Floor plan change during core renovation of listed terraced house

Presumably one of the dressing solutions is indeed the nicest, and I like ypg's variant even more than mine

I also think the open space on the upper floor (office) is great. Perhaps the dressing area shouldn't be fixed at all; the tenants could do that themselves: simply place a wardrobe and secure it somewhat

I also think the open space on the upper floor (office) is great.

And as long as the house was occupied, the upper floor was actually used that way. The bed was in the small room (including a small wardrobe, but only 1.50 m bed width) and the room was a living/reading/writing/TV room. The small room was the laundry/ironing room with a large wardrobe.

With regard to what is attractive for potential tenants, I would - keywords including dressing room and terrace - not "structurally prejudge" too much what one might prefer for own use and/or weight the proportions of the rooms in relation to the total house size unusually.

My advice (as often before, but especially here): find a good architect who has done this kind of thing several times and has therefore dealt with the responsible building authority (successfully!!!) several times.

The architect - a Muthesius student, as I immediately thought - has apparently built quite a bit locally. So a local architect might have dealt with this several times.

But actually, I'm not a fan of slanted walls ...

Neither am I, and I believe: here one will probably not choose that as a favorite way for reasons of statics either. I firmly assume wooden floor ceilings - accordingly a lot of sense in walls standing directly over each other, and some connection also with the roof structure.

Here is another idea for the upstairs to make all rooms accessible. Whether the large room with balcony becomes the bedroom or the smaller one is free then. But actually, I'm not a fan of slanted walls...

No, not at all.

The biggest mistake is to cram too much into a charming villa.
Think about which target group you want to appeal to as a tenant: the large family that needs doors, more than necessary, as long as it's a house where a lot fits in... or the 3-4 person family who appreciates this townhouse, and not just because of the many rooms.

So, the first draft from the locally experienced architect (unfortunately without measurements). Somehow I'm still not quite convinced (except for the attic).

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The challenge is the chimney routing. On the upper floor, it makes a (bricked-in) bend because there used to be a tiled stove here.

My goal would be to have the bedroom facing north, since in the south there are both the street and the tram.