Floor plan changes for end-terrace house from the developer

What on earth prompted the developer to install a straight staircase here with a house depth of just 10.5m is a mystery to me.

Not to me. For most builders, the most important thing is the straight staircase, which, no matter the cost (here: living square meters), is squeezed into 9 x 9 houses. If it ends up just being a terraced house, at least there is a straight staircase. With that, the developer surely hits the mark, straight to the heart of many prospective builders and pulls in the sales offer.

But a load-bearing wall in the basement speaks against that, which probably should not be debated in the context of the static system of the house. A spiral would mean a custom-made solution here,

I don’t see it that way. The load-bearing walls can remain, can’t they?! … with turned combined with spiral…

Not to me. For most builders, the most important thing is the straight staircase, which, no matter the cost (here: living square meters), is squeezed into 9 x 9 houses. If it then ends up being only a terraced house, at least you have a straight staircase. With that, the BT probably hits the mark, right in the heart of many prospective builders and convinces them in the sales offer.

Yes, presumably he could no longer hear the eternal "we actually wanted a straight staircase." The layperson does not see that 1 or 2 rooms become storage rooms because of that.

The view may not be the nicest (next to the parking space there will be our city-mandated forced hedge ;)) but I do think it would help?

Totally irrelevant how the view is. If possible, put windows in there, as many and as large as you can! Also for the children!

I don’t see it that way. The load-bearing walls can stay, right?! … when turned in combination with spiral…

Spiral is exactly what I see as a stumbling block here on granite.

If it then becomes just a terraced house, at least you have a straight staircase. That’s surely what hits the mark, the heart of many prospective builders and pulls in the sales offer.

That’s why the straight staircase surprises me here, because it attracts the type “buyer, actually rather a builder,” who, to be blunt, “causes problems” with their dream house fantasies. Nothing needs to be drawn: terraced houses in metropolitan areas, especially if they are real plots instead of condominium ownership, would sell like hotcakes even in tax beige.

Yes, he probably couldn’t hear the endless “we actually wanted a straight staircase” anymore. The layperson doesn’t see that 1 or 2 rooms turn into storage rooms because of that.

Here, it’s probably more the professional who mercilessly looks through the cost-per-unit glasses on such projects. Every single eight-mark note counts, it adds up ;-)

Is it for structural reasons or simply for aesthetics? :)
The lady from the special requests department (great name) said I should sketch the window, then they can check it again.

Yes, "for aesthetics" at this point, and "structurally" at the same width as the gable windows, even at a different height. "Special requests department," very professional. Sometimes even Wessis understand how system building works.