Floor plan Bungalow 172 m2 in Brandenburg south of Berlin

Too much headwind from your side to make suggestions here.

I don’t think so. The tone has also been rough from the other side from the beginning.

You are now completely ignoring the January discussion!

"Feng Shui experts will throw their hands over their heads," which did not come from you, I find inappropriate, slightly condescending, and not very conducive to a solution-oriented discussion.

Yes, that did come from Würfel ;)

You are putting too much emphasis on the home cinema.

I have the feeling that _you_ rather give too much value to the home cinema. No one wants to take away your hobby or your daily routine in the home cinema, but the presence on the property cannot be overlooked.

5.29 meters to the boundary is already quite acceptable.

That is really borderline, considering that there will probably also be a seating terrace there.
I would also shift it similarly to the right side of the plan, so that there is still a view of the rest of the property at the top of the plan.

That's already quite borderline, considering that there will probably also be a seating terrace there. I would also move it similarly to the right in the plan, so that you can still have a view of the rest of the property at the top of the plan.

I find 5m to the boundary rather nothing, especially since with 763sqm you are not exactly blessed with a tiny plot that would make it necessary to squeeze the terrace against the neighbor’s fence. I would question the double carport. Maybe it would be better if you use the edge development on the left and right for the cars, if that is allowed.

Your architect is responsible for solutions, although some here occasionally present some as well. But that is not our task. We only point out problems or praise successful designs.

Home builders are mostly not trained professionals from the construction industry and therefore seek advice. Of course, you can go straight to the architect or directly to the general contractor, who will competently and professionally advise you for payment from the start, and then you build your little house with your several hundred thousand euros with the contractor on duty. But most of the time, you only work with one company, and as a layperson, you do not always know in the big shark tank of the construction industry whether you are just throwing money out of the window or being competently advised and served.

The wise and smart layperson reads up and seeks a second independent opinion from third parties. But where do I start with literature research? At Google and the like? Then I discover a forum called House Building Forum, where some (hobby) experts in the house building industry, alongside admins, moderators, silent readers, and lay questioners, mingle.

If you register in a forum with the topic "House Building" and aim to regularly comment on other posts, I find it somewhat poor to only give praise or point out problems without appealing suggested solutions. That’s precisely what a forum offers: exchange among each other with the goal that everyone benefits. Yes, and for free. Don’t we all want to approach a project better prepared and save money in the process? Isn’t it also nice that you can help others?

I agree that you don’t have to feel responsible for a problem solution, but please don’t speak for others here. There are also other commentators who certainly decide for themselves what they see as their voluntary task here.

When you say that my architect alone is responsible for the solutions, there is a slight undertone suggesting that I shouldn’t have it too easy. In the end, the architect creates the final design, but I can talk to him until then. And in this process, opinions but especially ideas and solution approaches from third parties (friends, family, and also, for example, (hobby) experts from a forum) can be incorporated.

You are completely ignoring the January discussion now!

Of course, it is initially tough to receive a lot of criticism and to go on the defensive first, which is probably humanly understandable. You also want to explain your own intellectual property.

I have taken a lot of that to heart. Brought light from the southwest orientation into the living space. Moved away from the square and field roof. Reduced the footprint by almost 30 m2. Taken heart with a guest WC, now even with a shower and not next to the dining area. It also seems that the interior of the house is no longer a huge problem, except for the passage through the bedroom, but almost only the outdoor area remains.

I would question the double carport. Maybe it would be better to use the edge development on the left and right for the cars, if that is allowed.

Thanks for the suggestion. We would only reluctantly part with the [HAR] and the double carport, but we will include that in the next considerations. The area may only be a maximum of 150 m2; more is not possible. I also do not want to go back to the square. We no longer want a hip roof where we have seen the designs with the purlin roof. That already looks very nice from the outside.

If you register in a forum with the topic "Hausbau" and aim to regularly comment on other posts, I find it a bit lame to only give praise or point out problems without appealing solution suggestions.

Yes, I am known here for not making appealing solution suggestions. :rolleyes: Always nice when someone explains the world to me. Thanks for that.

Yes, I am known here for not making appealing solution proposals. :rolleyes:

, here in the forum and and are known for offering well-thought-out solutions and floor plans. They also have an eye for floor plans and their weaknesses. You believe you have a perfect floor plan for you, then go ahead and build it. Our approach for a bungalow in Berlin was, beautiful garden, holiday home feeling, living in and with the garden, the rest fell into place. If you feel like it, come and see what living in a bungalow means to us

And in this process, opinions, but especially ideas and solutions from third parties (friends, family, and also, for example, (hobby)experts from a forum) can be incorporated.

Sorry. Solutions that involve more than a small illustrative pencil sketch or an explanatory talk take time.
If a thread starter (TS) behaves quite stubbornly (this doesn’t have to be just you, but generally speaking), against well-meaning, sensible, and also understandable arguments and does not take up (I don’t mean accept) these either, with no follow-up questions asking why, how, or “don’t you think that” or whatever, then I, for example, don’t spend several hours or days working out something that is a) buildable (without immense dream costs and structural effort), b) thought through (in terms of the needs/lifestyle of the TS or generally common daily routine) and c) empathetic to the TS. Whether it pleases is another matter.

I often spend several hours, sometimes several days, on bad layouts and many wishes... yes, because I’m into it. But also because there are “TSs” who honor me and my time or the design.
But I have no desire to do this if the TS fundamentally resists offers of help. Our objections or arguments can’t be all that bad if they can be found by others in other groups or forums as well. Sure, there are also only praise hymns there like here (less so), but that’s a good way to separate the wheat from the chaff when someone just says “great floor plan” and someone else points out that the kitchen is too tight, the cloakroom is missing, or the sightline AB or CD is not consistent.

Katja is similarly ambitious, maybe even more patient, even if she pursues another style.

In that sense, I find it a bit poor to only see one’s own post and not even look at what enthusiastic people you’re dealing with here. I always advise taking a look at other people’s posts in this forum to get a feeling for planning yourself. You only see your house now, we have been dealing with many houses from many questioners for years, and that broadens one’s perspective and builds empirical knowledge.

That’s exactly what a forum offers, the exchange among each other with the goal that everyone benefits.

Yep. Only, we often have to pull information out of a TS, and there have already been thought processes. As far as I know, you haven’t even given your age yet. You don’t know if you’re dealing with a 30-year-old or a senior... Do we know if you have a normal daily schedule and only want to sit around in the media room? There was something about an outdoor shower, which just came up now?!… don’t quite remember … So I often find the exchange a bit one-sided. That must come at the beginning, not afterwards.

All that is demanded, and apparently you didn’t even google what Feng Shui from Würfel actually means, instead, it is casually “argued away.” Since Feng Shui is the teaching of the “dwelling human, i.e., the teaching of harmonious human life design,” that was basically an own goal. But I’ll let it be.
It shows your persistence, and no one here needs to impose themselves and their knowledge.

And now something about your words why our opinion does not reflect what you want:

Others just plan their standard city villa there and have 4 to 5 meters on one side and 3 meters on the other side.

We want these spaces in the rooms and we want the home cinema and we want it all on one level. No stairs anywhere.

Nobody said you should give up on a bungalow with home cinema.

Sure, we could build further to the right. But then the utility room has to go back into the house.

Würfel has shown quite decently that a few things can be folded up there, or there is potential... even if it’s just a small initial idea… whereby you still have everything you describe. At least if you consider that it was quickly drafted between times. Many roads lead to Rome, one is faster, another slower, but more beautiful.

Should I not use them just because I cannot see them?

That’s probably how it will be. You quickly forget that there is also a plot behind the house if you don’t have that piece clearly before your eyes. It also becomes a burden if you have to walk generously several times in the evening around a building to get something from the garden shed. Then gardening loses its fun. And if the lady lies in bed with a migraine, the gentlemen’s sauna evening is off too…

We find the matter with the morning greeting really cool. That gives us a lot. We want it that way.
For the area in the northeast, we have ideas; a sauna will go there and, if necessary, a small tool shed, which we don’t want to see at the top of the plan. I think you could come up with ideas too. I trust you to do that.

Yes, something like that can be planned more cleverly.

[the house] separates quite a bit of the plot.

Yep.