Floor plan for single-family house 164 sqm / 2 full floors optimization

Hello everyone,

we are currently in the draft planning phase with our builder and now have a draft status that largely meets our requirements and that we also like. I would be interested to know if you still see optimization potential or details/distances that are completely unrealistic or impractical.

Bebauungsplan/Einschränkungen
Size of the plot: 1053 sqm
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: no development plan
Floor space index: no development plan
Building window, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2 parking spaces / double garage
Number of floors: 2 full floors
Roof shape: gable roof 28°
Style: modern / townhouse
Orientation: see drawing / entrance from north side
Maximum heights/limits: n/a
Other requirements: n/a

Anforderungen der Bauherren
Style, roof shape, building type: modern / gable roof
Basement, floors: slab on grade / 2 full floors
Number of persons, age: 2 adults (35/40), 2 children (2/5)
Space requirements on ground floor, upper floor: each 80 sqm
Office: family use or home office?: yes necessary (daily use)
Guests per year: 5-10
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, preferably also reasons why this or that should or should not be

Hausentwurf
Who created the plan:
- Planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- open design
- all rooms we need
What do you not like? Why?
- hallway too narrow?
- possibly a half-landing staircase (would that be possible / planner says it probably doesn't fit)
- little wall space for furniture
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 400K€
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment:
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump

Wenn Ihr verzichten müsst, auf welche Details/Ausbauten
- can you do without: fireplace
- cannot do without: study / shower/toilet on the ground floor

Warum ist der Entwurf so geworden, wie er jetzt ist?
- Musterhaus mit ähnlichem Grundriss besichtigt / 2 Anpassungschleifen durch den Planer sind erfolgt

Welcome to the forum, your floor plan appeals to me, compact in square meters and large rooms. A fireplace would also be out for me (play area for the kids), I would dock the island below as a peninsula, the couch facing the garden, AZ (still sufficient) gives 2sqm to the hallway, which it needs for 4 people, minor details, the house works

Basically, a standard floor plan that works overall. In general, I find a consideration without the plot incomplete.

What I would consider:
- Guest WC door opens into the cloakroom: At parties or similar events, someone goes to the toilet before going home, others are already getting dressed -> Someone will get hit by the door
- The centrally located bathtub on the upper floor, together with the towel holder, means there is perhaps only 70cm of passage to the toilet, which feels cramped
- I also find the master bedroom with the walk-in closet unnecessarily cramped. The closet has 1.01m + 2*62cm. If you put wardrobes/sideboards on both sides, it’s too tight and feels like passing through a storage room. If you only put a wardrobe on the long wall, the question of the added value of the walk-in closet should be considered.

Best regards

Looks good. I would probably swap the bathtub and the sink in the bathroom and rotate the bed in the bedroom with the head against the upper wall. Is there a shower in the guest toilet? How big is it?

There is a shower in the guest bathroom? How big is it?

...and above all: How is it planned with the rest of the bathroom fixtures and the window? I lack the imagination for that...

In general, I find a consideration without the plot incomplete.

I agree. I like the floor plan itself at first glance. I also miss readable window parapet heights.

Guest WC door opens into the cloakroom: At parties or similar, someone still goes to the toilet before going home, others are already getting dressed -> Someone will get the door off.

is overrated, my bathroom door has been opening into the hallway for more than 10 years. There have been no collisions with guests leaving the house yet. Given the bathroom size, having the door open outwards is actually a significant positive usability factor for the bathroom.

I would dock the island below as a peninsula,

No ... there really is space for an island here and that is extremely practical because there are always two paths leading to the workstations/appliances in the kitchen.

Looks good. I would probably swap the bathtub and sink in the bathroom and rotate the bed in the bedroom with the headboard against the top wall in the plan.

Fully agree. Then the partition wall between dressing room and bedroom could possibly be moved about 20 cm to the right in the plan, the passage dressing room / bedroom towards the bottom of the plan. And in the bathroom, swapping bathtub and sink would also ensure that natural light naturally falls on the sink from the side.

Guest bathroom ... I would probably put a smaller, very narrow window towards the top of the plan. Then there can be a walk-in shower with a 70 cm glass divider towards the toilet. Unfortunately, here too the downside is that the dimensions can hardly be read and you have to guess more ;).

the couch facing the garden,

It probably already does, because I would assume the garden is at the bottom of the plan, although, I just see the sliding door is on the left of the plan, here the site plan is simply missing.