Feedback on our floor plan idea, small building window

I actually mean the warmth in the bedroom, I just noticed that there is a roof terrace connected there, I hadn’t noticed that before o.o ?! Anyway, ergo you have a larger glass surface on the south side which also means that the room will warm up more. Also, the bed is positioned directly in front of this window front. I always had the balcony at the bedroom too... never used it, it just looks nice but that’s the truth. Nobody goes out on the balcony in a bathrobe in the morning. Also, this nice part of the house is thus completely privatized, or do you want your guests to always tramp through the bedroom to enjoy the amazing view? The room is 27 sqm, so maybe something could still be done with a clever partition wall. I’m just thinking about how one could do it, but of course that’s a matter of taste. Just noticed that now!

Yes, true. That’s why we are planning various thermal protection measures (glass, shutters, roller blinds). But probably it will get warm in Hamburg (!) in the height of summer as well.

We are aware that we will probably rarely use the balcony. But we needed the balcony area because we want to build essentially two stories, and a kind of 2nd story according to Hamburg building regulations is only allowed up to 66% of the base area.

Fireplace.

So for me there are a total of 3 possibilities.

You could do without the door between dining and living room. Just make a passage there and use a fireplace with a view-through combustion chamber. The advantage is that even when dining, for example with guests, your fireplace fire can be admired during the goose feast.

Another possibility would be to install a three-sided fireplace at the end of the partition wall between living room and dining room, which thus protrudes somewhat further into the living area.

The 3rd possibility would be near the stair wall in the living room. Disadvantage less space for furniture there, but more so at the current location and possibly better options for placing the stereo furniture, see the problem entrance and living room, which I had already mentioned!

Good ideas, we will think about them, especially 1 and 2. But then we would have to give up the possibility to close off dining/cooking and living room (noise, smells, etc.). The 3rd possibility would also be an option but would mean that we probably need 2 seating areas (one in front of the fireplace and one probably more southwest) to fill the room usefully. Besides that, the fireplace then is no longer a focal point, it kind of gets lost.

Many thanks already for your very concrete suggestions.

The 3rd option would also be one, but it would mean that we would probably need 2 seating areas (1 in front of the fireplace and one probably more southwest) to sensibly fill the room. Next to that, the fireplace would no longer be the focal point, it kind of gets lost.

Your living space isn’t that big that you need two seating areas. With your preferred sofa arrangement, someone always has to turn their head, whether to watch the TV or look at the fireplace. The central position also takes up quite a bit of floor space (e.g. between the sofa and the window). Your question about coziness (cave effect), which also applies to the bedroom/bed situation on second thought: everyone is differently sensitive. It would bother me (I can see from floor plans what would really make me uncomfortable), others don’t know what I’m talking about because they absolutely cannot relate to this feeling. For others, size is more important than functionality– It’s like dirt: what’s a no-go for one is hardly noticeable to another.

For me, the design wouldn’t work, yet it’s not the worst – you can live in it and feel comfortable as long as you don’t get the feeling of “falling out” of the rooms.

Regarding the comments from others, I also noticed that a storage room is missing. But that could be compensated for with the airlock in your place. Next to the kitchen, we have our utility room with all the stuff you need daily or yearly (from various kitchen appliances to supplies and cleaning stuff). I go in there so often that now, in the dark season, I’ve installed a small LED lamp near the door that turns on with motion because the whole on/off light flicking annoys me; most of the time, it’s just to take a bottle out or put one back in.

I don’t find a guest room in the basement bad at all, as long as enough daylight comes in. However, I would probably have moved the study there and put the guest room on the ground floor so that a shower on the ground floor would make sense. A little inside info: I’m going to have foot surgery soon and must stay in bed for 2 weeks and am only allowed to get up to use the toilet. We are already discussing whether to buy a bed for the small guest room (there’s only a fold-out chair there so far) so that I can stay there or if I’ll stay upstairs in the bedroom. Stair climbing is out of the question... thus, if one has the space and money, it’s always interesting for me to have this combination (bed and shower) on the ground floor. Have you lost sight of that?

Regards, Yvonne

Hello,

I don’t like the niches in the children's rooms at all. My children have rearranged their room several times because they simply want to sleep somewhere else occasionally, which is not possible with these niches. Moreover, they are not wide enough. A teenager would like to lie in a 140 cm bed. Besides, kids spend almost all their time in bed during adolescence, surfing on their phones, reading, or listening to music. That’s not very comfortable in such a corner.

Best regards
Sabine

I just remembered something about the following matter:

Completely sufficient (2 to 3 60cm units). Since when do people fill children's rooms with cabinets? Note: Besides the children's rooms, there is a playroom (where all the bulky things will be).

Since when do children like to share?

For roughly up to about 8-year-old children, it might work if the toys are stored downstairs in the playroom. A small cabinet is also enough. A desk is unnecessary until the fifth year. But the chance that you get conjoined twins is low. The older the children and the bigger the gap between them, the more they become individuals (hopefully). That means: their own toys and devices, privacy with their own things, and at least a 150cm wide wardrobe, plus a Billy shelf, bookworms need more. Chest of drawers with TV, desk with PC...

This is what came to my mind regarding Sabine’s post.

Regards Yvonne, childless, who has already seen quite a few youth rooms

Good Morning,

a brief update:

Since 11.03. we have been building and 10 days ago we had the topping-out ceremony in the best weather. Almost 40 neighbors with about 15-20 children were there. It was very lively but also nice. Since we are doing infill development, we have a very mixed neighborhood, older generations but also many families with children.

The house is now really taking shape. Electricians and plumbers have already started. The gables are also finished, the roof will be covered next week. We have now decided on a dark brown (very dark) Jacobi roof tile. The front door is also decided (classic wooden panel door in English black-green).

A few notes to the last "critics", I just read it properly, please excuse me.

/Sabine: A matter of taste! By the way, the niches are indeed 1.20 m deep, but a 1.40 m bed would fit very well both in the niche (up to the door or the window). Regardless, there would also be other placement options in both rooms. P.S.: I myself had such a niche in my room in my parents' house and I loved it....

: About the living room, yes, that is a matter of taste. By the way, we have someone in our circle of friends with a similarly shaped living room as we have now (no changes made anymore) and I cannot confirm that the living room is not cozy nor that one would have the feeling of "falling out". On the contrary, we found it very cozy (probably also depending on the furnishing) and somehow also very spacious. By the way, we don't have to turn our head. The TV will be on the right next to the fireplace.

Regarding your well-meant suggestions about the children's rooms, I am honestly a bit irritated that you think you know what and how much our children would need where without having children yourself. By the way, all the things you describe fit in each of the children's rooms. Also with toys. The playroom is intended for bulky things (indoor trampoline, ride-on cars, large grocery store, table tennis table later). And if they really don't feel like playing there, well, then they just play in the children's room and/or in the gallery, or in the 1,200 m2 garden (sorry, had to get that out now). I believe they will have above-average "space" to become true individualists. ;-9

Best regards and see you here again soon.

Lassemann

Just a few more notes to the last "critics", I had only just properly read, please excuse me.

Yes, it's a pity that well-intentioned advice is no longer read.

Regarding your well-intentioned comments on the children's rooms, I must honestly say I'm almost a bit irritated that you, without having your own children, think you know what and how much our kids need where.

Well, I set that statement deliberately: I don't need (small) children to know that they will eventually stop playing. In that respect, you know just as little
I have gained my knowledge from other sources, but that is not important here and now!

P.s. Congratulations on the upcoming house