Draft floor plan new construction city villa >160 m²

I would reduce to 140sqm just because of the budget. With two children's rooms it's completely sufficient, then you don't need a ballroom-sized bathroom either. The stairs don't fit. Otherwise quite good.

Where do you see mistakes that one would regret later? [...] The bathroom upstairs currently seems large to me and not planned "efficiently".

I don't even know where to start. You should build on the seed of self-awareness from the last sentence. I still see you first looking for a capable architect, not a construction company.

1 person, 28 years old | House designed for 2 people + 2 children

Ask marriage counselors and divorce lawyers how advisable it is to present the bride with a completed house plan.

Ask marriage counselors and divorce lawyers how advisable it is to present the bride with a completed house plan.

Uh, I hadn’t even noticed that. Yes, that will cause trouble, the nesting instinct will be massively suppressed if the nest is already there.

Ask marriage counselors and divorce lawyers how advisable it is to impose a completed house plan on the bride.

That was also my first thought. I already find it quite critical to build without having children yet.

I know the constellation of the original poster in three variants:

- The woman never showed up, let alone the children. The completely finished house stands empty and the builder still lives with his mother.

- The woman came, but after the first child was done with the subject and the remaining children's rooms are superfluous. The couple is soon building a new house.

- and now here’s the thing: we have almost exactly such a floor plan as the original poster’s that we once viewed during our house search, only the staircase was a bit different. The young man hooked up with an architect who couldn’t bear living in such a house and urgently wanted to build a new one. And a nice one at that.

Desired size and budget do not match at all.

So first of all, congratulations on the building plot. Do you have a development obligation? If not, I would also let the topic rest a bit longer. Most women I know want to create something together when building a house and not move into a finished place that usually still screams "bachelor." I also think that as a couple you can grow together through such a big project. It's simply an emotional topic as well :)