Floor plan of a single-family house with a flat roof on a 600m² plot

Edit: Basement windows collide with the terrace (in the west). That would annoy you or anyone. Action is still needed there.

Yep, I took another look: I probably would have stubbornly moved the garage more to the east and adjusted the ancillary rooms including the entrance.

then it is the headboard of the bed where the lettering is, right? That means the person sleeping by the window does not pass by the chimney?

No, there is a deep windowsill drawn at the window, which ends at the chimney. The headboard is at the top of the plan.

Are there also plans with measurements? Doesn’t the house at the living room corner extend beyond the building window and does the neighbor from 14 drive right past your garage?

We don’t have plans with measurements yet. The living room should be exactly on the building boundary, I just stuck the floor plan there, it doesn’t quite fit the scale. The neighbor 14 does drive past there, yes.

Great floor plan! I would move in immediately ;) The only thing I would still consider is a second shower. The guest bathroom could be a bit bigger since you could also reduce the storage room because of the existing basement.

Thanks for the hint, we’ll think it over ;-)

I find it okay too. But I definitely wouldn’t build like that and would put the garage on the south side of the house, thus blocking many necessary windows of my house. Is there a reason why the garage wasn’t placed as a boundary development on the east side, so that at least there would be a south window in the dining area? Btw: I would move the door to the WC further toward the storage room so one doesn’t look directly at the toilet from the dining area. I mean rather: mirror the room.

Interesting topic, actually in our first sketches the garage was entirely on the boundary in the east. But then we increasingly let the position of the front door guide us. Where would you place the entrance then? Moving the WC door makes sense, thank you :)

The only thing I would still consider is a second shower.

yep, exactly that! It might also be possible to implement something like that in the basement; with children growing older, such possibilities cause less stress. Bathrooms/showers have a significantly higher importance nowadays than 50 years ago. The way we had to/might bathe as kids, my kids today would crucify me for that or you'd get reported o_O Two steps into the living room are simply great. We had that in the old house and we were also advised against it because of age, etc. My tip: GO FOR IT!!! It just looks great and the living room then probably has more ceiling height.... absolutely great! Basically very well done but you read various things that you should reconsider; garage, shower, etc. Your kids will grow older plus visitors etc., I would also have another shower/WC downstairs, or at least prepared. Who knows who might want/have to live down there someday...? I would also think about whether I would prefer to have my own bedroom rather at the bottom of the plan, that is at the end of the corridor, and the kids in front of it. I still don't quite like the bathroom upstairs that way.

Where would you place the entrance then?

That will become clear. East or SE/South... But I would definitely reject it as it is now here with the garage and would neither build nor buy it for myself. I look forward during the dark season all week to the fact that we can bring one or two hours of sun through the south windows into the house during the day. Despite south-facing windows, lights have to be turned on anyway, but the bright rays from SE, S, and SW are something positive. Back then in the terraced house, I only had the west side (N and E as well), and that caused deficiencies. I also like the steps into the living room. Possibly also consider a rotated staircase. Not necessary. Both have advantages.

I would not make steps in the living room. Getting older is one thing, but even when young, you or a child can suddenly become dependent on a wheelchair due to illness or accident. Then it's really bad. My daughter's best friend is in a wheelchair after an accident. The family has a split-level house and now has to look for something else.

Regarding the fireplace: we ourselves live in a KfW 75 house. We absolutely do not need a fireplace. But for that, we are smoked out by the neighborhood. I don't understand why almost everyone nowadays builds with wood stoves.