Thanks to you too. We want to use the utility room as a "dirt trap" to keep the entrance area as clean as possible.
You are right about the terrace. That is actually still a point on our "change list." We are not satisfied with it yet. Do you have another idea?
The idea is commendable. We originally had the same thought because it looks similar in our case.
The fact is that you will have the garbage bins standing at the back by the carport, and the space there is too tight if four people get out of the car to enter the utility room. Not to mention that if you want to bring beverage crates from the car into the house, you won’t feel like pushing your way through between the cars (and possibly the garbage bins) ;)
Better make a windbreak as a dirt trap in the entrance area.
In my opinion, you would have to extend the carport eastward for the entrance to be usefully accessible. But that is way too expensive.
Regarding the terrace, I would ask a garden landscaper; they have good ideas.
I might make a large lift-and-slide door at the bottom of the plan so that in summer you can sit at the dining table with the feeling of being outdoors! Then the terrace in front of it.