Floor plan design for a hillside house with 5 children's rooms

I notice that the planner basically just drew in your sketch.

That's right.

Do you think it would be easier on 3 levels?

Or four? - I'm thinking of a basement with utility rooms, ground floor, upper floor, and expanded attic (without knee wall it should work height-wise).

Just make a list with post-its or something. In the middle of a sheet, an anchor room, e.g., living room. Then stick all the rooms that should be on the same floor onto the same sheet. Each note a room name with sqm. Maximum floor budget e.g. 75 to 80 sqm (plus hallways) per "full floor".

If only one of the children is a girl, in other words four boys, there will probably be phases when they’d like to share a room two by two. I would distribute the children into four rooms: one large for the oldest child, one large for two children, two small for two individual children.

In my opinion, 10 sqm children's rooms are bedrooms where homework is already done at the kitchen table. A teenager loses it in such a rabbit hutch. And with increasing age, children will also want to avoid each other for hours at a time.

Personally, I consider two and a half meters width of the narrow side the limit; below that, in my opinion, are "half rooms." The door and window positions already impose "enough" vetoes on how you can arrange furniture. At some point, the restrictions outweigh the benefits.

Practicality in the house only goes yes or no, not "maybe" or "a little." Also think about the tax office (spatial separation).

I am not familiar with billing for businesses. I need to read up on that. That would indeed be interesting.

I have dealt with this intensively with a tax office and business consultant. Due to very high tax burden, deducting home office + bathroom would have saved me a lot of money.

Result: I let it go. Nothing commercial... no tax savings. The whole house is a private pleasure. Why? Because we could have problems in an area with very likely appreciation in value upon a possible sale later (taxation of the gain). I just don’t know if I will still have enough money "later" to "pay back" some tens of thousands in taxes.

Regards, Steffen

I believe it is one of the best-kept secrets that the top-decorated children's rooms often stand empty for a very long time, or you cover a lot of walking miles between the rooms at night . But well, there are all kinds of children...

I fully agree with that. The children's room is pretty much the only thing I haven't missed in the past few months. Family bed is worth its weight in gold, and I say this as an absolute opponent of family beds. Although in about 2 years, you will have at most one child with you, if any at all. I think you can plan with a normal double bed. It works quite well here, even though I have a little busybody.

Teenagers retreat more to their rooms and need more space. Although I don't think the idea of the garden house is bad; at least there is some peace in the evening. Interests also increasingly diverge, and a 14-year-old who has to study for an exam finds it hard to sit at a table with a 3-year-old who behaves like a toddler.

I quite like the lower floor of ypg, especially since the children's rooms are still not big, but the space is usable. With a possible later practice, the suggestion by 11ant would also fit well.

With the upper floor you drew, it becomes difficult with the necessary flexibility. ypg's is more open, and I still find the kitchen facing the garden better, especially because your children spend a lot of time outside.

11ant is right, less than 2.5m is really tight. That would - if it has to be - really only be an option for the youngest, who could later "inherit" a room from the older ones. But actually, bigger would be better. I really like the idea with the Post-its! I'll try that soon (right now three kids are sick. So unfortunately it might take a while...)

Steffen, your plan to forego tax advantages through home office sounds reasonable in your case. Those are quite substantial amounts. But is it reasonable for us too? As I said, I don't know much about it. We will pay a rate of about 1600 euros, similar to what we are paying now for the old property. My husband is a civil servant. We need the space. It’s probably very unlikely that we will ever sell. Or am I missing something? What would you do?

Haydee, my husband would absolutely agree with you regarding the family bed prognosis for in 2 years. I am thinking about it. I somehow really struggle with a kitchen facing the garden. Mh. Is that just habit? Or is there a reason behind this gut feeling?

That is due to your upbringing, the one with the cozy bed. I hear from all corners that it’s not supposed to be good for children in the long run, but that’s not supposed to be the topic here... I don’t want to argue with a psychologist? either
I’ll see if I can plan other ideas!


Best regards, Yvonne

Yes, we consciously raise our children with a needs-oriented approach and it works perfectly for all of us. That’s the great thing about parenting - you can live life together in countless ways, as long as everyone feels comfortable with it [emoji7]. And if you were in my environment, the corners would say differently [emoji41].
But I think it’s great that you can decide completely freely according to the individual needs of the family [emoji4]

Do you have the possibility to say how wide the building plot back there at 14,xy is?

Best regards in brief