Floor plan for 200 sqm city villa - Are wishes achievable?

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I hope it’s recognizable. I have removed all the bay windows (the one in the living area is really unnecessary, like a goiter, it doesn’t bring anything), if a bay window is desired as an entrance area, I would still add it to the design, thus enlarging the entrance area above it. The pantry is moved away from the kitchen, the guest WC is large enough but gave up space in favor of the pantry, the cloakroom is an open space directly by the door. Kitchen as a double line, with a door between leading to the garden and terrace. I don’t have in mind right now how your house is placed on the plot. Possibly I would swap kitchen and living room so that the kitchen moves toward the terrace. Whoever wants can put a few chairs at the island worktop but I would not make a bar solution, because that reduces the working surface on the island. Simply leave out a few base cabinets towards the dining area, if you don’t need the storage space and place some chairs of the right height there. Then a sliding door to the dining area, if desired (I would leave it out). And then you’ll notice that suddenly there is about a meter more space... the house could therefore be smaller without losing any space.

I still find the staircase solution unfavorable. If the kitchen is supposed to be in the place of the living room, then the stairs should be moved away from there, and the guest WC and pantry should go there instead, so a complete redesign.

But I think even the few changes alone bring a lot. The strange corner for the pantry is gone, the guest WC has normal dimensions, and you have a sufficiently large cloakroom that can and will also be used as such.

And that’s what good planning is about: using space and not wasting it. Unfortunately, your design tends more toward the opposite. Therefore, I would start anew. Consider what you need, what makes sense, why, what is non-negotiable, what can be discussed, etc. Visit show houses, you get a good feel for space there. Measure if you like something there, measure if you find something too cramped, make clear to yourself why you like this or that and why not.

I find your design well-intentioned but poorly done. It simply lacks a sense for space and layout. But that is not innate, it is acquired.

What speaks against a closed cabinet in the wardrobe niche?

One more comment about the straight staircase:

That is a great design object. As mentioned, we would have liked that too. But then it should also be properly staged, creating an "aha" effect. In your design, you do have a straight staircase, but somehow it’s squeezed against the wall in the hallway and basically no one really sees it. Who then needs a staircase as a design object?
Either you stage it properly or make one that benefits the floor plan. What you have now is once again an example of "intended but not really well executed."

By the way, a stairlift can also be installed on a spiral staircase. Just make sure it’s simply wide enough (internal dimension 1m), then that’s not a problem at all. But whether that should really be a decisive criterion, I’ll leave that open...

It is more likely that you sell the old crutch and buy a small bungalow on the Baltic Sea (then near Berlin).

Global warming and all that, but the Baltic Sea in Berlin? - Greta!

Not in, but on. In between is more like flatter land. There was once a simulation from some university or institute where the same global warming as in the last 500 years was extrapolated 500 years into the future (or something like that). It might be that 30 years are not quite enough, but it wasn't meant to be taken completely seriously. Maybe wishful thinking is at play here. Although I definitely don't want to see Mecklenburg-Vorpommern submerged. But being able to reach the Baltic Sea in 30 minutes would have its appeal...

What speaks against a closed cabinet in the wardrobe niche?

The shoes still need to be stored. It basically has the same effect as taking off your shoes at the entrance door and throwing them into a closed wardrobe room. So in terms of effort and the sequence of movement, it’s the same. A wardrobe room also offers a place to sit to put on your shoes, etc.

I also have my wardrobe room in the middle of the hallway. At the moment, it doesn’t bother me that I first have to walk there to get dressed or undressed. Let’s see how it is in winter. But I also have to mention that the utility room is near the entrance area, where dirty things like construction clothes including shoes are stored. So if it’s really muddy outside, I take off my shoes there.