Floor plan design single-family house approx. 250 sqm with granny flat

There are always several solutions that are suitable. Good ideas are exchanged here. It would be a shame if this slid into a "who is right" argument.

I am aware that the entrance to the main apartment here is not met with enthusiasm, but you have to explain to me what is supposedly wrong with the porch (and on a corner plot probably even more "wrong" than previously misunderstood with the other plot).

Quite simply, for me such a porch always has a statement purpose, preferably facing the street, preferably with "rocking chairs". And there on the north side without direct access I simply find it an unattractive entrance situation, as if the house had shifted on the plot.

For the entrance to the granny flat, however, I find it relatively irrelevant whether it is on the right side of the plot (east) from the bottom of the plan (south) or the top of the plan (north).

I believe that some people want to enter the house through the terrace. Looks like an entrance if you don't see the official one.

I think that one or the other wants to enter the house via the terrace. Looks like an entrance if you don't see the official one

I also think that this will be a usual raceway - it's not bad if you know that. Therefore, I would not provide patio doors, but rather prefer a front door suitable solution outright.

Quite simply, such a porch always has a statement purpose for me, gladly also facing the street, gladly with the "rocking chairs".

The front porch is part of the culture of many American houses. The porch gives you the opportunity to receive people without inviting them inside, which has many advantages especially in agriculturally influenced areas. This style has then also made its way into more densely populated towns. And yes, with large houses this entrance also has a "statement" function. In the present design, I would not assume a "statement" orientation. If the view of the street remained open, one could sit there like Statler and Waldorf in their balcony.

I have a nice view of the garden from the dining area, in the sofa area I actively don't want huge glass surfaces and find it cozier and more closed. Not everyone has to like it that way, but it’s not such an exotic layout as is claimed here and, by the way, copied from a very expensive architect’s house that we like very much. So apparently a professional also once considered it acceptable.

If you want it that way, go ahead! Personally, I can also imagine it being a relief in very hot countries to have a dark and cool room as a retreat. That could also have been the reason for this architect’s decision. Now in the North German winter, I am happy about every ray of light in the living area and wouldn’t like to stay there during the day. But it might be completely different for you… For me, a house is definitely not separable from the place where it is built.