Floor plan: ~150m² single-family house bathroom arrangement on the upper floor

If you are only building for yourself, why not a bungalow?

Sorry, but that makes you wonder if you are 20 and working on your first child or 65 and about to kick the bucket? I hope the former.

I am 35 and realize, even though the timing is extremely unfavorable, that it is time to "put down roots" because I have seen enough of Germany.
A bungalow was actually considered, but I don't like the look of it, and after good 15 years of 1-room apartments and the like, I wanted "more."
It should actually become the granny flat, hopefully as good as possible.

What I find missing in all the site planning is a design of the division of the rear three quarters of the plot – are they supposed to get a dead-end access road, or only be accessed via your driveway on the property boundary...?

For the next 20 years, garden/arable land.
If an access road actually comes someday – the city was not opposed at the beginning of the year – it will probably run along the border line.

Did you complain about the first post?

Not really, if something happened, I probably misclicked somewhere. Sorry :)


Regarding the other mentioned points

General
- House further north is okay, depends a bit on whether it stays at 8.5 m + roof overhang.
The trees (marked in yellow) should remain if possible.

- For additional storage space, the sheds + garden shed (insulated) are still available, as well as the cellar in the parents' house ;)

- I have not changed the dimensions, basically only cut out and moved.
The finished floor Neo 200 is 8.25 x 10.56 m² and the floor areas without bays should be about 14 m² and kitchen 9.32 m²


Ground floor
- The T-shaped arrangement in the guest WC I actually found very nicely solved, but I am open to improvements of any kind.
I rearranged again this afternoon but cannot find a better solution.

- The storage and cabinets (according to the original plan) are back

- The sliding door is gone and the exit faces north.

- Access to the bedroom, thanks for the hint, I hadn't paid attention to that anymore, unfortunately the living room shrinks again.
A bigger living room is probably not possible without a bay window for access (rotating the bed), right?


Upper floor

- Bays are "gone," nothing else comes to mind

- Bathroom slightly rearranged

- Hallway is still a darkroom, "seating area" and window in front of the bathroom also look strange.
Idea is to remove the northern walls at the stairs as a landing with a window, just awkward to reach?

Regarding additional storage space, the sheds + arbor are still available (insulated), as well as the basement in the parents' house ;)

That is neither a prospect nor a sensible plan if you have to rely on neighboring houses due to a lack of your own rooms. Every house should function autonomously. And uninsulated sheds cannot store many things that need to be kept warm close by. For example, ironing board, vacuum cleaner, suitcase, cleaning supplies, and sports bag.

I actually found the T in the guest WC very nicely solved, but I am open to improvements of any kind.
I shuffled things around again this afternoon, but I can't find a more practical solution

It simply doesn't work, trying to squeeze a space requirement of 3.6 meters into 2.5 meters. This applies to many areas. I would not voluntarily want to live on the ground floor with two people, even if there is still the attic.

The hallway is still a darkroom, the "seating area" and window in front of the bathroom also look odd.
The idea is to remove the northern walls at the staircase as a platform with a window, only bad to reach?

Do yourself a favor and collect what you need for the next 20 years. After that, build. Also regarding the orientation outside the property. If you still want to start a family or are looking for a bride, then hold off for now. With this focus, it won't really work; nor do I see the houses selected as set. The living areas on the ground floor are almost without quality. Divided into two with a granny flat anyway. Everything is far too cramped without quality. Even placing the house close to the street is not well chosen.

I haven’t deviated much from the standard floor plan on the ground floor either.
* Dryer/washing machine moved from the utility room to the bathroom, possibly a combined unit
* Utility room is currently about ~6.5 m² and will probably have to grow a bit (I saw 7.3 at Okal Haus)
* Kitchen moved to the left, counter removed
* 1.2 m added from the living room to the dining area
* Storage closet is included again
* Additional storage space in the dining area


The dining area on the ground floor is a must; I could do without the transformations to the bedroom, but that doesn’t really add much to the living room.
Or am I missing something and the original isn’t good anyway?

Actually, I am relatively satisfied with the ground floor and I’m interested in sensible solutions for the upper floor.

(Still open to suggestions, sketches, ideas, etc. for the ground floor)


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Regarding Bigger Better

Yes, more space is always better, aside from heating costs, but eventually the money runs out.
With this plan, I’m already bigger than my parents’ house where I spent a wonderful 18 years, and nothing there was optimized but rather built as specified back then. (okay, the double garage was a trick and was actually supposed to be a workshop)
* 15 m² vestibule, fuse box, 1 sideboard with coat hooks. Small table and 3 chairs completely unused except sometimes for dropping groceries/mail. A few plants
* 20 m² hallway with 1 sideboard, 1 table, 4 chairs no one sits on, with a few plants
* 90s “dining table” in the kitchen with 3 chairs
etc.

Of course I’m building in the here and now, but I don’t want to unnecessarily block options just because people nowadays absolutely “need” 50 m² living rooms. Sure, I could afford to put such a flying space including garage on the property, but what would I get out of that in the long run?
I have land, equity, and a good salary, so it should be a sensible house with options, not a cast designer piece.
Currently, I see no reason to expand beyond 150 m².

There are plenty of options for later with the land: garage, pool house, party house, guest house, pavilion, flying space, or maybe my house will get a stairlift in 10 years and I’ll swap with my parents or rebuild, who knows?
What I do know now is that I want to build next to my parents, have the dining area on the ground floor with a west terrace, and 2 rooms upstairs.

The bathroom on the ground floor doesn't really work. The passage to the shower is 50 cm, rather borderline, and to the toilet only 40 cm, no go.

Here is the ground floor with my suggestion.

Here is the matching OG for that.