Floor plan design city villa 145

The garage-house connection door is not a classic, but a fashionable pattern (without value, if you ask me).

The thing does have value, but not in our latitudes. If you look at Minnesota with standard temperatures of -20 degrees and outliers towards -30 and -40, then it makes sense to go from the warm house to the warm car to the city to the warm garage to the warm office. You don't spend time outside there. Just copying such a solution one-to-one is simply not sensible.

Here, however, I again see the problem with the chimney. We already struggled with it in the original draft.

I think the double door to the living room would become a single door and the chimney would be placed near the laundry room and bathroom.

Does that flat roof room at the property boundary have any particular reason?

That is a bicycle / equipment shed. I am somewhat reluctant to attach it to the carport, as it is very centrally located on the property and already blocks and darkens a lot. I had also considered moving the carport completely to the northeast corner so that the center of the property remains free.

I think the double door to the living room would become a single door and the dining area would be placed near the laundry room and bathroom.

This is a bike/tool shed. I am somewhat reluctant to attach it to the carport, as it is very centrally located on the property and already blocks and darkens a lot. I had also considered moving the carport completely to the northeast corner so that the center of the property remains free.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have incorporated quite a few things that were advised here and tried to draw it… please don’t stone me but what do you think of this solution approach? Utility room now by the air-to-water heat pump and garage in the northeast corner. I reduced the hallway areas and now the garden would be free in the southwest… How much space do I need in front of the kitchen island for a 6-person table? (Of course it doesn’t look as good as your drawings)

The thing does have value, but not in our latitudes. If you look at Minnesota with standard temperatures of -20 degrees and outliers towards -30 and -40, then it makes sense to go from the warm house to the warm car to the city to the warm garage to the warm office. You don't spend time outside there.

Just adopting such a solution 1:1 simply doesn't make sense.

Therefore: better a piano from Massachusetts than an intermediate door from Minnesota - mother, we thank you!

How much space do I need in front of the kitchen island for a 6-person table?

Typically, people say 3m. So one meter table width and one meter on each side. Regarding the room depth at that point: calculate with 60cm (cabinet wall) + 110-120cm aisle space + 95-120cm island depth + 300cm dining table. And with the tall cabinet wall, try to stay within the 60cm dimension. For example, 420cm width (and 2-3 cm buffer). That wasn’t possible for us, but it would have been practical.

I have incorporated quite a bit of what was advised here and tried to draw it… please don’t stone me but what do you think of this solution approach? [...] (Of course it doesn’t look as good as your drawings)

Yes, it looks very good: EVERY hand drawing is valuable. It nurtures and trains your own engagement with the object, its dimensions, and interrelations. You also erased in it, so visible learning effects are not only implemented but also didactically reinforced. Practice makes the almost-not-a-layman! You reduced the hallway area a bit too sharply now, but you seem to have understood essential basics, especially that the best location for the stair exit is near the center, where the distribution star radiates. What I don’t read out is whether you were already so clever as to plan the upper floor before the ground floor.