Floor plan of a single-family house as a wooden house on a ground slab with carport

also for old age?

Don't plan for old age. Plan for today and tomorrow. In 40 years, the world may look so different that you can't or won't imagine it today. Maybe then you'd rather live relaxed in a truly age-appropriate apartment (the landlord can take care of everything) and cash out your money from selling the house for a nice life (just as an example)?

This appears to be a so-called family bed, and if such a bed is planned, then I also find it better to have the passage on the window side, just as the plan is drawn. This way, the window section in the rooms remains free and accessible.

I was also close to answering the question, but this time it’s JuLia’s turn to engage in the dialogue. By the way, the family bed is only supposed to be a temporary thing and is expected to end “soon.”

With our dogs, the resting place was determined by their "basket." Around Christmas time, that can be somewhere else.

Sure. But for you, "somewhere else" is not here. You have it a bit more spacious.
The "somewhere else" is just bad if there is no somewhere else. Wall surfaces are scarce here, and stumbling blocks, pardon, stumbling wool balls are not desired on the usable area either.

Hello everyone,

here first the missing information:

Development plan/restrictions
Size of the plot: 600m2
Number of parking spaces: 2
No development plan

Requirements of the builders
Modern wooden house, 25° pitched roof, upper floor wood cladding
Construction on a slab, 2 full floors + cold attic storage
Number of people: 2 adults, 2 children
Space requirements on the ground floor: entrance area with storage, living-cooking-dining area, small home office, shower bathroom, technical room
Space requirements on the upper floor: 2 children’s rooms, office niche, bedroom, family bathroom, utility room
Overnight guests per year: less than 2

conservative or modern construction method: timber construction
open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen
Number of dining places: at least 6
Fireplace: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport with green roof

further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or shouldn’t be:

[*]To the north are the parents, so the living rooms are oriented to the southwest for mutual privacy. Because the street is to the south, the terrace was placed on the west side.
[*]Two office workplaces, as both parents work a lot or exclusively from home
[*]The shower bathroom on the ground floor is intended to relieve the family bathroom upstairs; we deliberately gave up a separate children’s bathroom for cost reasons
[*]The requirement for the architect was: “as compact and efficient as possible, without being uncomfortable”

House design
Who is responsible for the planning:
- Architect

What do you particularly like? Why?

[*]the open living area on the ground floor and the extended small gallery on the upper floor
[*]pantry under the stairs
[*]corner bench in the dining area (yes, impractical for many people, but we are usually four; it is a childhood memory we want to keep)

What do you dislike? Why?

[*]furnishability is not yet 100% clear to us
[*]possibly we will remove the wall in the dressing room to make the bedroom more flexible to arrange?
[*]storage space in the family bathroom?

preferred heating technology: underfloor heating, heat pump, photovoltaic system, battery storage

If you have to give up, on which details/extensions
-you can give up: dressing room
-you cannot give up: office on the ground floor

Why is the design as it is now? For example
Individual planning by the architect
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Yes

attached are the plans with dimension chains:




what currently worries us:
- furnishability of the office on the ground floor
- Are the circulation areas in the bedroom too tight? (the dressing room was actually planned to “force us to be tidy”. Currently, however, we are considering removing the wall in the dressing room to be able to furnish the bedroom more flexibly)
- storage space in the family bathroom? Is a washbasin with a cabinet below enough for us or do we ultimately need more cupboards?
- window position in the children’s rooms regarding furnishability

That seems to be a so-called family bed, and if such a bed is planned, then I also find it better to have the passage on the window side, just as the plan is drawn. This keeps the window area in the rooms free and accessible.

Currently, a family bed is planned there, yes. Of course, it will not be like that forever and will eventually become a normal double bed.

I think the floor plan is quite successful. What I would definitely plan differently, however, is access to the space under the stairs from the hallway, so that the tall cupboard wall in the kitchen can possibly be interrupted by a storage niche.. Kitchen machine, coffee machine, etc. Then the almost 2m wall row and half island are also sufficient. You could then plan 3 x 60cm tall cupboards and about 120 to 150 cm storage niche with base units and wall cabinets. Could plan the row on the right with extra depth and the half island with 120 cm depth. Nothing in front of the window, row spacing about 110 to 120 cm, then the kitchen can also be used well with more than one person.



And the space under the stairs only needs a 71cm door, then there is enough storage space and storage also for mops, vacuum cleaner, etc.