Floor plan bungalow 160 sqm - Your assessments?

Your last draft already had 186 sqm, at least if I add up the room sizes.

What does your mother expect from the access to the utility room through the garage, if the utility room is located so unfavorably in the house, as in your plan?

The door to the bedroom wing can simply be slid to the left, flush with the wall between the dressing room and guest room, and then that room is outside the private area of your parents.


Watching who’s coming... your mother is not always standing in the kitchen... from the side through the terrace door you will also be able to take a look and otherwise you sit in the sofa corner etc. or upstairs at the PC and then you don’t have this view from the kitchen either.
And, of course, the small terrace is most fun when you can go directly there from the kitchen. But since it is also not great if this terrace is directly on the upper corner of the plot, moving the kitchen downwards on the plan makes a lot of sense.

And, a room with 14.3 m interior length... with 250? cm ceiling height that feels somewhat oppressively overwhelming.

Hello,

I submitted the draft for approval because I worked on it together with my parents, and they thought it suited them. Therefore, the architect was only supposed to put the sketches into a form, and we received them for review to think about.

This is not an architect, but an order taker; supply temperature. just another building permit officer. Sorry, but the draft is creepy

Unfortunately, it blocks the desired view from the kitchen to the driveway or the entrance area of the property. My mother would like to see from the kitchen when someone comes.

Unfortunately, the "egg-laying wool-milk-sow" does not exist for your mother either. Building means making compromises – besides, your mother can spot any visitor early from the kitchen window

Access to the property should only be possible via the driveway; the rest will be fenced and equipped with a gate at the front.

Always gladly taken; typically German

In the end, 187 sqm is unfortunately a bit too much; we started at 150 sqm and were now at 160-170 sqm. More would probably be a bit too much for two persons or occasionally three, right? After all, the budget has its limits at some point

The budget will be decisive. Just the garage you designed will cost a small fortune since it has to be built of masonry. The real question here is whether you shouldn't simply leave a green strip to the left of the garage? If it fits the budget, forget the question. As the draft posted by "kbt09" shows, you'll certainly be at about EUR 330k for the bungalow plus costs for the garage, additional construction costs, painting, and flooring; extras not included.

Back to the beginning: find yourself another architect! One who asks your parents about their life situation, their wishes, and your temporary requirements for the bungalow and ONLY THEN designs. That is their job, not warming up something without checking if the temperature is right!

As an example of how it can be smaller and more reasonable, I "borrowed" the documents of my partner and the attached draft and already played around with it a bit. "Private" and "Living" are separated, one bathroom is enough (the sanitary fixtures are just placeholders), and the design can be fairly easily adapted to the needs of disabled persons (in my opinion, this should be considered in old age). If and when an additional office on the gallery is really planned, this draft offers the possibility to open the living area up to the rafters, put the office behind it, and use only the space above the private area as additional storage. I would recommend designing the stairs openly and using them as an eye-catcher/room divider. All in all, it also saves your wallet

Rhineland regards

, yes, I did expect that .. just kidding. Of course not. Although, if you let go of some entrenched "It has always been that way" thinking, and want to keep the angled bungalow, I would find my solution quite practical.

I also don’t understand how came up with the idea that his design only has 160 sqm.

In general, based on the site plan:


the angled bungalow is not such a bad choice. Although it would be interesting to know how high the hall in the lower left is. According to the figures, I would say walls as high as the bungalow including the roof. That calls for a lot of greenery along the property boundary.

As an example of how it can be smaller and more reasonable, I borrowed the documents from my partner Geraubt and already started doodling in the attached draft ...

But there's not even a walk-in closet in it, nor access from the garage into the house

Again from me:
Your parents should consider that with a new house something and quite a bit will change. And they should look forward to that. After all, they want the change!

Sometimes you just want exactly the same as before – but it’s not possible.

Maybe the current house was built on a plot that allowed a connection to the garage. Maybe that can be done in the new house too, maybe the location of the garage is just lousy (I must admit I’m no longer looking at the plans, which is better anyway because this time I want to generalize!).
Maybe people over 60 should rather think about barrier-free access and short distances (which you don’t have in your draft), but do you want to tell your parents that? (My 69/72-year-olds have a breakdown whenever I talk about nursing homes where I had professional assignments, they immediately imply their own "interests").

Not only maybe. The walk-in closet in the open hallway area by is much more generous than an enclosed room. Especially if you have that area just for yourselves, meaning the two of you. Your children's room in Hotel Mama could be located outside the hallway. And the size of a living room is not defined by square meters. Sometimes a different layout simply adds more.

At least in a redesign of your home in this third stage of life, you should be so flexible and open that you don’t get fixated on current or usual circumstances and let a professional have a look.
Somehow the three of you are approaching the matter the wrong way.

Oh, about the bathroom door: I did wonder who locks their door (I don’t know anyone who does), but nowadays you have a latch inside the bathroom and a slot outside so someone can quickly get in in an emergency. The problem I know of is: someone falls inside in front of the door so it’s hard to open it from outside. If you already plan the door for the worst case, then please make it barrier-free first.