Floor plan of a single-family house with approximately 160 m²

& As already writes, the house is placed there because of the maximum southwest garden. The street above is higher than the property, and according to the development plan, we are not allowed to make an access there. The street in the south is currently being newly built specifically for the residential area, and all houses have their driveways there. Parking space and garage could be created below the HWS. The point about paving is good; we haven’t considered that so far. Thanks, we will include it again in our planning. Connection lengths have already been agreed upon and are not more expensive than if we had placed the house all the way to the west. Thanks for the note about the long, windowless wall. We will have skylights or something similar planned there.

Connection lengths have already been agreed upon and are no more expensive than if we had the house standing all the way in the west.

Well then!
Yes, after I had internalized the matter with the driveway, I would also position it as currently drawn.



Then one could start complaining from the inside.
1. How is the shower in the guest bathroom and the window supposed to work? Or is that a bathtub?
2. Although the kitchen is large, it offers hardly any space for placement. Do you already have a plan for that? Would it possibly make sense to do without the double door or to plan one large and one small door in order to have space for shelves on the stair wall? I would reduce the sliding door to the outside so that the space for a kitchen row is continuously possible up to the west wall.
3. The pantry wall is set back – that makes no sense to me because putting cabinets to the left and right of the door looks really ugly. That means with a sensible optical arrangement cabinets only work as an L in the corner and then I could also set the wall flush with the corner right away. That way the pantry gets bigger, which is very valuable, without the kitchen losing any significant space. Also, a window has to go in there! Planning rooms without windows for no reason should be forbidden!
4. You have already thought about the stairs yourselves and whether they should stay that way. I think it depends on the design. If you plan a wide landing at the bottom à la "Cinderella," that can be great. If not, the landing can simply be ugly and just get in the way in the hallway. Here’s what I mean:

To the attic: The bathroom design is frightening. The shower has to go. The plan states knee wall 2.25m. This drawn 2m line is therefore not that, but something else?

& The first drafts were designed exactly as you describe. We consciously decided against it because, as writes, we want a maximum southwest garden. Additionally, we want the terrace to be somewhat sheltered and not so close to the entrance door.

There will be an attic that should serve as storage space/stockroom. There will also certainly be a garden shed, etc. In our opinion, drying laundry should work in the utility room; there are creative possibilities there.

That you want a southwest garden is beyond question. But why do you turn the terrace to the north? Even if your driveway has to end up somewhere to the south, there is probably less activity there than on the street to the north, to which you are orienting the terrace – mind you, with a 5 meter distance. I find your argument regarding “entrance door” and “quiet” understandable, but it just doesn’t apply here. The entrance door is yours and should not be devalued. It is not even exposed to the public. If you were to consistently follow your argumentation, you would have to turn away from the street to the north: carport in the NW, the driveway and entrance door in the west, the house far to the NE, so that the garden is consistently separated from the driveway and the north street.

If you were to consistently follow your argumentation, you would have to turn away from the street in the north: carport in the NW, driveway and entrance door to the W, the house far to the NE, so that the garden is consistently separated from the driveway and the north street.

Also true again.

The road above is higher than the property

How should one imagine this: cut into a slope (and how is it drained?) or are you looking at a slope support?

The plan states knee wall 2.25m. This drawn 2m line is therefore not that, but something else?

The knee wall was already mentioned as still to be reduced; the 2m line in the plan would be correct beyond the outer wall; do you mean the dashed lines probably representing purlin positions?