically, I find such a covered terrace quite nice and useful, but you need space for it. Our house has a floor area of 9x12m and we were also offered such a "cut-out" corner. We decided against it in order not to lose the (spacious) feeling of the ground floor. And we definitely don’t have such a complicated floor plan... Another builder, who is building with the same house builder (and who would like to give everyone such a covered terrace), had such a corner "cut out," but with a floor plan of 9x15m. That works. I saw the house finished just last week: with 15m that's feasible, but I didn’t really like it that way either. And honestly: this covered little corner is overall too small as a terrace. It only just works as a smoking corner. To get a really comfortable terrace, you either have to cover more or sacrifice a bigger corner. And then I can also work with fixed awnings or similar.

What I personally don't like: - This slant in the living room... 70s charm; only makes all rooms feel tighter - Distance from couch to TV: 5 meters... in my opinion way too much with today's resolutions. Even with a 65-inch TV, the ideal distance is somewhere under 3 meters - Bay window clearly too small for the dining table, that will be uncomfortable - Staircase rising directly in the dirt area... you constantly track dirt upstairs, in my opinion always the worst possible arrangement of a staircase - Why not swap the utility room on the ground floor with the guest bathroom? Then guests can also take a shower without always walking through the dirt area - I hope you haven't planned a glass door to the living area... because then from the hallway and staircase you always have a beautiful view directly of the couch... kids coming home (possibly with partners unknown to you) always see everything when you have comfortably laid down there in sweatpants - Complexity caused by bay window and covered area too large, the house isn't big enough for that; under the covered area you can sit with two people, but that's it - Definitely get rid of the mini air space, or at least see something like that live in that size! As my predecessor already said, it doesn’t work at all. An air space needs real space to have an effect.

It is what it is: if you like what we’re complaining about here, then build it that way. However, I would also think a bit about the exterior appearance, whether you need to pack so much into one house. A captain’s house has one gable, not two. You want two. Then you also want the entrance of a Niedersachsen house by recessing the entrance. Then inside comes an airspace in pseudo-size, which would also be criticized in modern houses. In a conservative one, that doesn’t fit at all. So please just stick with your slanted wall and the double-door.

Wenn Erker am Hauseingang (siehe Bilder „Erker“), wie bekommt man die Treppe unter?

By shifting the staircase by one meter. What is simple downstairs must be adjusted upstairs: the central wall is shifted by this meter or a bit more. The rooms then become different sizes.

My tip for you conservatives: omit the rear bay including the gable. Switch kitchen/living room... adjust sizes, etc. I clearly see the guest room on the right, the toilet on the left. And if the staircase still fits, then push some walls upstairs a bit. The bathroom would also be on the left. And so on.