Floor plan design for a gable roof house (knee wall 2.20m) approximately 170 sqm

Many thanks for your clear words. We have now returned to the city villa and took a look at Maxime710II because we like it and it already corresponds to many of our ideas. We would be very happy if you could take another look and maybe point out where there might be pitfalls, as we have also made small changes here (e.g., window arrangement, layout of the upper floor without a window in the hallway).

- Current dimensions are 10.10 x 10.10 m
- Staircase is 4 m long and 1 m wide
- Dining group is our current one and all chairs are pulled away from the table (measured)
- Symmetrical arrangement of windows in a city villa gives us headaches
- Another headache: where to put a small fireplace (would be a wish for coziness)
- In the office/guest room only one person should work, the other in child2/sports room
- All furniture corresponds to the existing dimensions + small allowance
- Kitchen island has 80 cm space next to it and 1 m between the sink and the kitchen island
- Tall cabinets are present and house the fridge and oven (who still has their oven under the cooktop, please? ;-))
- Shower on the ground floor is for the dog and now more spacious, but yes, these space-saving showers still exist ;-)
- The upper floor layout has been changed from the original floor plan because we definitely want daylight/windows in the hallway (which was not given before)
- Bathroom and kitchen planning are not final but would suit us like this
- Wall next to the stairs is identical on the upper and ground floor (static note)
- The often-mentioned note about the distance from bedroom to bathroom is not pursued because we both always had to change floors anyway, and the main thing is the kids can get to the bathroom quickly
- Dressing/wardrobe room with window for cross-ventilation with the bedroom
- Passage from utility room to garage is a wish
- All specified dimensions are interior dimensions (42.0 outer wall and 17 inner wall)
- The wardrobe under the stairs is really enough for us!

Maybe some information about what is driving our considerations regarding "high knee wall" or city villa
- We really like the construction method ("high knee wall") after visiting show homes, and above all something new
- Our south orientation would simply be ideal to realize solar and/or photovoltaics on a large roof surface (per gable roof)
- No bay windows, frills, balcony, or protrusions because it costs money
- Preferably a gable roof, probably cheaper than a hip roof (can you realistically do 10 x 10 m with a gable roof?)
- DAYLIGHT in the upper floor is important (usually only realizable with a large hallway, otherwise no window and small hallway)
- We have already given up on the dream of a landing staircase for space reasons
- Sightline through the house is important to us

We really don’t want a low-budget build but a reasonable price up to around 500,000 in a time when construction prices are crazy, hence our considerations. Otherwise, I find protruding bay windows and more depth in the house through different dimensions very appealing, but we have now consciously opted out for the time being.

On the upper floor, you have actually changed everything for the worse that Maxime had positively planned for you. Okay, the hallway now has windows, but in an emergency, there could also be a window with a skylight, frosted glass, or a roof window. The gym room is again getting unfavorable dimensions, the dressing room consists of a T-junction on a rather narrow path, narrower than the depth of the wardrobes. I don't see why anyone would necessarily want to change a good design. Rather, I would consider where a nice wardrobe could be placed. Regarding your points with the dashes: many of them don't reach me, and I have the feeling that something changes every hour, at least compared to the first post. Best example:

und Hauptsache die Kinder können schnell ins Bad

How many children are you talking about? Then suddenly a dog comes into play

Kopfschmerzen bereitet die symmetrische Anordnung der Fenster bei einer Stadtvilla - weitere Kopfschmerzen, wohin mit einem kleinen Kamin (wäre ein Wunsch für Gemütlichkeit)

Your first design was bursting with symmetry... And now also a fireplace?

unsere Süd-Ausrichtung wäre halt auch einfach ideal um Solar oder/und Photovoltaik auf einer großen Dachfläche zu realisieren (pro Satteldach)

kann man 10x10m mit Satteldach anschaulich machen?)

Give it a try!

And now a fireplace as well?

that was even already drawn in the first one ;)

Then all of a sudden a dog comes into play

Should I mention the cat as well? With that, I only answered the question for whom the shower downstairs is.

How many children are you talking about?

one is planned and nobody knows the rest. It can happen that there are twins and it can also be childless. Nobody knows that and therefore a child 2 is planned here. Otherwise, this room will be used as a gym and office, which is why we also find the room layout acceptable.

Your first draft was brimming with symmetry …

Would the arrangement now also be harmonious from the outside view? Nothing was generally added and nothing was removed compared to the first post but served merely to explain what moves us and makes us consider between a knee wall house and a city villa. I also find the upper floor hallway more livable if something can still be placed there and a plant can find space, rather than it just being a passage to the rooms, but that is a matter of taste and did not please us both in the original Maxime 720II. By the way, the passage between the cupboards is 80 cm and thus wider than the depth of the cupboards ;-)

Should I mention the cat as well?

If you also want to grant her preferences, yes.

If you also want to give her preferences, yes.

she is quite undemanding but the 2x2 meter scratching post has to find a place, just kidding ;)

she is quite undemanding but the 2x2 meter scratching post has to find a place, just kidding ;)

Undemanding cat? Then it’s a dog.