Floor plan ideas for remodeling/renovation of 180 sqm

Hello everyone,

I would appreciate your ideas on the floor plan. We are going to buy my grandma's old house and want to make some adjustments to the floor plan on the upper floor (ground level, due to the hillside location) as part of our renovations. We are still at the beginning of our planning and have more wishes than concrete ideas (see very bottom) – so we welcome any input!

Bebauungsplan/Einschränkungen
Plot size: 338 sqm
Slope: Yes, the house has two floors – the upper floor is ground level at the house entrances and the lower floor is ground level to the garden. The slope descends from east to west.
Floor area ratio: -
Plot ratio: -
Building window, building line and boundary: -
Edge development: -
Number of parking spaces: Garage somewhat distant
Number of floors: 2
Roof shape: Flat roof
Style: Terraced house, 1960s
Orientation: East/west
Maximum heights/limits: -
Other requirements

Requirements of the builders
Style, roof shape, building type: Flat roof
Basement, floors: Basement is part of the lower floor; 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: Currently 3; man 37, woman 34, child 1.5 years
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: Total 180 sqm
Office: Family use or home office?: Home office (in the lower floor – passage room towards the garden)
Number of guest sleepers per year: 10
Open or closed architecture: -
Conservative or modern construction: Modern in the 60s...; very bright due to very large windows, but bathrooms are internal
Open kitchen, kitchen island: This is what we would imagine – to make the kitchen more open
Number of dining seats: 1
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: Balcony upstairs and small terrace downstairs
Garage, carport: yes but somewhat distant
Utility garden, greenhouse: not yet present
Other wishes/particularities/daily routine, also reasons why something should or shouldn’t be

House design
Who planned it:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: not yet available
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 600
Preferred heating technology: District heating available

If you have to dispense with which details/extensions
- you can dispense with: daylight bathroom
- you cannot dispense with: more open kitchen concept

Why is the design the way it is now? e.g.
Standard design from the planner?
Which wishes were implemented by the architect?: -
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What makes it particularly good or bad in your eyes?


What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?

[*]We would like ideas on the floor plan, what could be done, as well as assessments of the rough drafts I’ve made so far
[*]The goal is to make the internal bathroom somewhat more modern and brighter, either by remodeling to a daylight bathroom or via top windows
[*]The narrow kitchen should be made more open (I would love a kitchen island but haven’t had a really good idea yet)
[*]The house has two entrances, we are considering removing one entrance with vestibule or replacing it with a terrace door and taking down the wall to create a larger dining area

I would designate the basement for living and thus use the ground floor as a private sleeping area. Divide the bathrooms on the ground floor crosswise and use one half as a utility room. Then there is also a bathroom with natural light. In the basement, shorten/break up/remove some wall elements so that you come into the bright area immediately when you go downstairs.

I have added labels for the ground floor to make it clearer - see attachment

I added some labels for the ground floor to make it clearer - see attachment

Then please take a photo from above or make a scan with your phone.

What do you mean by from above? Unfortunately, I do not yet have access to the house to be able to make a scan.

How do you mean from above? Unfortunately, I do not yet have access to the house to be able to do a scan

From your little piece of paper of course. With a mobile phone, you can wonderfully take photos from above or just scan.