Floor plan detached house 170 sqm tips and opinions

The kitchen is half empty, what was the idea behind that? The bay window is, from my point of view, pure waste of space and cost increase. Office with 7.5sqm? I hope no one ever really has to use that. Due to the straight staircase, the upper floor overall feels a bit fragmented...

I would be interested in the layout of the property, the external dimensions of the house, and the cardinal directions.

In Romeo's design, I would swap the WC and utility room. Personally, I really dislike having the WC directly next to the living rooms..

If it’s about the whole house, I would also do the floor plan differently. I only showed that the "intricate" hallway and utility room could be improved with small changes. The utility room at the front has the idea that the wardrobe in the utility room can be used for both entrances. The WC in our house also borders the living room, but not the wall with the pipes, so that’s no problem at all.

. I just showed that the "nested" hallway and utility room could be improved with small changes.

That's how I understood it too and only added my thoughts to it. If that came across wrong, sorry :)

Hello Nils,

Did I overlook it? Where is north?

North is at the top by the front door.

[QUOTE="RomeoZwo, post: 300719, member: 46925"]Just a suggestion for the hallway/utility room situation on the ground floor. With a small coat rack at the entrance door for daily use and guests, and a large one in the utility room for the shoe and jacket collection.
The glass door to the living room would prevent the hallway from being a "dark cave." A short way to the kitchen is given by the additional door at the entrance.

We also find the idea very good, but then there would be very little space for TV and cabinets.

I don’t think it’s bad.
No idea if that works structurally, one could then also just make one door for the living and dining room directly at the stairs and maybe move the fireplace to the exterior wall at the bottom of the plan (south?). Possibly the window arrangement would then have to be changed.

Where is the terrace? Garden? Is there a picture/plan of the property?

The terrace will be at the living/dining area.

In my opinion, the bay window at the house offers no added value; due to the kitchen/dining arrangement, it is completely unnecessary downstairs, upstairs in the bathroom you could also do without it.

I find Romeo’s suggestion worth considering, but I would remove the shower on the ground floor.

The bay window is simply meant to make the house visually distinctive, because otherwise we think it looks like a standard 0815.

That’s true. Maybe the OP should first say whether changing the stairs (and thus the entire floor plan) is an option.

Well, the stairs could be turned or moved, the problem we see is only that we have a width of 21m and still want a double carport.[/QUOTE]

I actually meant to move or rotate the stairs, not the whole house.

But looking at the property and the house now, it would be clear to me to swap the kitchen and the living room. I want to have the terrace next to the kitchen. You currently have to walk 15 meters from the kitchen to the terrace. Swapping the rooms would bring the living room to the west (evening sun), the kitchen to the southeast (morning sun). You would make better use of the bay window (in the living room), and might be able to achieve a more efficient use of square meters for the rest (utility room/wardrobe/guest bathroom). Maybe even a pantry would come out of it in that context. In terms of square meters, it should definitely be possible.