Floor plan corner bungalow 150m² with expansion possibilities

Then you surely know which architects, planners, etc. the carpentry works with or if they have their own draftsmen. Never present this plan with the slalom corridor. Write down your requirements. The comparison with the car fits.

In principle, I agree that you should put your draft aside and simply write down your wishes for the architect. This way you enter the conversation, and then a draft will be created based on this information. I keep my fingers crossed that you find a good architect. Many here suggest that the "drawing god" does everything and that it will be super great. As in almost all industries, there are many good ones, but unfortunately also many unmotivated or not so great ones. My experiences from the last 2 years show a clear proportion of the latter.

The comparison with a car is flawed! This is about living space, which everyone defines for themselves. It’s about walking paths, habits, wishes, and preferences. It’s not about the construction of an engine, how I assemble it, and extract more horsepower or efficiency, but about the use. The layperson does not have to know (although it would be better if they did) how exactly the construction of a house happens in detail. What the builders can definitely know, however, is what they want and exactly why. Probably most don’t know, but I simply don’t like the generalization that the drawing god will fix it. Period! To make the comparison more specific: a builder can very well do a kitchen plan if he/she knows exactly how they tick, what the paths are, and why they make exactly which moves. Then the plan can, but does not have to, be better than that of the professional.

Short and sweet. Write it down, at least bury your own sketch, and go to the architect. Check the result carefully and visualize for yourself whether it is a good solution.

Maybe as a thought to take with you before the conversation: currently you want two offices (which could also be acoustically separated with reinforced walls, by the way), possibly children in the future, for which office space would then be repurposed – but you would need new office space elsewhere again? That scenario isn’t quite clear to me yet.

If that is the case, I would
- either build a standard intermediate house and look/plan anew when children arrive and the space requirements are settled
- build in such a way that an extension or addition is foreseen from the start, maybe as a staggered storey or similar on top; I can imagine some nice variants there

In any case, I would invest energy in the room program, but not in the execution itself

The plan is to build the house so that it is expandable. For example, to then build new children’s rooms in the attic and turn the office back into an office once that is done. I also take into account parental leave, during which I won’t need a separate office because I am not working. But these are all just ideas; we are not really sure about the children topic anyway but don’t want to rule it out.
We also do not rule out an extension to the ground floor; we basically have the space for that.

Then you surely know which architects, planners, etc. the carpentry works with or if they have their own draftsmen. Never present this plan with the slalom corridor. Write down your requirements. The comparison with the car fits.

I don’t know the architects or draftsmen of the carpentry because we haven’t dealt with house construction yet. However, the company installed the roof windows in our current apartment, made my wooden windowsills and desk surface. Otherwise, you just know each other from everyday life, at village festivals and so on.

In principle, I agree that you should put your draft aside and simply write down your wishes for the architect. You then go into the conversation, and a draft will be created based on this information. I keep my fingers crossed that you find a good architect. Many here suggest that the “drawing god“ does everything and that it will be super great. As in almost every industry, there are many good ones, but unfortunately also many unmotivated or not so great ones. My experience from the last 2 years shows a clear proportion of the latter.

The comparison with the car is flawed! This is about living space, which everyone defines for themselves. It’s about walking routes, habits, wishes, and preferences. It’s not about building an engine, how I assemble it and get more horsepower or efficiency, but about the usage. The layman doesn’t have to know (though it would be better if they did) exactly how a house is constructed in detail. What the clients can definitely know is what they want and exactly why. Probably most do not know this, but the generalization that the drawing god will somehow fix it is, I think, simply not nice. Period! To make the comparison smaller: a client can very well do a kitchen planning if he/she knows exactly how they operate, what the routes are, and why they perform exactly those tasks. Then the planning can be better—but doesn’t have to be—than that of a professional.

In short and sweet: write it down, at least bury your own sketch, and go to the architect. Then check the result carefully and visualize for yourself if it is a good solution.

Nowadays, I also increasingly think that it makes sense to get a proper plan and that you can’t necessarily do everything yourself.
The kitchen is a good example, I know exactly how I need it and where everything has to be, which drawers and compartments should be where. In the end, the kitchen studio just has to optimize and hopefully offer a suitable price ;)
Drawing it myself was definitely good to find out our wishes and requirements. My husband cannot imagine anything without a nice 3D picture, so I have to piece every idea and suggestion in there because a sketch on paper is not enough :p

Exactly, and there you know whether a) a large general contractor with their own draftsmen or a small one building 2 houses, and then Horst makes the plans from the neighboring town. That's how it is with us, and you can recognize his style.