Floor plan design single-family house - criticism welcome

I would not access the dressing room from the parents' bedroom, but from the hallway. We currently have it exactly as you planned, and it is quite annoying when one person can stay in bed longer in the morning while the other constantly comes in and out. The same goes for the evening, when one stays up later. But of course, it depends on your own habits. We deliberately made the door accessible from the hallway. Just something to think about :-)

Place the house in the building window at the top right so that the house can be opened in the SW with a window and some light can come in there. The garage can be placed parallel to the street with a distance of 3 meters in length. Jeep, it may be that nothing fits anymore from the floor plan. But otherwise, the main room is at least too dark. I find that somewhat creepy [emoji33]

I think the rooms on the upper floor will be quite dark with the small windows. I would install a double casement window in all of them. Better now than later. Or make the windows about 2m wide.

Thank you first for your suggestions and advice

I don’t like the garage idea, or rather, I don’t understand it. Why the offset? Why a width of 4.26 for the gate? The garage seems to be planned for just one car, so why not stay with the standard and possibly just add a meter on one side.

We wanted the front door deliberately on the side and not facing the street, so we set the garage back. It wouldn’t bother if the garage wall was in the terrace area (it would align well with the terrace and the wall will certainly find a use ;) ). There is still enough garden behind it. What exactly do you mean by offset? Exactly that? Or that the garage kind of goes around the corner? I think the size of the garage is quite OK. You always need space (scooter, bicycles, etc.). And the bigger gate is also an advantage if the car is already inside and I want to push the scooter through.

I wouldn’t access the dressing room from the master bedroom but from the hallway. We have it exactly like you planned and it’s quite annoying if one can stay in bed a little longer in the morning and the other keeps coming in and out. Same in the evening if one is awake longer. But of course it depends on your own habits. We deliberately made the door accessible from the hallway. Just a thought :)

This thought already occurred to me during planning, but my better half is against it and all negotiations have failed.

Put the house into the building envelope at the top right so that the house can be opened with windows to the southwest and some light can come in there. The garage can be placed with a distance of 3 meters along the length parallel to the road. Jeep, it might be that nothing fits anymore floor plan-wise. But at least the main room is too dark. I find that a bit creepy

Sorry, but I’m totally confused right now. What exactly do you mean by "main room too dark" and how am I supposed to understand "the house in the SW with window open"? The living and dining area is oriented southwest, and in the dining area three floor-to-ceiling windows are planned, and possibly three also on the terrace side. On the other side, there might also be a window in the kitchen, depending on how we plan the kitchen. Or what exactly do you mean by main room? Main room in relation to the plot?

I think the rooms upstairs will be quite dark with the small windows. I would install a double fan window in all of them. Better now than later. Or make the windows about 2 meters wide.

As I said, the window planning for the entire house is not yet decided. Of course, we want to get as much natural light as possible into the rooms and have also thought about double windows. But thanks for the tip.

What do you think about putting the skylight in the bathroom? I would rather not put it in a bedroom because it might disturb if it rains heavily at night.

Clearer:
As it is now: window placement and size in the open living area (living, dining, and kitchen) will hardly brighten this space.
In winter, the sun sets in the southwest and will be blocked by the neighboring house from 2 p.m. onwards, so you will get nothing from this window except a view of a nearby hedge or the neighbor’s house or even a garage. Only through the small kitchen window does sunlight enter.
Even in summer, you would have more dim corners, which are brighter than the entire room in winter, but if you consider that only a terraced house about 6 meters wide has such a patio window, you can probably imagine it better.
If you now place windows in the kitchen and where the couch is planned, whichever they are, you somewhat minimize the problem - a neighbor’s garage would still spoil the view of the nonexistent garden.
Therefore, in my opinion, this design offers very little quality of life if that is based on a bit of sun, warmth, and brightness.
And it is what it is: a plant that prefers partial shade should be placed directly in front of this southwest window so that it even gets some sun. A south-facing plant will die in this room. Probably a person too.
These 3 meters of edge property may be enough for a small breakfast nook outside. The main terrace will be on the garden side: and why has the longest route from fridge/kitchen to terrace been chosen here? Will you sit on the terrace without a drink? Without cake or salad for the barbecue?

Therefore: open the house to the southwest, create space, light, and openness -> different house placement, so that possibilities on the main sunny side arise at all and can be used.

Upper floor: the bedroom as a walk-through room is not at all thought through, all the windows are insufficient.... mathematically they may be smaller than standard DIN size. 1/8 of the room area should be window size. That means: for 16 sqm, the minimum requirement is 2 sqm. I only see that in the bathroom, where you actually cannot use a floor-to-ceiling window at all.

Overall, I find the house placement and many elements not thought through at all and not even meeting minimum standards. And probably all this because the main focus is on the garage and a house builder was chosen who has not changed his floor plans in 30 years, so the architect has become a little sleepyhead.

My suggestion for improvement: #8

Can this thread please be deleted
Thank you