Floor plan design of a city villa with double garage approx. 150m²

O Tempora, o Mores! - when I compare the per capita square meters of people and cars, I would almost call the house an annex of the garage :-(

I hope this is somewhat understandable.

Not for me. But I think it matters less whether you CANNOT move or shift the house here, because the garage offers NO possibilities.

Since the garage with passage can only be implemented as currently planned, the utility room and main entrance must also be on the east side. As soon as you change the dimensions, you run into problems with the room and corridor widths on the ground floor.

What confuses me here is the "only this way" and the "must". The building envelope was not known either, or did I overlook it?

We would like a bit more space between the right wall (towards SK) and the peninsula and shorten the peninsula a little. If necessary, the kitchen can be extended westwards on the north side. We would then not position the dining area in the northwest corner, but rather towards the center (entrance

I would definitely decide beforehand where the dining area will go. There should be about one meter between countertops. But it also depends on whether, for example, you block yourself with a U-shape dead end, which is present here and leads to the pantry. What should go into the pantry? To me, it looks like there is space for 2 tall cabinets there, but it uses up the space for 3 tall cabinets. If you now leave the dining area at 2.70, it could get tight. For example, we have 90 cm on one side for the chairs. If my husband sits there for a chat or coffee in between or while playing (so not while eating), then no one can get through anymore. So if you have a casual game night or friends’ evening, you have to keep moving if you want to get drinks. Therefore, be sure to plan the kitchen optimally now, as advised, and not with the placeholder measurements from the architect; otherwise, you will have neither fish nor fowl. Then all possibilities could be off. Personally, I would have no objection to docking a dining table to the island, but it should really be planned with the option to extend or rotate the table during family celebrations. In this case, I do not even see the possibility to open the patio doors... Definitely redraw the plan on graph paper and place templates of your furniture on it. Where will the dishes go, the sideboard with the place mats, the sofa and the TV. If you put the sofa against the wall

but rather towards the center (entrance to the living area). In the northwest corner, at least a seating area for 2–3 people (bar stools or similar) could then be created.

If you implement that, then you would have wasted 2.70 m for bar stools, while the centrally positioned dining table already collides with the TV seating area or the stove is in the way and demands one seat at the dining table. Why was the garage enlarged now? What was the concern? Why is there a huge walk-in closet if it is not even requested? I find the previous upper floor plan much better, even if space next to the stairs is "wasted," the children’s rooms are the same size, the 9 meters are well distributed across two rooms, the walk-in closet could be used as a storage room or a utility room for laundry, and the bathroom planned differently. Regarding orientation: since you plan to shade part of it anyway, I would always orient the open-plan living area to the south. Especially from October to Easter, you benefit from the orientation inside the house; as for the terrace, whether south or west, I consider it negligible given your optimal plot location, as you can arrange several terraces. Over the years, you develop your own preferences that you can’t really influence now.

Here is a different orientation, garage dimensions were also changed so that the door and stairs can be moved. The stairs and hallway get daylight again through windows, better zoning of kitchen, dining, and living room. Windows more or less in symmetry (I’m not fond of it because I find it boring), laundry is on the upper floor. Of course, you could still use the "wasted" space next to the stairs, but I see no added value. You can set up the sewing machine or a small worktop there, possibly a reading chair.

After numerous suggestions, we have revised our floor plan and kitchen design.

The specific changes are as follows:
- Removal of SK
- Swap of walk-in closet/bedroom and addition of a small storage room
- Terrace facing west

In consultation with our kitchen studio, an L-shaped kitchen with a classic cooking island is initially being designed.
For this purpose, I have professionally edited the latest floor plans from the architect using Paint (not to scale).

My current concerns are the window positions. We do not need a window in the hallway to the upper floor, and we only need one window in the bathroom.

What are your thoughts on this?

For this, I professionally edited the latest floor plans from the architect with Paint (without scale).

Find the spot where you forgot the quotation marks :)

We don’t need a window in the hallway to the upper floor, and we only need one window in the bathroom.

I doubt both.

What are your thoughts on this?

Assuming that liberation from the square corset would have a healing effect.

I don't think the ground floor works like that. Your table is barely 70 cm wide and it's already tight in every corner. With 9 m of interior width, you simply can't fit a kitchen with an island + dining table + sofa side by side. The sofa is also placed with both legs in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows. To gain space, I would either incorporate the guest/office room and give up square meters from the dressing room and the larger children's room. Or make the technical room significantly smaller and have the utility room + storage room upstairs instead. If there is more space on the ground floor, you could aim for the typical L-solution and move the table out of the center. Or you simply make the house wider so that kitchen + table + living room fit side by side. Rectangle instead of square.