DIY floor plan design for 2 people

I did not mark the contour lines for fun. Unfortunately, there is no reference point. The terrace I would have placed more to the west.

Maybe you should play through the worst-case scenario again or especially the dozens of other situations (shades of gray instead of black/white) where a separate living unit makes sense. Because, hand on heart: the dog doesn’t want to live there alone, no guest voluntarily goes to sleep in a basement apartment, rather they drive back home at night or crash on the sofa. Children also feel pushed aside, home office is far nicer above ground, and the caregiver only really pays off in this house when only one person is drooling (surviving). If you have this caregiver because you are in this condition, they’ve already made the main apartment their own. You can be glad if you’re not eventually sent down to the basement. If I want to be cared for at home, then he/she should please sleep next door and occasionally pat my hand. For all other shades of gray and care levels: housekeeper or caregiver may gladly have their own home and let me live independently. Unless I have a castle, then my staff may gladly live in the west wing. Yes, I know individuals to whom staff moved in. But that was back then, black and illegal – everything else nowadays is rather “doubtful,” since you rarely can pay a proper and appreciative salary.

Yes, I know individuals to whom staff moved. But that was back then, black and illegal – everything else nowadays is rather "questionable," as one can rarely pay a decent and appreciative salary.

At this point, I have to step in and call "nonsense." My disabled aunt has been paying for a caregiver for years. She lives in the attic of the house and my aunt on the ground floor. The caregiver is in the house day and night for two weeks straight and alternates with two others. It is legal, expensive, and not questionable at all.

I have to intervene here and call "nonsense".

Then your aunt belongs to the rare cases who can afford the appreciative and appealing salary. I have not completely ruled it out.

Unfortunately, we cannot offer you more at the moment; you have already very well understood the terrain layout. Where we will ultimately place the house on the property is still open and also depends on the building authority. We determined the height reference point from NN using Earth, and the rest of the terrain layout was measured on site.


Why is this being brought up again and again?
The sense or nonsense of the granny flat is ultimately our decision; it’s nice that you are thinking about it, but you do not know our needs, and the issue of care staff is hopefully still far away.
We want to have a granny flat (guest apartment) in the house, and that’s final. It’s only a matter of how we integrate it into the overall package. The question remains whether it will be in the basement, the ground floor, or elsewhere...


Thank you for your support; when you have been or are in the situation yourself, you think differently.

We wanted to create a terrace that includes east, south, and west – morning sun during breakfast coffee, midday sun yes, but not directly at the large window front of the open plan area, and evening sun when we face the garden. Are we thinking about this incorrectly?