Floor plan design: Single-family house with basement; 560 sqm plot

I don't think the draft is bad but it doesn't fit your wishes at all, does it? You might be planning the 3rd child and want a lot of space in the dining area for a large table. I don't see either here. How important are these aspects really? Personally, I don't find two children in one room problematic - but do you?

Apart from that, 18 steps on the stairs is quite a lot. What floor height was planned again?

Two children in one room I personally consider unproblematic - but do you?

Currently I am reading about "2 children (toddlers), possibly a 3rd child," so initially two, both still small. The existing children will therefore probably still like a shared bedroom, and when the possible child will come is still unknown. By the way, I am not a big fan of "children's rooms" (and especially considerations like equally loved children = equally sized rooms are nonsense). I always suggest to my advisees to assign the uses "child," "guest," and "office" (as well as possibly "child sleep" and "child play" separately) to a group of rooms that enable fluid family living. The "few bucks" for LAN sockets also in the room primarily used as "guest" won’t make much difference.

I don't think the design is bad but it doesn't match your wishes at all, does it?

I have not yet made a comparison between the planner's work and the requirements given to him; have you already noticed any oversights there?

I would miss a storage room on the ground floor.

AB = storage room?

Stairs to the east, not to the street.

That was also our first thought, or rather we saw it as more advantageous for the rooms and the light incidence (except for the bathroom on the ground floor). The disadvantage we see here: living room facing the street side, ideally we would rather have the kitchen there. We tried quite a bit, but we could not really depict stairs in the east + kitchen on the street side. Do you perhaps have another idea?

And I would recommend a (somewhat) more modern window arrangement.

What exactly do you mean by "more modern window arrangement"?

Or you circle these points in both plans, of course with identical circle numbers in his and your plan, and add explanations (as a "three-liner"). Then you should definitely discuss these face to face – not like in ping-pong!

Thanks for the hints!

I don’t think the design is bad but it doesn’t fit your wishes, right? You are possibly planning the 3rd child and want a lot of space in the dining area for a large table. I don’t see either here. How important are these aspects really? I personally consider two children in one room unproblematic – but do you?

In principle, it first covers the space requirement. What we miss a little is a kind of storage/pantry on the ground floor. We are somewhat unsure about the dining table. The table is 1.05 x 2.10 m and has 1.5 m distance to both the sofa and the kitchen island. About 1.5 m to the wall in the hallway and about 80 cm to the sliding door. Is that too little? For an open-plan space in a linear arrangement, the current building mass probably reaches its limit? Maybe you can get a little more out with an L-shape?

Apart from that, 18 steps in the stairs is quite a lot. What floor height was planned again?

The floor height is currently planned with 3.2 m (top of the raw floor to top of the raw ceiling). One could still go down to 17 steps, but then would already have a borderline rise (18.8 cm). We looked at stairs more closely the weekend before last in a show house, where all possible shapes, rises, ... of stairs were built. There we really liked the almost 18 cm (17.8 cm) rise with about 26 cm tread (of course depending on whether open or closed).

AB = storage room?

Exactly.

Disadvantage we see here: living room facing the street, ideally we would prefer to have the kitchen there. We tried a lot, but staircase in the east + kitchen on the street side we didn't really manage to depict. Do you perhaps have another idea?

Why don't you swap the kitchen with the living room?

Thank you for the hints!

I would already have quite a few things to circle if the floor plan set came onto my dissecting table. Is there actually a huge rabbit sleeping on the staircase landing?

For an open-plan room in an I-configuration, you probably reach the limits with the current building shape? Maybe you can get a bit more out of it with an L?

Would you call the open-plan room in post #45 an I or L?

Exactly.

We just took a look at how to integrate a storage room into the ground floor, but no matter how we move the walls - at first glance we don't see any sensible solution here. Does the floor plan need to be completely reconsidered? What is your experience?

Why don't you swap the kitchen with the living room?

Thanks for your suggestion! Purely from a furnishing perspective that would work, but unfortunately the chimney would no longer be near the living room. I also don't immediately see any way to position it near the ridge in the upper area.

I would already have plenty to circle if the floor plan set came onto my dissecting table. Is there actually a huge rabbit sleeping on the staircase landing?

First assumption is that if you now try to insert a storage room on the ground floor, the whole floor plan no longer works (or hopefully someone here still has a brilliant idea). Would considering it from this aspect make sense?

Would you call the open space in post #45 an I or L?

From the arrangement, I.