Floor plan design single-family house on south-facing slope

After deducting the garage and house, only 87.60 m2 remain for terraces, paths, garden shed, yard/driveway... that's getting tight.

Man, you look - God wills it. Coincidentally, the whole thing is 86 m².


Ok, just a little joke. Architect's recommendation always sounds quite promising. I hope we can look again.

Edit: Just don’t take any plan or sketch with you! Simply submit the wish list without suggesting any solution approach. Cross out everything on the list that is optional - especially the positioning of the house, garage, and rooms. Just let it be done. If he suggests something, you can always say yes or no.

Dude, you look – God wills it. Coincidentally 86m² the whole Frums.


Ok, little joke. Architect recommendation always sounds promising. I hope we can look again.

Very funny

Of course you may look as soon as I have something new.

The new planner will only get the publicly available documents and a bullet-point list without reference to the location of the garage. I’m curious what will come out of it.

I slept on it again and relocating the living, dining, and kitchen area to the basement doesn’t really convince me. Even if that might be conservative, for me the front door, terrace, living, kitchen, and dining area simply belong on one floor or one level. It was clear that compromises have to be made with a plot on a south-facing slope. Where there is a ridge, there is also shadow.

Independent of the still pending new floor plan creation by the planner, I tried again with the existing drafts (in case the form and arrangement of the staircase and front door remain, which does not mean they have to).

Before criticism pours in again: it would be nice if you try to evaluate this with the factors important and repeatedly mentioned by the builder and not (only) according to your own feelings.

Maybe the child’s room and the office could be swapped.

What is that phallic symbol in the kitchen? *clears throat

Yes, you can't leave the penis in the kitchen like that. You can't get into the sharp corner. But the kitchen department will plan that for you.

The wellness corner in the basement is unfortunately very narrow. Relaxing there will be difficult.
The toilet in the bathroom upstairs is below the 2m line. That has to be different.

I like the idea of the pool on the terrace on the ground floor. However, I can hardly imagine how it will be implemented. How deep will it be embedded in the ground, or is it supposed to be more like a tub to place there?

Since the layout otherwise differs little from the original plan, there will probably be few new opinions on the design. Let's hope for the new architect.

What is that phallic symbol in the kitchen? *clears throat

That is not a phallic symbol, but the amateur top view of the existing kitchen. (see attached photo)

Yes, you can't leave the penis in the kitchen like that. You can't get into the sharp corner. But the kitchen department will plan that for you.

The wellness corner in the basement is unfortunately very tight. Relaxing there will be difficult.
The toilet in the upstairs bathroom is below the 2m line. That has to be different.

I like the idea of the pool on the terrace on the ground floor. However, I can hardly or not at all imagine the implementation. How deep will it be embedded in the ground, or is it rather supposed to be something like a tub to be placed there?

Since the layout otherwise differs little from the original plan, there will probably be few new opinions on the design. Let's hope for the new architect.

You can get into the sharp corner, it is probably due to my poor drawing. But since it is an existing kitchen and the room dimensions are (almost) identical, I know that it fits

The arrangement in the bathroom still needs to be revised anyway. I just roughly sketched it in as I could imagine it.

So the pool is optionally to be recessed at basement level (not ground floor) into the ground, so that the pool edge is level with the finished floor of the basement.

That’s why the idea is to arrange the wellness/fitness area in the basement, so you can use the outdoor pool directly from there. But that’s something that will be dealt with later in the landscaping phase.

I also noticed the tightness of the wellness corner, but it is really meant only as a quiet room now, since the fitness area has moved upstairs. You still would have to check how big the whirlpool and sauna really would be and whether it still fits. But before it was always said that the wellness temple is way too big and nobody needs something like that, now I halved the room and its intended use, and now it's said to be too tight... but it's difficult to please you all