Floor plan design new single-family house 2-storey approx. 135 sqm

My wife is now totally angry with me because I posted this here since she was already expecting this blunt, harsh, honest criticism. The kitchen will probably stay cold for me today :-(

Oh well. She also benefits from the fact that mistakes are eliminated and in the end a nice floor plan can be created :)

I took a Google Maps photo and marked the property in red.

Then go ahead and post it here with length details.

@driver55, yes, the plot is just like that. We orient the entire terrace to the north.

No! You drew the house on the plot that way. You yourself criticize quite a few things (even if these are the smallest obstacles), so plan properly, or have it planned. With this ground floor, you don’t even have to "endure" the upper floor yet. It was enough for me when I had a direct view of the toilet from the bathroom when you opened the door. (Even if you are usually only two in the house...)

, sorry forgot to upload the picture.
The length of the property is 55 meters
The width at the street is 24 meters
After about 20 meters the property has a bend, there the width is approximately 19.5 meters.


, exterior area, garage, ancillary building costs are not included? exactly, we calculated that separately.
Basically, we are calculating with about 400,000 - 420,000, with the property already paid for.

, when you said:
It was enough for me when I had a direct view of the toilet in the bathroom when you open the door.
(Even if you are usually just two in the house…)
Do you mean the bathroom upstairs? That bothered me too and we have already talked about it here.
Regards
Andreas

Windows on the north side are energetically nonsensical.

You can’t generalize like that, but in this case, it’s justified. You really can’t avoid the Energy Saving Ordinance (or whatever it’s called now). That means: more windows on the south than on the north. On the north side, rather small and few.
Otherwise, it gets very expensive if you want to swim energetically against the current. That’s not within the budget.
And I wouldn’t build at the other extreme just because of ex-experiences. You need light, you need sun, a square floor plan is nonsense, and basically when drawing yourself, I would always question whether it makes sense. Without background knowledge of where the load-bearing walls are with a desired shed roof, I wouldn’t even start.
Now then: quickly sketched a few rectangles on the plot:
on the south right could be the driveway, also the entrance to the house there. Large south and west windows where needed, and a view of the plot with a corner terrace. And that as a shed roof.
With that view, you also get something out of the shed roof.
P.S. The tilt is taken from the adjacent plot - so it should be doable :)

Why shed roof, actually?

I would set the house back far enough so that you get a nice small south-facing seating area, which is screened from the street by a hedge. Large windows facing north would also be a must for me. Bedroom also facing north. Cool and quiet. I would also part with the cube. For example, the townhouse 125 Aura from Town & Country brings light into the house with a gallery above the dining area.

Thanks for the info about the windows. We were not aware that there have to be more or larger ones facing south than in the north. It sounds logical but will be difficult on the property. The second problem is that the house on the left, which is already a bit crooked, is not very nice and also really tall. It stands a corner higher than our property and has 2.5 floors. Our wish was/is actually to look as little as possible at the house on the left. Even a tall hedge would only poorly hide it, so we have oriented everything towards the north.

, the next problem is the street. Although hardly any cars drive there, since it is only one lane, in the summer hundreds of people walk there, coming from Cologne and the surrounding area, always passing our house through the forests, and then past a possible terrace to the street. A hedge won’t really help there either, especially since we know the view to the north is much nicer than to the south towards the street...

thanks for marking it, it would be an alternative if it might stand a bit lower, if that is allowed or possible. My wife is not at all happy with it, but we have to see.

What would be your recommendation for the next steps now? I have already met with some providers, Hanse Haus, Gussek Haus, Bien-Zenker, Schwörerhaus all of which I liked and seemed competent as far as I can judge. Should I now enter into a more intensive discussion with one or two of them without a floor plan and have them make suggestions? Or rather go directly to an architect, although it will surely not be easy to find the right one... Or is a prefab house consultant (salesperson) capable of keeping an eye on the legal matters? I assume that the salespeople are not architects...

Thank you very much Andreas