Floor plan of a single-family house with basement, 150 sqm, only single-story allowed

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How many cars are you planning?

Hello Katja,

I find your suggestions very nice. The upper floor looks so neat and tidy that one wonders how and why anything should be done differently at all.
Actually, the rotation of the house and a side entrance were already a topic for us very early on and quite a controversial issue.
I actually only saw several advantages. My wife absolutely did not want it. For her, it was very clear that the eaves side must face the street, the bay window should not face the neighbors, and a side entrance seemed uninviting to her.
Since I can understand that and the direction is not so important to me, even though I see advantages in it, we agreed to do it the way she wants (to express it in the words of 11ant, here stood my "nice to have" against her "no go").

To answer your question, we have two cars. Due to our larger family nearby, at least two additional parking spaces in the yard would be nice (nice to have). Currently, we have a carport, and that is fine for us.

I spoke to our planner today. He will get back to us next week with a new proposal. He wants to change the staircase into a "double-bent" one and make the house wider. That will partly be similar to your first suggestion, and many negative points will be resolved that way. He wants to make the bay window in front wider, put the door in the middle, and have wardrobes on the right and left.
I am curious and will get back to you as soon as I know more.

By the way, I looked at our planner’s very first proposal again; it didn’t have many weaknesses of our last plan. These actually often only came through our wishes (living room to the left, kitchen to the right, too much unused space, etc.). Then it was changed based on the first proposal instead of thinking anew. I found that an interesting insight.

4 parking spaces are really a challenge on this property. Are there any regulations regarding the distance to the street?

I would have simply pushed the house as far back as possible. If it is now 10m deep, there is 6m of space between the curb and the house. I simply would not have planned a front yard or something similar and just made a "courtyard" instead. One car next to the house in the carport or garage, 3 in front of the house.

Here is another one with a 1/4 turn of the staircase and the front door in the bay window. I personally don’t find it very elegant because it always creates these long corridors that make a house feel uncomfortable. But if the lady insists.
Also, the staircase entrance is then in the entrance area – but you could alternatively rotate it. Overall it should also be a little bigger.
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The building envelope is the reddish frame – I guessed 18 x 16. Is that correct? If you push your little house all the way back there because of the cars, then in my opinion the terrace no longer fits into the building envelope. Sometimes the building authorities are generous, but sometimes not. That’s why you should definitely plan (or have it planned) the outdoor area.

I still have one here with a 1/4 turn of the stairs and the front door in the bay window. Personally, I don’t find it very elegant because it always creates these long corridors that make a house feel uncomfortable.

You can do that with about 4.50 meters of corridor length. That is at least 2 meters shorter than #1’s.

Also, the stair entry is then in the entrance area - but alternatively, you could rotate it. Overall, it should also be a bit bigger.

And then the third gable also makes sense again right away. I think this is a good approach and template for optimization.
Fewer bay windows would be good, kitchen and dining area in the south. The garage can possibly be moved further forward, reconsider the bay window issue, and check the living area calculation with regard to the basement.
There hasn’t been any response from you now, ?
It shows that with fewer corners you get a lot more (upper floor).