R.Hotzenplotz
2017-07-21 18:30:08
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So I just went through the thread here: North is at the top left, right?
Yes.
As I wrote earlier, we are aware that we also gave the architect many specifications about what is important to us. We told him the orientation is not that important to us. If we planned everything according to that, we would still be at it in two years. We have always been indifferent to it; it never bothered us where we lived in the various rental properties. We also don't want to sit in the midday sun..... etc.
Therefore; we don't want to complicate things here with the orientation of the individual rooms. Because it simply isn't important to us.
That means: on the ground floor, the wardrobe and guest WC got the prime side of the house. I mean, pooping in a nice environment has its charm, but you can also overdo it....
That's because we wanted the kitchen facing the street. What else should go on the other side if not the wardrobe and toilet? From the office, where I spend more time than in the dining and living room, I want to look out onto the garden.
I would give up one thing: the direct access from the garage to the pantry. That's nice if it fits, but here you are limiting yourselves.
As I said; budget-wise, we would also manage without major cuts on the ground and upper floors. Still, the access to the pantry is not essential. The pantry won't stay as it is anyway. We already briefly sketched it in discussions. It will be more square. But of course, nothing is set in stone. I am not going to artificially pressure things now. Time pressure is a bad advisor for something like this.
Then the kitchen can move over to the south side, office/guest stays, terrace from west to southwest and so the kitchen has terrace access AND is on the street side.
Children’s rooms on the south side, utility room to the northwest, then you could make an exit onto the garage roof and possibly green it to use the clothes rack outside. Bedroom, dressing room, bathroom can stay as is.
I’m roughly sketching this idea here, in my initial concept this works with a half-landing staircase, or would it also be an option for you that you access the upper floor from the living area? Then you could separate the office area from the living room with a straight staircase, you had the idea that the office should rather be associated with the living area. That would fit quite well.
I’m happy to roughly sketch the layout once, with a straight staircase, once with a half-landing staircase. However, the drawback here is that you can no longer get from the garage into the pantry. That was always my wish, but I think it can be done without.
Wow, thanks for your commitment. I gladly accept the suggestion; maybe it will help us.
I don’t see the option to lead the stairs up from the living room. That would endlessly reduce the available space. And the central situation in the whole house for us is couch --> TV. For the issue of sound transmission upstairs, that is also suboptimal; so a clear no for this variant.
The idea that the office should be associated with the living area? Actually, it was only important to us that the office faces the garden. The connection to the dining area by means of a door is not bad, and the quick access to the kitchen is good, too. But it must be a separate room with a lockable door. A purely visual separation by the staircase would not be acceptable.