Floor plan design of a brick house with approximately 145 sqm

You only allow one opinion, and that is yours, right?

The best choice would of course be mine

We have to set priorities – and they are not with parking the cars

You only say that as long as the time spent on moving out and rearranging stays in proportion. So, for example, if the first car leaves in the morning and comes back in the evening, and the second car only needs to make a trip once a week. But less so if child 1 plays handball and child 2 plays flute, the dog’s favorite field path also has to be driven to first, and mom is a midwife

The proposed plans are awesome! Great praise to you!

Your problem unfortunately doesn’t disappear if you close your eyes to it or insult me. But if it helps you, you can keep whining a bit. At least the thread had a purpose. Otherwise, I value Yvonne’s, Kerstin’s, and Thies’ opinions a lot, as well as a few others who deal with the subject—if you’re really interested in that. Funny enough, those are exactly the people whose advice you diligently ignore. So... We’re just giving tips and laying the cards on the table—even if they’re ugly. In the end, it’s your house. If you two want parking spaces one behind the other (are you even allowed to?) and want to build the garden in the south with a garage—go ahead!

Unfortunately, I missed that I was supposed to have insulted you or someone else here—but everyone interprets that differently. I am in no way ignoring any tips; I am just reflecting our wishes—and those are simply “plain.” I didn’t want to have a completely new house planned, like has sometimes been done, but rather assistance or improvements in the floor plan design. The topic of the parking spaces being absolutely stupid gives me enough headaches myself. See it this way: the plot is already small enough, and I don’t want to have to allocate even more “precious” space to parking spots unless I absolutely have to. But when I repeat these things several times, the discussion is presented as “nonsense,” “unnecessary,” or something else. That is absolutely unnecessary, and I somehow feel taken for a fool—then the purpose of such a forum and thread clearly eludes me. We have different wishes and demands for our house than you perhaps have or had—and if the car just ends up parked sideways in front of the door, then that’s just how it is. I find all alternatives stupid: moving the house back, parking one behind the other, parking sideways in front of the house, etc. I just drove through the new development areas again, and almost all the semi-detached or terraced houses have a garage with a parking space in front—also in traffic-calmed zones where you’re actually not supposed to park. So it doesn’t seem to be all that rare.

and if the car is just parked sideways in front of the door, then that's just how it is.

Right. If the car "spoils" the otherwise free view of the toilet window for the passing architecture connoisseur, then that's totally okay. I was more referring to the torment of maneuvering Car Two past Car One with restless offspring in the back. Or when parking one behind the other: the choice between the lesser of two evils (re-parking) or the greater (taking the other car and messing with the seat and mirror settings of your partner). Back then I preferred to take my old car rather than have to first lean over to find the seat adjustment lever in my mother's newer car before I could even get in. A single day of doing that five times is enough to never want to "catch" parking spots again.

Unfortunately, I missed that I was supposed to have insulted you or someone else here...

That's even worse than if you did it on purpose.

That the topic of parking spaces is an absolutely stupid one causes me enough headaches myself.

I can imagine.

We have different wishes and demands for our house than you maybe have or had

I don't believe that. Most just have more space or only 1 car.

- and if the car just stands sideways in front of the door, then that's just how it is.

Well, maybe the Greens will abolish private cars altogether. Then you can be happy not to have wasted any space.

I just drove through the new development areas again and almost all semi-detached or terraced houses have a garage and a parking space in front of it – even in traffic-calmed areas, where you are actually not allowed to park. So it doesn't seem to be that rare after all.

I'm afraid this parking space-garage combo only serves for 1 car each. 2 cars parked one behind the other are nowhere to be found here. Whether with or without a garage. Are there no parking spaces on the street? What do people do when 3 guests come?

I would rather prioritize living INSIDE the house. So on functionality as well as natural light, of course. Without light (preferably full sun in my case) no sense of well-being. Then on functionality outside. Lastly the garden. Because honestly: why does every new development, including yours, have playgrounds? In small gardens it might make sense to plan a sandbox, but it is pointless to set up a playground on 50 sqm. That is only good for the parents so they can sit on their own relaxation chair. The children would rather have contact with others. I see that here with us: children complain, want a “Pielplatz,” instead of using the equipment at their own place. And the parents who then stay in the garden with the little ones (children forget quickly) are constantly loud while disciplining and annoy the neighbors. And here our plots are twice as wide and apart. But everyone has and wants it differently. That is okay as long as no one else is disturbed. We were at the parking spaces and upstairs. I like the closet idea in the [DG]. Parking spaces themselves would annoy me as a user, and if everyone parks one behind the other, there is constantly pollution of air and silence in a small area. But you should not be the bad guy for us now.