Floor plan 130m2 single-family house on a slope with carport, terrace

Here is the site plan. The house is moving to a slightly flatter area.

I would still make a kitchen plan first to check if the window isn’t actually a bit too wide. I’m rather seeing a two-row kitchen there, possibly with an additional window facing north. Personally, the kitchen is also too far away from the terrace area for me. Whether it’s closed or open is a matter of taste.
I would move the door to the chamber under the stairs to the wall running upwards on the plan; that way, the space under the stairs is much better usable. From the hallway side, maybe a lower hatch to slide drink crates or similar through.

I find the windowsill height of the window at the dining area uncomfortable for sitting at the table. With a bench, one usually wants a backrest too.

I like the stairs; the closet space also seems sufficient. I would probably have the WC door open outwards. Even though according to the plan there is a risk of collision with the entrance door, but both doors are not constantly used. That allows moving the hand basin a bit further down the plan and thus having a more comfortable distance to the WC.

I find the bathroom upstairs better in the original plan since it’s more generous. The passage between shower and washbasin is more spacious, the shower without doors etc. is well usable, and the WC/washbasin area is also more generous. The window can also be moved slightly further down on the plan, giving the shower even more room.

Making the kitchen plan first and then planning the window is a good tip; we will probably do it that way.
A window to the north won’t work; the wall is on the slope.
Thanks for the tip regarding the door directions; we will look at that again as well.

Dining bench: That’s also why I want to move the window towards the south; then at least one seat will have a backrest there, if not two, and the view will be better. We rarely eat with more than four people anymore.
In the warm months, we will certainly mostly eat on the terrace, so it should be fine if one bench seat has a backrest.

I find the house somewhat... pretentious and don’t warm up to the plan.

Wouldn’t it be more sensible to place the garage as border development to the east and plan the south side of the basement as a common room so that you still have some of the property left? Then the upper floor with the bedrooms on top...

Where is the toilet now and where shall it go? I can’t make sense of it because it’s overdrawn.

What is the budget?

Pretentious: What would your suggestion be? Do you also think it’s not well integrated into the terrain, or is it just the plan that looks pretentious?

The toilet is the W, drawn in the original; it’s opposite, next to the washbasin = opposite.

Putting the carport next to it is not so simple... first, the house would then have to be completely on the west side of the plot, but that’s exactly where the “garden” is supposed to be, and second, where would the terrace go?
The plot is not blessed with a “large garden area” anyway because of the slope; everything is somewhat steep.

That’s quite simple. 4 m forward and 3 m lower.



Drive directly to the garage then.

Building lower is not possible. The plot on the east will also be developed by the family—they also want a view to the west. Our view won’t improve because of that, and behind the house, we then have a rather large, steep slope that nobody can use (people climb up it but don’t walk across it)—but the driveway would of course be easier that way.
With regard to distances, that’s of course possible.
3 m is the minimum distance.

Here’s the site plan. The house moves into a somewhat flatter area.

Thanks for the suggestion, but see above; we are not allowed/should not build there, as that would exactly block the view for the house on the eastern (family) neighbor’s plot.

What do you think argues against placing the house in the steep slope? There, the house takes up the least “usable” land/garden.

Foreword: I don’t want to reject your suggestions outright, but moving the house further down is not an option.

Building the carport east in the steep slope is probably complicated regarding access and costs? Plus, the planned small garden in the west would then be lost; instead, we would have a garden in front of the house... which wouldn’t be bad either but probably a significantly more expensive solution, maybe? And where would the large terrace then be?

The toilet is the W, drawn in the original it is opposite next to the washbasin = opposite.

I thought to the right of the drawn washbasin ... it might be good to present "original" and "intended variant" side by side. Because through your drawings the original can no longer be recognized.

I thought to the right of the marked sink ... it might be good to show "original" and "intended variant" side by side. Because through your drawings the original can no longer be recognized.

Here is the original floor plan of the upper floor.