Floor plan city villa 146 sqm for 4 people with office

Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 629 sqm
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.25
Floor space index: 0.4
Building window, building line and boundary: Building line 6 m from the front property boundary
Edge development: possibly carport
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2 full floors
Roof shape: hipped roof
Architectural style: urban villa/2 full floors
Orientation: garden in the southwest
Maximum heights/limits
Additional requirements

Builders' requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: urban villa with 2 full floors, hipped roof
Basement, floors: slab on grade, 2 full floors
Number of persons, age: 4 persons (34, 33, 3, and 0 years)
Space needs on ground floor, upper floor: GF: living-dining room, kitchen, WC, utility room, office; UF: 2 children's rooms, bedroom, bathroom
Office: family use and home office
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen with work island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport
Utility garden, greenhouse:
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be:

House design
Who made the plans: first rough drafts by us after consultation with the construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? Spacious, bright living-dining area; office on the ground floor; size of the rooms on the upper floor
What do you not like? Why? Kitchen size, missing space for cloakroom, (too) large hallway on the upper floor, entrance area for child 1
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment:
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump

If you have to do without, which details/extensions
- can you do without: separate entrance to the kitchen, staircase shape
- cannot do without: kitchen/living area in L-shape, office/work area (on GF or UF), children's rooms facing southwest (garden)

Why did the design turn out as it is now? e.g.
Standard design from planner? no
Which corresponding wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mixture of many examples from various magazines: yes
What makes it particularly good or bad in your view? good: all necessary rooms are accommodated; rather bad: kitchen size, missing space for cloakroom, (too) large hallway on the upper floor, entrance area for child 1

What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Are there any other obvious criticisms/suggestions for improvement from your side?
Are there suggestions to fix/improve the criticisms we mentioned (e.g. enlarge the kitchen in its current width (3.35m) / accommodate cloakroom / redesign hallway on UF/access to rooms better / use better)? Possibly a different staircase shape or position could optimize quite a bit?!

Thank you very much for your feedback! If further information is needed, we will provide it as soon as possible.

I would move away from the square floor plan and also abandon the symmetry even more consistently. The bathroom has a lot of dance space.

Just skimmed through…

[*]Wardrobe (as you say) not available. Although you could set one up on the wall near the inward-opening WC door, it's not nice or spacious
[*]The door to the kitchen is placed more than awkwardly
[*]Table in the dining area is very limited
[*]Upper floor: shift sqm from bathroom/hallway to bedroom/child's room
[*]I would choose a different staircase
[*]Storage spaces/rooms?
[*]…

Dimensions of the property?
What does the development plan say about parking spaces?

What does the development plan say about parking spaces?

It definitely says so in the drawing: one driveway per property, grouped in pairs at the corner, and after 6m the building line follows. So between the street and the building line I do not see a parking space requirement being fulfilled.

Thank you very much for your questions, a few pieces of information on my part were still obviously missing.

I would move away from the square floor plan and also let go of the symmetry even more consistently. The bathroom has a lot of dance floor.

We are actually not attached to the square floor plan and are ready to change it immediately if a few nice ideas invite us to do so.

Just skimmed briefly…

[*]Cloakroom (as you say) missing. You could set one up on the wall there with the inward-opening WC door, but it’s not nice and spacious
[*]The door to the kitchen is placed more than awkwardly
[*]Table in eating area is very minimal
[*]Upper floor: shift sqm from bathroom/hallway to sleeping/children
[*]I would choose a different staircase
[*]Storage areas/rooms?
[*]…

We can also do without the door to the kitchen or will most likely do so.

The arrangement of the furniture, kitchen, and items are from the draftsman, as is the bathroom. So don’t necessarily take these as a reference, but I could have mentioned that in the initial post. A much larger table is planned for later as a dining table (initial ideas are around 1x2m, the family isn’t getting smaller, after all).

Which staircase would you choose? Would you also place it somewhere else?

We have also already thought about storage areas and are somewhat unhappy with them, precisely because there is a bit missing.

Dimensions of the plot?
What does the development plan say about parking spaces?

The dimensions of the plot are 18.5 m x 34 m.

The development plan says the following about the parking spaces:
"Parking spaces and garages are not permitted in building areas outside the building boundaries and building lines along the traffic areas. Parking spaces may exceptionally be permitted in general residential areas WA 1 outside the building boundaries along the traffic areas if the development is secured and landscaping concerns do not oppose it."

We will park the cars next to the house, on the side of the utility room.