@ypg although my draft is much smaller (135m2/112.5m2), the usable rooms are larger.
I don’t know what measurements your program shows you, but mine looks like just under 90 sqm. Could it be that the workshop/carport was included in your calculation? As a reference, I took the 13.50 from the original plan on the left.
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But aside from that: everyone here has their experiences and opinions, which some share here. In many areas we are often on the same wavelength. Especially when it comes to criticism. Mistakes are quickly spotted. Properly fixed without creating another bottleneck, however, they often never are.
Usually, compromises have to be made in a house design. The different priorities of each person play a big role here. Those who have 3 children place at least importance on a second shower, others have hobbies that they want to continue in the house. Wellness lovers value a bathroom, others just prefer to undress alone in a dressing room.
Many want to move downstairs when they grow old and think they will be happy with their 4 sqm shower-WC plus 8 sqm office. This is often justifiably criticized. At least I don’t think it makes sense to set all compromises to priority “old age” when you are just starting to build a family. There are often 40/50 years in between, and maybe a job change, two divorces, three illnesses, four weddings and five grandchildren ;)
In this case there is the granny flat, which must not only be generated because of the subsidy but due to the family structure. Because without it, this house construction will not happen.
But when I see something like the realization of the barrier-free wish with rooms where you can lean against all walls almost simultaneously so that you don’t need a cane anymore, then I have criticism in that regard. I also don’t believe that the OP blames his dad so much that he will build these sleeping and washing holes for him. Such an alcove bed may be nice for children or on vacation, possibly even for students in a pinch, but it has nothing to do with age-appropriate living.
I bet if someone else comes here soon with these dimensions in their draft, it will be rightfully criticized.
The same applies to the direct view of the sofa when entering the main apartment and the view of the stairs when sitting in the living room. Or the proximity of the sofa to the wardrobe, which — even with disciplined adults — is quickly used as a place to put scarves and co rather than first opening the wardrobe door. The toilet under the stairs is also more of an emergency solution in an existing building than a smart new-build idea. However, the idea to also use the connecting corridor fits well.
Space requirements in the attic: 2x “retreat” for the adults, in doubt we’ll just store a rocking chair with reading lamp and a sewing machine on one side and a gaming PC on the other side.
Now, about the finished attic: I also believe by now (unless someone comes up here with a truly innovative draft) that one should rather forgo the expansion than use the entire ground floor area on the top floor.
And that’s because you want to create a retreat in the attic. Think about that again. Your child is one year old, possibly a second one will come. How do you imagine that retreat when you should actually be near the child or children? At some point the child will go to bed in the evening and then you can chill afterwards. You will probably have no desire to go all the way upstairs but rather stay on the ground floor with a drink before going to your own bedroom. And yes, the bedroom is then a retreat too, but a much more comfortable one. Alternatively, the office, i.e. guest room, can also be made homely for you.
And if that’s not enough, then you can create another room with the used-up floor space in the attic. Maybe a nice dormer in the south is still financially possible, where you can put the armchair with floor lamp and a built-in wardrobe houses the sewing machine?
In the end, you had the wish for a basement. That is too expensive.
Let’s see:
Space requirement in the basement (access through shared corridor + additional outside entrance): Technology/utility room with heat pump, ventilation, electrical distribution, inverter, server; wood DIY workshop; laundry room; 2x hobby cellar for large-scale collections – Lego and beer cans, no kink-shaming please ;), 1x “storage” for decorations, suitcases, camping stuff and such. So it has to be heated (and ventilated), but simple tiles and surface-mounted installation are sufficient.
I see the attic rather as a basement replacement room. First as storage and then for your collections. But I promise you that there will be hardly any time left for that ;)
Carport/roof overhang directly on the building would be good, but more for bicycles and (medium-term future) for an electric car.
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with the wish for both parents (so me+wife) to have a separate room, which is not the and the study, a room that does not have to be tidied up, from which you can slam the door if you think it’s necessary.
Your own room would be the bedroom with a door to slam.
I think it’s roughly clear where the journey is headed: clear structure for the granny flat, at least 30 sqm for the subsidy, no corridor needed but some freedom of movement for furniture you shouldn’t stumble over.
Shared corridor that is also used jointly for the wardrobe. Small additional wardrobe for the main apartment in case it is rented out to strangers _sometime later_. (I still advise keeping the technology in the north half, so also the bathroom of the granny flat.)
One staircase firmly leading to the attic, there at least storage space. On the top floor a multipurpose room separated from the children’s rooms so that in the evening the needle of the good Singer can also dance there.
And whoever builds in Iserbrook should get used to at least a 48-degree roof pitch :)