Floor plan for narrow semi-detached house - basement + 2 upper floors + attic without knee wall

This is only about the restroom on the ground floor, right?:eek:
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Also: guests in the restroom also like some distance from the action. You too ;).
Or does anyone “among us” have a problem going downstairs in a restaurant if the restroom area there is nicely done?
You really have to weigh it here, and I see no reason not to do it differently than the same old thing or customary practice. You can wash your hands in the kitchen when you get home too. Personally, I prefer that to going to the guest bathroom. Also, there is a rare cellar exterior access that you can use when gardening!
I find the draft quite solid and good. It will work. A few suggestions and ideas:

about the pantry and such: I might possibly even do without the pantry to relax the hallway and put more cabinets there. Reason: I think you won’t do yourselves any favors if the kitchen becomes a passageway. You yourself write that you tend more towards a closed version.
I’m on the go and sketched something on my phone... the staircase here would also be twice quarter-turned, so that there is still room to place/build cabinets. Kitchen then as a U-shape or two-liner. Cabinets then also for brooms and stuff. Bread slicer must be stored in a kitchen cabinet or roller shutter cabinet.
Just a suggestion,

the rest comes only in words :p
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On the upper floor, I would make the east windows wider (2 meters) and with a parapet, so you can put a desk underneath.
I would place the tub in the attic centrally under the roof and thus make the shower feel somewhat more spacious. So, you can certainly move this or that around. Basement: I would do without a window in the utility room and shorten the light well a bit or place it in the south under the living room window. I would continue pursuing the idea of the southeast terrace.
A completely different idea would be to place the entrance on the east side, the staircase to the cellar in the north... but I haven’t dealt with this in the plan now, just throwing the idea out there!

Nice idea - I didn’t know that yet! But I don’t even know if we need that. That’s more for when you have an attic? With us (according to the current plan) it’s fully finished up to the roof. Actually, I wanted to plan a window above the stairs. But I was advised against it because it would be roughly 5-6 meters above the stairs and thus hard to clean, if not dangerous.

This light channel is not intended for attics, but actually for intermediate floors without daylight.
A roof window cleans itself, so you usually don’t have to touch it. However, I also advise against it unless you make a little "gallery" to stand on underneath in the attic, i.e., for cleaning.

I would find it nice, however, if the toilet discussion here is not conducted too emotionally and exclusively. It is a contentious point. We will still consider it carefully. Whether it then becomes a pantry or a toilet is just a minor rearrangement.

But at least the planning does not seem fundamentally wrong :)

This is only about the toilet on the ground floor, right?:eek: I think like Besides: guests on the toilet also like to have some distance from the action. You too ;). Or does anyone "from us" have a problem going down in a restaurant if the toilet area down there is nicely done? You really have to weigh this carefully, and I see no reason not to try something different than the usual blandness or customary practice. You can wash your hands when you come home also in the kitchen. Personally, I prefer that over going to the guest WC. Also, there is a rare cellar external access that you can use when gardening! I find the draft quite solid and good. It will work. A few suggestions and ideas: regarding the pantry and such: I might possibly do without the pantry to relax the hallway and fit more cabinets there. Reason: I think you are not doing yourselves a favor with the kitchen if it becomes a passage area. You yourself write that you tend more towards a closed version. I am on the go and sketched on my phone... the stairs here would also be doubled winder, so that cabinets can still be placed/built there. Kitchen then as a U or two-liner. Cabinets then also for brooms and such. Bread slicer must be stored in a kitchen cabinet or roller shutter cabinet. Just a suggestion, the rest comes only in words :p [ATTACH alt="DE2114A8-DC0E-4043-B8D5-24EC35A727C7.jpeg"]61805[/ATTACH] On the upper floor I would make the east windows wider (2 meters) and with a parapet so you can put a desk underneath. I would place the tub in the attic centered under the roof and thereby make the shower feel a bit more generous. So, you can certainly still move one thing or another there. Basement: I would do without a window in the utility room and shorten the light well a bit or place the southern one under the living room window. I would continue to pursue the idea of the southeast terrace. A completely different idea would be to place the entrance in the east, the stairs to the cellar in the north... but I have not dealt with that in this plan, I’m just throwing the idea out there! This light canal is not intended for the attic but actually for intermediate floors without daylight. A roof window cleans itself, you usually don’t have to reach it. However, I also advise against it unless you make a small “mezzanine” to stand on underneath in the attic, so to clean it.

Thank you very much for the input! There are some good ideas in there. In fact, we initially planned the entrance on the east - but it is really difficult to properly accommodate the stairwell then (because there is no knee wall in the attic, the stairwell has to be at least roughly centered). That the kitchen is a passage area is a really good point. I haven’t thought enough about that yet. Hmm... that could become a problem. Window per room 2x 2m wide floor-to-ceiling. Isn’t that too much? Currently, one of the kids has two rooms with 1.5m normal height. One of the windows on the north side. The room is the brightest in the house. I plan to do some more planning tonight. I’ll try to get some alternative floor plans.

Windows per room 2x 2m wide floor-to-ceiling.

No: read again. More light comes in through a wide opening, parapet! gives a room protection, floor-to-ceiling makes it open... therefore WITH parapet :)

In the upper floor I would make the east windows wider (2 meters) and with parapet, so you can put a desk underneath.

That the kitchen is a passage area is a really good point. I haven’t thought enough about that yet. hmm... That could become a problem

... that’s what I thought, therefore my drawing. A 2-liner kitchen takes up 2.40 width in the kitchen. Between door and stairs you get a one (!) meter deep all-round cabinet for everything!

No: read again. A wide opening lets more light in horizontally, a parapet! gives a room protection, floor-to-ceiling makes it open... that's why WITH parapet :)

... that's what I thought, therefore my drawing. A 2-liner for the kitchen uses 2.40 width in the kitchen. Between door and stairs you get a one (!) meter deep all-round cabinet for everything!

Yeah, sure... those who can read and all :) Ok, I'll plan accordingly - thanks for the correction.

By the way, this is the floor plan in the standard version. We didn't want an open staircase after all. The stairwell in front makes the dining area very narrow. Besides, the staircase here is completely different, significantly deeper. I planned a longer, narrower one.

But at least the planning does not seem fundamentally wrong

Given the conditions, I probably wouldn’t have come up with anything better either. You actually put it together quite nicely.