Floor plan design for bungalow with basement - 140 sqm - slight slope

But you are comparing a poor/peasant lifestyle with today's middle-class upper-class lifestyle. The middle and upper classes did not live in the kitchen.

A bit pretentious
It was a different time, but by today's standards, people would not be considered poor. Stewards, large farmers, supermarket owners, carpenters, and joiners with journeymen, etc.
Those who had staff to cook back then had closed kitchens. That makes sense. I have no staff.

People should build exactly WHAT fits their life and because individual lives are different, I would expect much more variety in the details as well.

But do they actually build that? We had an appointment with our architects last week and they said they are happy about every house where you don’t already know at the entrance exactly how the floor plan and the type of furnishing continue behind it.

The bungalow from the TE is not 08-15, there are many possibilities, unfortunately it has become a bit quiet

But do they build that? We had an appointment with our architects last week and they said they are happy about every house where you don’t already know at the entrance exactly how the floor plan and the type of furnishing continue behind it.

Yes, that’s true and that’s why I wrote that often there is too little individuality in details, especially in the floor plan, while a lot of money is spent in typical areas. Of course, there are basic needs or principles in planning but the diversity of people is not reflected in architectural or design variety, and it’s not only the development plan etc. that’s “to blame” for that. Humans are after all herd animals...... I’m often “bothered” already by the word “standard”; who standardizes my life? It’s not about forcibly breaking so-called standards, that would be nonsense, but if someone likes to watch TV in the bathtub or while cooking, or likes to have their Märklin model train set up in the living room or whatever, then they should implement it that way for themselves. For me, for example, it’s like that I will cook meat again on the covered terrace, even in winter. That’s fun for me and therefore I either need no hood or just a very normal one (sorry, it will only be my old Miele hood for €500.-). Also, I say that sushi-pizza-Chinese-Indian delivery explodes simultaneously with the explosion of the supposed importance of cooking skills at home. I understood enough in math to know that there must be a catch somewhere :D. Just like eco and Amazon explode in parallel......um...... Regarding resale value, I believe that especially an individual house will always sell, although that wouldn’t be my first thought on the matter.

The bungalow from the OP is not run-of-the-mill, there are many possibilities, unfortunately it has gotten a bit quiet

Maybe he’s just getting valerian from the pharmacy :D

It gets funny when patterns come back into fashion. :D

We have children running around here aged 6 years and 2 years. When I cook (we have a large open space), I am alternately bombarded with "Mascha and the Bear," "Star Wars" (God, that PewPew is annoying), and Disney princess movies. Interrupted by screaming, squeaking, bickering, and laughter. With one, I sing along devotedly, with the other, I have the urge to shred ice cubes. But I always keep an ear on the children. That way I don’t feel so cut off, the children can reach me anytime. When we have guests, we often stand together in the kitchen and chat or prepare things together. That makes it very cozy. When I sit on the sofa, a wall panel blocks my view of the battlefield. When we have visitors, my husband gets very busy in the kitchen (he has to keep things tidy there). Otherwise, you learn not to be bothered by a dirty plate. And when the children are out of the house, soon it will be the grandchildren who will benefit from an open layout. Oh, and smells go everywhere, by the way. I used to know exactly what my mother was cooking when I came home, even though she stuffed a towel in the door crack.