Floor plan design city villa 145

Hello dear forum members.

I have been a silent reader for a while and would now like to take the chance to pick up some tips and advice. We are currently planning our little house and would like to share our first drafts with you.

We are basically completely free in the planning and want a functional home for 4 people.
Important to us are a kitchen island, fireplace, and walk-in shower.

We would appreciate tips and suggestions since we have never planned or built a house before.

Thank you very much in advance.

Bebauungsplan/Einschränkungen
Plot size 774 sqm
Slope no
Site coverage index 0.25
Floor area ratio
Building window, building line and boundary 12 m wide
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: 2
: hipped roof
Style: urban villa
Orientation: garden terrace south/west
Maximum heights/limits 8.5 m ridge
Bend protection strip to be observed including bend 6.8 m

Requirements of the builders
Style, roof type, building type: Mediterranean
Urban villa 2 full floors
Number of persons, ages: 4 persons, 28,32,3,1
Space requirements on ground floor, upper floor
Office: home office partially
open , kitchen island yes
Number of seats at the dining table 6
Fireplace: yes
Garage: yes

House design
Who planned it: general contractor
What do you especially like? Why?
What do you not like? Upper floor bathroom not final yet, waste pipe annoying.
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: fixed price with buffer available
Preferred heating technology: air-water heat pump

If you have to do without, which details/extras
- can you do without: many things except below
- can you not do without: fireplace, kitchen island, walk-in shower

Why did the design turn out the way it is now?

Design by planner general contractor according to sketch.

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We had already considered an alternative for the bathroom. If you mirror the staircase, the shower could extend into the hallway. I tried to illustrate it, but I am not very skilled at it.

The staircase is massively unfavorably placed there because it dictates the large hallway upstairs. I would move it further towards the top of the plan, possibly swapping it with the Gäste-WC. Upstairs, the 5m² Arbeitsrumpelkammer is very irritating. You will regret that, as it is hardly usable. For the hallway downstairs, I would already book dance lessons.

Hello SoL. Thank you for the quick response. Our bedroom is currently planned to be about 15 sqm. We were thinking of possibly adding a small lightweight partition wall there for a walk-in closet. The study is actually only intended to be used when needed, as spontaneous mobile working is possible for both of us and one could withdraw. However, it is indeed quite small. We haven't come up with alternatives (maybe integrate it into the bedroom after all). We would like to keep the children's rooms at around 13 sqm. The hallway and stair area with the bathrooms also worry us, but we don't know how we could really change much here. We really like the living/dining/kitchen area as it is...

The WZ/EZ/kitchen area appeals to us very much like this...

How do you plan to furnish it, as in the draft with the dining table next to the sofa? With such a floor plan, I would expect the dining table to be placed in the free area at the top left. However, in this draft, that area is too small for a dining table.

We actually wanted to leave the dining table as it is. The area in front of the kitchen island is meant for the children to play while we cook, and we thought it would be nice to keep the space clear since we will probably use the walkway through the sliding terrace door to our terrace quite often.