Floor plan for 137m^2 bungalow optimization

I have created something here without the covered terrace. We do not need a "storage room" for food. For the wardrobe, we thought that because of the long hallway, we could place a closet for jackets/coats etc. there. I also enlarged the utility room a bit, so there should be some space for the vacuum cleaner and laundry. Additionally, I separated the dressing room and the office again. Personally, I don’t find it bad to use the dressing room as a passage to the bedroom. However, I have now left out the guest bathroom, since we hardly ever have visitors, and if we do, it’s my wife’s mother, who stays for a few days. She uses the main bathroom anyway. I’m not sure if it makes sense to do without the guest bathroom.

Where do you want to arrange a wardrobe in the hallway without shoes, bags, and so on being in the way? The hallway offers little space. Also, your arrangement of the parents' area costs a lot of square meters. Count the square meters that are walking space together.

Why don't you rotate the bungalow by 90%? Why do you want to leave the huge area under the roof unused?

A guest toilet is certainly not necessary. I do not want to do without it. Do you want every guest, friend of your children, tutor, etc., to use your main bathroom? The place where hygiene products are kept or where a bra might be left?

The more I look at it, the more dissatisfied I am with the draft.

That's why I'm here, I'm a layman in the following topics concerning the room layout, as we live in a very small space.

Yeah, well. We are always happy when we can help.

that I wasn't sure how to properly separate this from the bedroom without making the hallway even longer. Here is an attachment with the street and orientation.

Well.... normally a house plan is something different than a sequence of rooms. Unfortunately, that's all I see here.

The covered terrace is planned for bad weather.

That’s why it doesn’t have to be located in the east...

We did not want to finish the attic because we want everything accessible on one floor for old age.

You now need a study, a children's room, and more storage space.

I see it that way too! ... 27 years old? ... You are building now for the family, when you are 70, that is still 43 years away, do you want a central middle hallway in a square or none at all, from which the bedroom and a living room branch off, and you don't want a garden either. What I want to say is: not even you know what the future holds and what wishes come later... the house is now for a family and should be planned accordingly.

Income situation: I don’t think it should play a role here, we have €320,000 equity and therefore the house construction should be financed only from equity.

No one is asking about the income situation here; they want to know the calculation costs or how expensive the house is allowed to be.

If you have €320,000 equity, that is enough for the house and incidental building costs, but not for the garage, outdoor facilities, kitchen, and electrical work. So you are borrowing money anyway – banks usually don’t do loans below €100,000. Then add another €50,000 and plan a family house, not a senior apartment.

By the way: I have a neighbor who also paid for his semi-detached house from his cash assets. He is about 60... (semi-detached ;)) ... anyway: now in the third year he has no garage, his bike stands on a pallet, the house base is brown from dirt and otherwise there is nothing. Well, he did treat himself to new pallets. If he had done a house financing before building, he would have had liquidity for the garden. Now he has no more money and the bank won’t give him any. It's quite a predicament ;)

From my side a note on financing, if everything comes from equity, plan a buffer of 80-100 k€ for sudden wishes, special costs, etc. if it’s tight, better finance 100k€ for 10 years and be completely relaxed during construction

1.5 stories is, in my opinion, also something the architect should advise you on. It won't be more expensive either.

I would like to see the original property plan. Preferably the one from the surveying office with the neighboring buildings.

Photos also help to better imagine what the property looks like.

I have a property with similar dimensions. Only my access is on the east side.

In which direction does the property slope?