Floor plan design single-family house city villa with granny flat KFW40+

In case of emergency, the wall between the office and the first children's room will be removed. It will be rebuilt as a stud wall for this purpose. The room must then be redivided accordingly.

Just plan for 2 children's rooms right away. It doesn't matter whether there is a desk or a crib inside.

The roof style does not at all match the floor plan.

Could you please go into a bit more detail? Which roof shape do you think fits the floor plan?

I find many things somewhat ..claustrophobic..., I mean narrow, although the house itself is not that small. It starts with this ghost path between the house and garage... don't get me wrong: we also have a similar corridor, but no two-story building that takes much light from the corridor and dominates it in height. Then the kitchen is quite small, the dining area does not exist at all. The pantry can’t even fit a freezer, what is the chamber for? The hallway on the upper floor is also depressing... 3 toilets for 3 people, that is luxury. The chill area is quite large again. and the master area is rather oversized. That’s where the wish for the dream oasis wellness was planned ;) Who occupies the granny flat? Are you on first-name terms with the residents? Or why this proximity? The resident parks in front of the garage? :cool: Visually, the roof is too high.

The alternative to the ghost corridor would be an unheated room between the current front door and the double garage. This would then be our dirt lock (dog owners). Thus, the roofing and corridor would be omitted. The path to the granny flat would then run past the right side of the garage. The pantry is used solely for storing food. We do not need a separate freezer; given our cooking habits, a side-by-side refrigerator should be completely sufficient for us. The chill area is indeed very large, especially the space towards the south at the corner of the house seems to me to be not sensibly used. We are on first-name terms with the residents of the granny flat. We also find the roof visually too high. Would you have a suggestion on how we could make the whole thing a little more open and remove this claustrophobic feeling from the floor plan?

Fewer rooms, fewer corners. The so-called dirt trap seems dark, becomes drafty, leaves and dirt will get caught on the ledge. Maybe a carport with a roof to the house wall instead of a garage. Wardrobe. Shoes and bags in the hallway are not inviting and cramped. The pantry does not have much storage space, sacrificing the kitchen space and adding 2 more cabinets instead. Wouldn't a shower downstairs be more practical so the dog can be quickly rinsed off? At least many dog owners plan a shower near the front door for this reason. The stub wall in the living room feels cramped. Although the entire living area does not seem very spacious. Try drawing a table in there. Also upstairs. Do you really want to always carry dirty laundry through the shower?

I don’t think it’s that bad, but it will be "compact." Therefore, definitely draw on graph paper and move the furniture back and forth. That helps tremendously to uncover tight spots.

A few half-baked ideas:

Kitchen in the sofa corner. Then swap the WC and storage room and turn the storage room into a pantry. That would enlarge the kitchen and put it in a good relationship with the dining table in the southwest. Also, then the living room and bedroom of the granny flat would be adjacent, which could allow for a possible passage later on. Possibly, the WC could also be given a shower.
Washing machine & dryer in the utility room would give the small bathroom upstairs more options. Or redesign the large bathroom to be used by three people (one child can manage that, and a teenager could possibly also use the lower bathroom (if there is – see above – a shower). Considering the small space, that would be a compromise worth considering.
Gable roof (possibly asymmetrical?) instead of hip roof would fit the design much better. Possibly a knee wall of about 1.8m with an open roof truss to make the roof’s exterior flatter.
Definitely NOT (!!!) a garage. That would be way too bulky for the house. I like the idea from with a (airy) carport and a roof pulled toward the house wall.
Regarding the granny flat: how much rent does it bring in? Is it really worth it? And "the residents," meaning plural? In the small apartment? You might have tenant turnover there.

The alternative to the ghost corridor would be an unheated room between the current front door and the double garage.

I see the alternative of simply moving the garage to the back.

The pantry is only used for storing food.

Usually a normal tall kitchen cabinet is sufficient for that?!

due to our cooking habits, a side-by-side refrigerator is completely sufficient.

Where would that be located?

Would you have a suggestion

still on first-name terms in the forum ;) Improvements: tweak things here and there... but I would, for example, start fresh for a kitchen where a SbS also has space and grant the kitchen at least 5 sqm more space. The same applies to the dining area. Right now, it has no space... a design can be set aside if it has too many disadvantages :)