Floor plan of a single-family house with a cross gable, 150-160 sqm

Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 750 sqm
Slope: none
Floor area ratio
Floor space index
Building window, building line and boundary
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys
Roof shape
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights/limits
Additional requirements: there is no development plan. It is a settlement from the 1930s with originally single-storey, basemented gable roof houses of approx. 100 sqm; in the meantime, many other house types have been added.

Clients' requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: gable roof, in the style of an English cottage with clinker brickwork, dormer gable
Basement, storeys: no basement, 1.5 storeys
Number of persons, age: 33, 32, 5, 2
Space requirements on ground floor, upper floor: ground floor with living/dining room, kitchen, pantry, utility room (heating, washing machine), guest/study room, bathroom with shower; upper floor with 3 bedrooms, bathroom with tub and shower, possibly dressing room
Office: family use or home office? Both
Guest sleepers per year: 5-6 times for approx. 7 days each
Open or closed architecture: rather closed
Conservative or modern construction: conservative
Open kitchen, cooking island: no
Number of dining seats: 8-10
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, both
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: yes, also natural style, running ducks/chickens, possibly a small climbing frame for children
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be:
Relatively busy road on the south side of the plot, therefore rather north-facing living rooms. Parents’ bedroom preferably on the west side, as the neighbor often watches TV in the garden to the east. We are concerned this might disturb sleep. Work/guest room with option as a proper bedroom in case another child comes and the children could then live upstairs.

House design
Who designed the plan: DIY
What do you particularly like? Why? Size of the bedrooms on the upper floor, dormer gable
What do you not like? Why? Size of the study, hallway, staircase (does it work like this?)
Price estimate according to architect/planner: none received yet.
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 600k
Preferred heating technology: heat pump

If you have to give up, on which details/extensions
- can you do without: "bay window," fireplace
- cannot do without: pantry, bedroom, dressing room as storage space

Why did the design turn out as it is now?

We tried to accommodate all the rooms we want. We also experimented with four rooms upstairs but discarded that again.

Questions:
Does the floor plan work like this? Although we are in contact with an architect, we would like to know your opinion, as we have already taken many useful things on board here.

How sensible is the orientation on the plot? We want as much soundproofing as possible in the garden from the road. We are fine with a north terrace, especially due to the hot summers.
Is the light sufficient in the children's rooms (especially the southeast one, as it has only one window)?
How can the windows/layout on the south side be improved? The view is not as important to us as the north side view.

Could the attic be converted into a bedroom as a reserve room with knee wall height 1.20 m and a gable roof at 40 degrees? Or is it too hot?

The house was previously 1 m to 0.5 m narrower, but then the ground floor space was a bit tight.

Many greetings and heartfelt thanks

P.S. The staircase could not be transferred into the program somehow. It should come to the half-height wall in the hallway (top right on the plan?) and be a half-turn staircase. I am a bit uncertain about the dimensions; I think we allowed 2.20 x 2.20 m.

P.P.S. Hope the image quality is okay.

Is there a plan of the property?

Where is north on the aerial photo?

The image is oriented to the north, i.e. the top of the image is north and the bottom is south (street side). Unfortunately, I do not have another image at the moment.

Parents' bedroom preferably on the west side, because the neighbor often watches TV in the garden on the east side.

At night? Well, I would then rather think about the children's sleep and voluntarily choose the east side. I think the utility room is too small and could be twice as big. Technology takes up a lot of space. Also, laundry is done there, right? There is no additional storage except the attic…

The aerial image section is chosen significantly too small. After all, you can tell that you did not deal with the topic of "scale" before inserting the placeholder for the new building. The insertion requirement of §34 also involves an approximate actual floor area ratio (although this is often generously ignored). You should not just embarrass an architect here because he knows better how to draw in the stairs; rather, he will save you a lot of money.

No plan of the property? You bought it. There should be a plan included in the purchase contract.