Mainly adjust between ground floor and upper floor.
Does that mean that, for example, the windows at the top and bottom should each be the same size, even if they are not necessarily directly on top of each other?
Why this square shape? For the house size, a rectangular shape offers advantages in my opinion, e.g. 10.5m x 13.5m or similar. That could, for example, make the stair area brighter and more attractive. By the way, I find it a bit too space-optimized for the house size.
That is an interesting approach, we will also take a look at that.
I don’t quite like the open-plan room yet. Because of the square, you have too much space in the living area, but the kitchen-dining area seems cramped.
Is that recessed corner in the kitchen meant for a side-by-side fridge? Can it be fully opened if it’s standing so close to the wall?
There’s not much space around the dining table, but usually the chairs are mostly tucked under the table, and the kitchen is currently just a placeholder. The cabinets can definitely be made narrower towards the dining area to make it harmonious. Behind the couch, there is a lot of empty space, I noticed that too; currently, the children play in such areas. We also have an armchair with a reading corner and a table for the children to paint. You can probably always find some use, even when the kids are older. :)
The fridge was shifted a bit by RoomSketcher during the floor plan creation; it should basically be flush with the other cabinets, so the wall has to be set back a bit. For the doors to open fully without any problems, the fridge probably has to stick out about 4 cm from the front, but that is totally okay.
For five people, I find the hallway far too small. Where do you want to put all your jackets and shoes?
Overall, there is a lack of storage rooms. Keep in mind, you don’t have a basement. Our house is similarly sized, but with five people we have an 18 sqm storage room, a 6 sqm storage room, and a significantly larger hallway. We have little “stuff” and yet I wouldn’t want less space!
The children’s rooms, on the other hand, are smaller—I find them almost too large in your case, I’d rather have more storage space.
That is a very interesting feedback, because now we have significantly less hallway and storage space and assume we are making a clear step forward with this. In the show homes, the storage room under the stairs was always much more spacious than thought or than the floor plan suggested, plus we have the utility room and HTR as well as a long wall along the hallway.
Phew, you’d first need measurements…
But upfront, what you can say without them:
[*]Meager entrance area → for this "hut" (I usually complain about it being too large, here it’s the opposite…)
[*]Upper floor hallway is/will be dark
[*]During the "session" upstairs, you can simultaneously shower…
[*]It already has 71 sqm living/dining/cooking and you can’t even get to the table without “mountaineering boots”
[*]Instead, about 15 sqm in the living area without real use…
[*]Child 1 only has 18 sqm on paper with this layout, wardrobe max 1.5 m…
[*]No storage rooms/space, as previous speaker already pointed out…
There are good approaches (especially the overall size :)), but the symmetry (or rather asymmetry) of the windows is not the problem here…
I haven’t found any way yet to show measurements in RoomSketcher. That’s a pity because I also think a floor plan without measurements is only somewhat meaningful.
The hallway on the ground floor was mentioned twice now, what size do you consider reasonable? The hallway upstairs is deliberately without windows because the paths to the windows are usually wasted space that only enlarges the hallway. My parents’ house also has a hallway without windows upstairs, and we didn’t really miss it; we want to compensate with clever lighting. The parent toilet has been moved significantly upwards so that I can just fit the children’s bathroom window above the window on the ground floor. I would lower that again a bit. The furniture in the rooms are only placeholders; in child 1’s room, you could place the bed differently and then have unlimited space for a longer wardrobe. You lose about 1 sqm in the door area, but it should still remain a well-usable room. The floor-to-ceiling windows or doors get a fixed element in the lower half, so you remain flexible with furniture.
What do you mean by "too expensive"? I remember you also wanted a pool…
Walk-in tiled showers up to 1 sqm are included in the offer. If you want a shower for example 200 x 100 cm, that costs extra. If that’s 200 or 300 euros for a bit more tiles, that would be fine; if it’s 2,000 euros, we would skip the large showers.
Regarding the outdoor facilities, I had estimated too cautiously so far; they will probably cost just over half of the estimated sum. Still, the pool remains uncertain and will only be built if the entire rest of the plan stays as is. We will probably have to wait a little longer, probably even until the excavation has taken place to be able to quantify the big unknown “additional earthworks.”
If I’m spending a good million on a house, I would get an architect who builds me a nice, well-thought-out, and interesting house instead of starting with a fixed DIY plan. This is just a bloated single-family house.
Creative architect-designed houses are great, but then not only does the architect cost a lot of money, but also the implementation. That would be nice, but we have set other priorities for ourselves.
