Hello. Thank you for your honest opinions.
The north orientation runs along the left outer boundary. The roof above the entrance is thus facing south. Behind the house there are only traditional orchards. As already mentioned, the gable roof must be used, and the ridge direction is also predetermined. The area behind the garage will be used for an attached garden shed behind the living room and as a parking space for a trailer. This can be accessed from “behind” on the property. The living room is angled to be somewhat west-facing.
We also find the living room too large and want to recess the window side by about 60 cm. That accounts for 5-6 sqm.
We haven’t had a bathtub for 10 years and did not miss it. Age-appropriately, we see the walk-in shower as more suitable. We do not consider the bathroom to be a passage room. The utility room will only be used by my wife, and here we see the short distances for washing, ironing and sorting.
The rather long path to the bedroom via the gallery results from the rotated staircase. It was originally planned the other way around. I want to plan the staircase at least 1 m wide so that it can be expanded later with a lift or similar if needed.
We clearly see the cozy corner in the living room, with a great view of the garden and fields. Privacy was also considered in the planning here, so one does not directly see who is in the living room if someone just rings briefly.
The garage must! be planned that way; otherwise, there will be no approval. No garage may be built to the left of the house.
The plot is about 530 sqm. We previously had 1300 sqm – we no longer need so much work. A robotic mower will dutifully do its job.
I am still considering opening up the gallery less towards the window and thus possibly creating a cozy reading corner in front of the large window upstairs.
Our main living area is the kitchen and dining room. The living room is usually only used 2-3 hours in the evening approx.
In our old house, the paths from the entrance to the living room were about 15 m!
The canopy at the living room resulted because the architect planned a balcony above the bedroom. But we do not need or use this. We had it all without ever going up there. Instead, we had a large terrace.