Floor plan discussion / Single-family house on an elongated plot with NE orientation

A few more comments on the notes from my fellow writers

I find the 12sqm office rather meager, especially the general fact that work takes place in the basement with a light well.

As I interpret the light well, it does provide significant light, especially from the south. Not comparable to the parallel thread and the windowless office in the basement. However, I find ’s suggestion of working on the ground floor and only going to the basement when visiting very appropriate.

About 41sqm of all-purpose room for 5 people is by no means much, and almost 18sqm of that is for the kitchen, which ultimately does not really offer much storage space.

If you design the kitchen so that the tall cabinets possibly disappear into a storage niche in the stairwell, then the row and the island should be about 280 cm wide. As a self-confessed fan of sink islands, in my case the stove would be on the row and the sink rather where the stove is currently marked. If it is possible to plan a storage niche in the tall cabinet wall, then one or two items can still find space on the countertop of the cooking row and you have a wonderful peninsula that can be used from all sides.

The extra exit from the kitchen takes away more storage space and is not necessary.

See above; this might provide a little more work surface, but due to the distance and the resulting corners, not necessarily more storage space (dead corners - good corners). What is really good, however, is the access to the terrace.

We have been living with a T-layout (also without a bathtub) for almost 6 years and it works perfectly. In a 5-person household there will be occasional needs to coordinate bathroom use, but that is not the question of the "T".

T-layouts in bathrooms certainly have their justification, but in a room with less than 300 cm width and a window by the shower, I consider the solution not so good.

Otherwise, I still find the plan very successful this evening.

As I interpret the light shaft, it already brings substantial light, especially from the south. No comparison with the parallel thread and the windowless study in the basement. However, I find @wiltshire’s suggestion to work on the ground floor and only go to the basement when guests are visiting very appropriate.

I agree. I know a few people who carry out their office work in a quasi-underprivileged room somewhere in the new building, i.e., in the basement or rather unpleasantly in the attic. I really cannot understand that if my office work at home was already known or foreseeable before the construction. A workplace that one gladly enters or stays in, however I design it, would be an absolute must-have in a new building; I could forgo many other treats for it. Therefore, the proposal to work in the basement only in exceptional cases sounds extremely reasonable.

I don't think the whole thing is wrong at all. What bothers me (and apparently others) the most would be the too small kitchen, the visible terrace, and the wind tunnel between the garage and the house. Everything would dissolve into thin air if the kitchen were widened with a bay window so that it aligns with the garage. Upstairs, one could consider enlarging the small children's room as well, but it's not necessary. Possibly the garage could also be made a bit bigger to offer more space. In any case, I find the path to the garden somewhat worth considering but extremely inconvenient at this location.

A workplace that you like to enter or spend time in, no matter how I design it,

or rather ugly in the attic.

But one has nothing to do with the other. You constantly speak from your own perspective.
Instead of saying: if you design the attic nicely, so that you like to enter it, no matter how you want to design it yourself, an office can also be nice in the attic, you devalue it.

but extremely unfavorable in this location.

Yes. I am just imagining in summer or whenever, the going in and out, that is the active living, but always being seen from the street.

I like the design. What more can be said about it?

I like the design. What else is there to say?

I hope that will respond. Even if the floor plan seems quite good, there are five people after all, and it will be rather tight especially in the kitchen, wardrobe, living room, and storage areas. For people who live more disciplined or minimalist, this can still work, but I had the question why one is more generous with the basement than with the actual, rather limited living space. Let’s see.....