Floor plan design single-family house with around 150 m²

No, how do you come to that?

Views and sections are no longer single images in CAD like on the drawing board, but interconnected. That means windows shift in the database for the project across all drawings at once. In that respect, it is a print command to output the views according to the current status. When drawing manually, it is different, but even there done in the same phase.

I think structural analysis, piping, ventilation concept etc. are already being calculated.

Then it basically sees the permit planning as final - except for the tectonic issues like moving windows. Even moving interior walls still affects the room-by-room heating load calculation.

Dear forum members, the time has come!

The architect has sent us our floor plan along with the placement of the house in the site plan (Note: only a preliminary site plan without exact boundaries), cross-section, and elevations.

What strikes me immediately:

- Site plan:
- The parking spaces are placed directly next to the house. I would actually prefer to have them in front of the house and next to the house (half/half). Should we leave it like this for now (or maybe leave them out entirely, so that the building authority cannot hold us to it later)? If these are left in the plan, are they then considered fixed? I still hope that despite the building line of the house, I can move the parking spaces a bit forward.
- The house is drawn 7.14 m from some line on the preliminary site plan; I would like to have it drawn as 7 m when the finished site plan from the surveyor is available. Do you think that would be okay?

Floor plan upper floor:
- The window in the bedroom is very close to the interior wall (estimate max. 60 cm). Yes, a 60 cm wardrobe just fits, but no 70 cm one anymore. The window is set back from the exterior wall because I would like to have 1.93 m or more space from the southern exterior wall in the living room on the ground floor to avoid having the couch in front of a window on the side. Due to symmetry, the windows on the upper and ground floors are now all set back 1.93 m from the west exterior walls. My question is, could we possibly move only the windows on the northwest side on the ground and upper floors further toward the exterior wall, e.g. by 12.5 or 25 cm, or would it be very noticeable if the symmetry no longer matched? That would at least be my simplest solution. Of course, we could also only move the windows on the upper floor outward, then the edges of the windows on the ground and upper floors would no longer be the same, but symmetry would prevail.

Maybe you have ideas or notice something else.

The chimney in the bedroom is cool - presumably planned as a doorstopper with maximum space wastage. The children can hide really well behind it when playing hide and seek. Such fun! This shows that the architect has not a spark of interest in the object.

The cupboard/window problem also exists with child 2. Well then, go ahead, let's see what you can make of it. I definitely wouldn't leave it like this either.

Why isn’t the staircase mirrored? You could get much more out of the bedroom and the children's room that way. The fireplace could also be moved by a meter. Alternatively, you could leave it where it is and give the children's room a built-in wardrobe to the left of the chimney and the parents one to the right in the gained space. For the appearance, I would shift the guest WC window slightly to the right and recess the window in the living room (right side) a bit.

Here, you have to get permission for boundary construction (carport). If two parking spaces are required, both must be provided, regardless of whether they are uncovered or covered.

Pull the windows on the west side outward; there should still be capacity for that. It would also suit the guest room well.

The chimney in the bedroom is cool – presumably planned as a doorstopper with maximum space waste. The children can hide behind it perfectly during hide and seek. Such fun! This shows that the architect has not the slightest interest in the property.

I think something can still be done with the space (wardrobe to the left next to it, then free space behind). Of course, you can also make the walls flush – but then there is an even bigger window/wardrobe problem and I would also like to keep the width. And in the living room, the chimney is very well positioned.
But I agree with you, there was not much interest visible, not throughout the whole process.

The wardrobe/window problem also exists with child 2. Well then, go ahead, let’s see what you can get out of it. I definitely wouldn’t leave it like that.

I don’t really see a problem here because I don’t necessarily have to push the wardrobe right up to the window. The window can probably be moved 20-30 cm towards the outer wall. But getting to 60 or 70 cm will probably be quite difficult. Maybe the windows on the ground floor/upper floor can also be arranged so that the alignment is vertical on the inside and not on the outside – would that look bad?

Why isn't the staircase mirrored? Then you can get much more out of the bedroom and the children's room. The fireplace could also be moved by one meter. You could also leave it there and give the children's room a built-in wardrobe to the left of the chimney in the gained space, and the parents' room to the right. For the appearance, I would shift the guest WC window slightly to the right, and set back the window in the living room (to the right) a bit.

I still don't quite understand, the ceiling cutout should remain the same no matter how the staircase runs? Then it doesn't bring more space either.

In our area, you have to get permission for boundary construction (carport). If 2 parking spaces are required, those also, whether uncovered or covered.

Where I live, you don't need permission for boundary construction up to a certain size (30 sqm). Therefore, I don't really want to commit yet. And I just wanted to know if such "drawn-in" parking spaces are binding.

Pull the windows on the west side outward, there should still be capacity. It would also look good in the guest room.

I thought so too. Definitely in the guest room. The problem is that I don't want to do the same in the living room in parallel, because I don't want a window on that side (because of the neighboring house and the sofa).