Floor plan of a single-family house, feedback

How old are the children? The age of the residents somewhat influences a house design.

Yes, with slight requests from us (wall between study and K2, T-walls in the bathrooms, canopy, conservatory, pantry)

These are, among other things, exactly the things I criticize first.

Secondly, I assign the homework of what a design should also be for: to draw your furniture to scale. Surely you can buy them in this size, but let's be honest: no one feels comfortable sitting three on a sofa that is only 180x65 cm. The smaller one is 125 cm wide. The kitchen table is 80 cm wide, so no fondue or raclette is possible. Haha, our sofa’s seating surface is already 65 cm. So if you draw a lounge sofa, that is one in an L-shape with a length of 270 cm: are you still confident then?

Far too many different window sizes (example: dining room window//children’s room with 2 windows).

Basically, I find two office/guest rooms too ambitious. The children’s rooms are okay in size relative to everything else, but rooms for eventualities to be used more or less, I find disproportionate here. In addition, proper storage space for suitcases, bags, and all the clutter one has or must have is missing. The freezer room is too small for multitasking.
Otherwise, a wardrobe is missing (not coat hooks, but cabinets), inserting the pantry into the room amputates space and promotes tightness, and that only for things that are rarely needed. Things rarely needed should not restrict living space. Tip: remove pantry and use conservatory as a dining area extension, but then preferably only one meter deep and five meters wide!
Here you can see quite well that a T in the bathroom also takes up space: no more room, just connecting corridors. You have to like that. In the children’s bathroom, toilet and shower should be swapped. But that depends on the age of the kids. Actually, the tub would be better placed here.
You can argue about the staircase whether it has its raison d’être here with the dirty area. It is a space-saving staircase, which is often and justifiably found in small gable roof houses.

What is the conservatory even supposed to be for here?

Personally, I would plan the technology next to the garage and give the house a bit more western sun. Accordingly, the bathrooms should be stacked.
I’d say: the architect from the construction company has not really delivered a masterpiece here.

I’m only reading this now:

But I can’t combine guest room and office.

Well then, you have to live with some flaws.

I fear the latter.

Not me. Why should this wall be load-bearing?

Think about whether you want to live in such a bunker cube without charming recesses and projections. Flat roof can also be nice.

Is it clarified whether the parking spaces in this arrangement are also recognized as 2 parking spaces, since both cannot be used independently of each other.

Is it clarified whether the parking spaces in this arrangement are also recognized as 2 parking spaces, since both cannot be used independently of each other.

Yes. From the parking space regulations:

Parking spaces must be accessible without crossing other parking spaces. For single-family and two-family houses, up to 2 parking spaces arranged one behind the other are also recognized.

How old are the children? The age of the residents somewhat influences a house design.

At the time of moving in probably 11 and 13.

Furthermore, proper storage space for suitcases, bags, and all the clutter one has or must have is missing.

That’s true about the storage space; currently there is comparatively little (under the stairs, and the rear part of the garage will be separated).

Otherwise, a coatroom is missing (not coat hooks, but cabinets), inserting a pantry into the room amputates space and promotes crampedness, and only for things that are rarely needed. Things that are rarely needed should not restrict living space. Tip: remove the pantry and use the conservatory as a dining area extension, but preferably only one meter deep and five meters wide!

Oh dear, okay, I guess the pantry is gone then; nothing good came of it anywhere yet... For the coatroom, there should be space right by the stairs opposite the utility room, right? Sure, it won’t hold countless pairs of shoes and jackets, but it should be enough for a family?

One could argue about whether the staircase has its justification here with the dirt area. It’s just a space-saving staircase, which is commonly and rightly found in small gable-roof houses.

What would be a better solution here?

What is the conservatory intended for anyway?

A place to stay. Seating and plants, roughly speaking, should “go in there.”

Personally, I would plan the technical room next to the garage and give the house a bit more western sun. Accordingly, the bathrooms should also be stacked. I’d say: the architect from the construction company did not deliver a masterpiece here.

So basically turn left and right, at least the lower half of the plan?

Not me. Why should this wall be load-bearing?

Flat roof above that must be greened, meaning it must carry quite a lot of weight.

There should be space for the wardrobe directly by the stairs opposite the utility room, right? Well, it can't hold a ton of pairs of shoes and jackets, but it should be enough for a family?

Yes, there would be space for a closet. I overlooked that space.

What would be a better solution here?

For example, a double switchback. And then just not have the starting step in the dirt area.

Lounge. Seating and plant stuff, roughly speaking, should go in there.

First, I would take care of the basic needs, meaning reasonable living space for 4 people. A nice-to-have is expensive. Maybe you'd rather design the house 50cm bigger for that money?!

Flat roof above that has to be greened compulsorily, so it must bear quite a lot of weight.

However, that probably a) isn’t a load-bearing wall there or b) a straight wall would be just as strong.

Changing the stairs means starting over, enlarging the kids' rooms possibly means starting over as well.
My tip: one bathroom upstairs and a utility room for laundry. That relaxes the freezer room and you’ll have space there for unnecessary kitchen appliances. Make the workspace a bit smaller, if necessary put children's room doors in a slanted wall. A slanted wall to the kitchen should be avoided for design reasons.

Tip: read other discussions here to avoid mistakes that other building users haven’t made for a long time.

Maybe for that money one would rather plan the house 50cm bigger?!

Hrm, going wider is not possible, so if anything it would be deeper, there might still be some room there. (According to the specifications there would still be 10 cm in width to keep the 3m, but then there’s something else that conflicts with height and neighbors, so I’d rather leave it that way).

Although I find it interesting – the current room size ends up at about 165 sqm – that is a bit more than twice as much as we have now, and yet one still thinks that something is too small.

Tip: read other discussions here sometime, to avoid mistakes that other BUs haven’t made for a long time.

I’ve been reading along for a while, yes, but just reading doesn’t remove all blindness, so I asked myself this time.

But you have already given us good input, thanks. I’ll discuss all of this with the boss over the weekend.

I'll discuss all of this with the boss over the weekend.

Don't talk, I said draw. Personally, if the terrace is allowed legitimately outside the building window, I would use the entire 11 or 12 meters in depth and also orient somewhat, though narrow, to the west. South is the main garden, but west is important for daylight and room orientation. My humble opinion. Entrance from the driveway side, that saves the roofing. Plan a double winding staircase and 2 recesses/protrusions to make the house more appealing. In short: rotate the house.