Floor plan 200 sqm with integrated winter garden and gallery

so much living space... But when the 5th child is there (well, if it goes well ), then you have to turn the office into a children's room. For rooms you need, the house gets tight, but you have (re)presentation space in abundance. The gallery is nice, but you have too many corners that simply gather dust in everyday life with a normal daily routine. With such a large living area, you could plan a more functional kitchen and areas that can possibly be converted with a partition wall.

so much living space... But when the 5th child arrives (well, if things go well ), then you have to turn the office into a children's room. It will get cramped in the house for rooms you actually need, but you have (re)presentation space in abundance. The gallery is nice, but you have too many corners that just collect dust in everyday life with a normal daily routine. With such a large living area, you could plan a more functional kitchen and areas that can possibly be converted with partition walls.

Hello ypg,

thank you very much for your advice.

Would this already work better (see attachment)? Or does it have to be completely redone?

so much living space... But when the 5th child arrives (well, if all goes well ), you have to turn the office into a children's room. For the rooms you need, the house will be tight, but you have an abundance of (re)presentation space. The gallery is nice, but you have too many corners that simply collect dust in everyday life with a normal daily routine. With such a large living area, you could plan a more functional kitchen and areas that can possibly be converted with a partition wall.

Hello ypg,

thank you very much for your advice.

Would it already work better like this (see attachment)? Or does it have to be completely redone?

The workroom or 3rd children's room would now probably be just under 18 sqm. I could imagine that the TV area could be closed off with a sliding door.

So we have 187 m² and 4 full rooms (~16 m²) on the upper floor and a master bedroom with an en-suite bathroom (is that the correct spelling? in any case with a small separate shower room only accessible from the bedroom) on the ground floor. Our living-dining-cooking area is 55 m² (somewhere you have to save square meters ). We also have a utility room of about 8 m² both on the ground floor and the upper floor. However, the bathroom upstairs is smaller for us.

If that meets your requirements and you have the money for it, I think the floor plan is nice. I would still change the dressing room and bedroom - rather the bedroom as a contained room and the dressing room as a "bridge" to the bathroom. The sequence dressing room - bathroom - dressing room - bathroom etc. will occur more often than going back into the bedroom. Moreover, you won’t disturb the person still sleeping in the bedroom while someone else is getting ready.
The topic is possibly still the walking routes in the kitchen - why are there two chairs at the counter? That doesn’t make the whole thing more functional.

Ever lived in a house with a gallery? There is no privacy there. Especially with children. Smells from food, conversations, TV noises, children shouting, children's music, etc. are perfectly carried from below to above and vice versa. Not to forget, you are sitting comfortably with guests in the conservatory, sipping a glass of wine, and the possibly pubescent child then has to quickly pass the gallery in pajamas, shirt, with a towel to get to the bathroom (or vice versa). I would do without the gallery and instead somehow plan an additional children's bathroom. A gallery with children is wasted space - my opinion.

Kitchen paths are simply too long. There is no shelf for the baking tray next to the oven to put it down, pour over it, etc. Where will the stove go? Where is the work surface then? In any case, the work triangle of preparing, storing (refrigerator), and washing does not work. The counter is used as a dining corner.
Best regards, Yvonne