Comments on floor plan design welcome

Morning , now things are really moving -
I would also find it absolutely important to sketch in the furnishings, because that can change a lot. Since you want to place, for example, 8 running meters plus x of cabinet walls or have a certain TV distance due to size etc., the size of the dining table etc., this is essential.
I also find the hallway with 18sqm way too big, unless you have something specific planned for it that should be recognizable on the plan; otherwise, I would find the space wasted.
In my opinion, sliding doors are mostly a makeshift solution and I find them rather impractical to handle; moreover, they usually don't close like a regular door.
The bathroom has again 2 doors, which for me is a no-go and I also see no sense in having access to the utility room from there and from there further into the hallway. Therefore, I would give the guest WC at the front a shower (for guests and similar riffraff) and would want to consider my sleeping area as absolutely private.
If you wanted the utility room near the bathroom out of habit, you might also want to think about placing the utility room closer to the kitchen. What I don’t understand is how the staircase in the utility room is supposed to look, also on the upper floor, because it is also "in" the room there. I think a different staircase could fit better, since you still have enough hallway space.
Your all-purpose room is rather a corridor (which is deliberate on my part too), so preceding furnishing is absolutely necessary. Windows are completely missing there, as it is now it will look very dark and elongated.
Currently, I miss light there and above all a really large window front on the "nice" side of the house or the orientation of the floor plan towards such a side.

Thanks for your comments. I have presented the furnishings in a separate post. The dimensions of the furniture correspond exactly to what we have today.

Under the staircase it is open towards the utility room, so that drinks, a second fridge, etc. can be stored there.

The door between bedroom and bathroom is incorrect; it is supposed to go into the dressing room. The door between bathroom and utility room is for quick access to the washing machine. The area of the door (in the bathroom and in the utility room) will be kept free anyway because the doors dressing room/bathroom and dressing room/utility room are also there. The door at the bottom of the utility room will be removed; instead, the guest WC will be made bigger, or the guest WC will be shifted to the left aligned with the stairs and behind it there will be storage space at the utility room or else a third shower in the house. And the hallway will be a little smaller.

The stairs have risers and are therefore closed. Towards the hallway the wall is only chest-high, so it slopes.

Hallway: The walls towards the kitchen and the dressing room are deliberately designed so that cabinets will be placed there. We have an old farmhouse cupboard that will go on one wall. On the other wall there will be a coat rack for jackets and shoes (no hooks, a proper one with hangers). This way the hallway space is also used.

The "all-purpose room" is deliberately a corridor. The partition wall is supposed to visually "soften" it a bit. It will be about room height (about 2.45m), so that air exchange and light exchange can take place above it. As you can see on the upper floor, the roof above the all-purpose room is lower (no knee wall), but open up to the ridge. For me, that is one of the highlights of the house, inside and out. That is why there are large windows in the left exterior wall, in the gable, that let light into the dining and living rooms. But I admit, one more window in the living room wouldn’t hurt. Too many windows do make for a nice brightness, but they also take up space for cabinets...

Question: how can I see 's outdoor area?

Under the stairs it is open towards the utility room, so that drinks, a second refrigerator, etc. can be stored there.

...Storage and sand-lime brick inside or outside the utility room?

The door between bedroom and bathroom is wrong, it should be into the dressing room.

That is not possible according to this ground floor drawing, please check!

The bathroom/utility room door is for quick access to the washing machine.

As already mentioned several times, a bathroom with two doors is nonsense in my opinion and can be done differently. The washing machine is used much less often and would be better and more unobtrusively accessible, for example via the dressing room. I would place the utility room near the kitchen anyway. There are many doors there and the staircase in between, which does not seem fluid.

The area around the door (in the bathroom and in the utility room) is kept free anyway, since the dressing room/bathroom and dressing room/utility room doors are also there.

Sorry, I don’t understand what you mean by that.

The door at the bottom in the utility room will be removed.

...then you have again the often-cited labyrinth until you get into the utility room.

The door at the bottom in the utility room will be removed, instead the guest WC will be bigger, or the guest WC will be shifted to the left aligned with the stairs and behind it more storage by the utility room or a third shower inside the house. And the hallway a little smaller.

All of that and the furniture you would have to draw directly into the current plan for everyone here.

Hallway: The walls towards the kitchen and the dressing room are deliberately designed so that cabinets will stand there. We have an old farmhouse cupboard that will go against one wall. On the other the wardrobe for jackets and shoes (no hooks, a proper one with hangers). This way the space in the hallway is also used.

...18 sqm still seems too much, even if it becomes 16 sqm by enlarging the guest WC.

The "all-purpose room" is deliberately a corridor. The partition wall is meant to visually "soften" it a bit.

Why do you want to "soften" something you deliberately designed that way before, namely the corridor-shaped all-purpose room? Then don’t design it like that in the first place and save yourself the softening measure that makes the room cramped and darker.

Lighting exchange can take place

...where does this light come from and how should it "exchange"? There will definitely be a lack of light!

Too many windows make it nice and bright but take up space for cabinets .....

Generally, I miss window surfaces but regarding cabinets we have different views anyway—

and what do you do with the space you gain because the door takes up no radius? Nothing – because you have to keep that space free to be able to walk there. Then the advantage disappears, and you still have the disadvantages (price, usually noise when opening/closing, slower, never airtight, ...).

Or?

The main thing is to be against it, that’s your motto?!

Under the stairs is open towards the utility room, so that drinks, a second fridge, etc. can be stored there.

That doesn’t work statically, because you still have a room above. Where/how is the staircase above the steps supposed to look? Should there be a triangular escape hole?

The door downstairs in the utility room is removed,

And then the electrician or craftsman is always allowed through your living quarters? Your groceries are brought through the bathroom on the way?

The "all-purpose room" is deliberately a corridor. The partition wall is supposed to visually "soften" it a bit.

Deliberately, to make it worse.
That’s all childish nonsense!

I see a lot of potential, I see approaches of my sketch.

Is there a reason why you always have such a bay window up north?
How wide is the building window?

...Storage and refrigerator inside or outside the utility room?


That is not possible according to this ground floor drawing, please check!


As already mentioned several times, a bathroom with two doors is, in my opinion, nonsense and could be done differently. The washing machine is used much less frequently and would be better and less disruptive to access, for example, through the dressing room. I would place the utility room near the kitchen anyway. There are a lot of doors and the staircase in between, which does not seem smooth.

Sorry, I don’t understand what you mean.

....but then again you have the much-sung labyrinth until you get to the utility room.

All that and the furniture you would have to draw directly into the current plan for everyone here.

.....18 sqm still seems too much, even if it becomes 16 sqm by enlarging the guest WC.

Why do you want to "soften" something that you previously deliberately designed that way, namely the tubular open space? Then don’t do it in the first place and save yourself the softening measure, which tightens and darkens the room.

....where does this light come from and how is it supposed to "exchange"? There will definitely be a lack of light!

I generally miss window surfaces but in terms of cupboards we have different views anyway-

Hi,

Storage and refrigerator inside the utility room under the stairs.

Why should the entrance to the utility room not function through the dressing room, and then into the bathroom as well? As shown in the attachment..... and then also the exit door back into the utility room, thanks .

I did not understand the statics of the stairs: towards the hallway it is closed under the steps, towards the utility room it is closed above the steps. The staircase carries itself. The floor above, the walls stand on the ground floor ceiling.

: yes, your sketch gave impulses. Thanks for that. The building envelope is 15 meters wide and 13 meters deep. There would still be space in width, but then no double carport would fit next to it. With the current 13 meters we are at the limit of what is possible.

There are many possibilities for exterior design. I just find it a pity that these 3 meters to the neighbor are usually treated like a stepchild. Climbee has very little space and thus shows an example of what can be made out of these 3 meters. This is what it looks like finished. If you go back a page you will even find a plan somewhere.
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/bunter-garten-plauder-bilder-thread.30829/page-127

There are many possibilities for exterior design. I just find it a pity that these 3 meters to the neighbor are usually neglected. Climbee has very little space and thus shows an example of what can be made out of these 3 meters. This is how it looks finished. If you scroll back, you will even find a plan somewhere. https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/bunter-garten-plauder-bilder-thread.30829/page-127

That looks good, but for sitting it would be too cramped for me. We will have a small terrace facing south (street side, little traffic, and the house is 1.5 meters above street level), and one on the north side of the house, about 5 meters away from the house. Who says that the 3 meters to the neighbor’s garage have to remain unused? There are also sensible things that can go there: tool shed, firewood stack, path behind the house, etc.....