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

We had the wall deliberately set back so that cabinets could be placed there, which cannot be seen from the side.

I would incorporate the door into the cabinet front.

With the staircase turned to the side (as in the current plan), we had something more like this in mind:

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I would include the door in the cabinet front.

As I said, I think that's nonsense, because then I might as well move the wall forward and prefer to have a larger pantry. Exception: There still needs to be space for a galactic double-door refrigerator, a tall steam oven cabinet, or an oven cabinet at chest height.

Has anyone here already had bad experiences with drywall partitions? Currently, all walls on the upper floor, which have a thickness of 12.15 cm, are planned as such. According to the general contractor, this is rather an advantage than a disadvantage, because, for example, of better insulation. Is that really the case?

Drywall partitions are not inferior. But they are also not more than equivalent, the general contractors just don't like to honestly tell the client this reason: Drywall partitions are simply easier to manufacture with less labor (among other things also with helpers). This applies especially where there are also roof slopes and accordingly the upper end of the wall is also slanted.

Knock on a drywall and on a brick wall, that's definitely a difference. For me, brick walls are simply a part of it, with drywall I'm always afraid of punching through it if I just look at it crookedly. Of course, I know that's nonsense, but for me it would only be an option in an emergency.

Of course I know that is nonsense, but for me that would only be an option in an emergency.

My personal reason against drywall partitions is that I find wallpaper old-fashioned. With drywall, this practically means you have the plaster twice: dry as gypsum board, and wet as a conventional plaster layer.

In a storey without a sloping roof, drywall partitions in my opinion have no "reason for existence" and are – mind you: although not inferior in themselves – an indication of a discount mentality on the part of the builder. Simply because they can be awarded as a helper trade to cheap subcontractors.