Floor plan - opinion and improvement suggestions...

Oh, the hallway is larger than the bedrooms or the second largest room in the whole house. Don't know if that is desired/necessary.

That was quick :D
@ypg

could you turn the garage? Toward the side street? Then you save yourselves the big paving job ;)

That was exactly our idea too, just to turn the garage. We still need to clarify if that’s allowed.

I would put the access to the bathroom or dressing room at the front, then the paths aren’t so long, and you don’t have to go through the whole bedroom. Replan shower and toilet (do you have 2 of those in one bathroom?) accordingly.

Oh yes, that’s true, it would really be better with the entrance at the front. We need to change that.
One is a bidet, the other behind the shower is the toilet. ;)

For the cloakroom on the ground floor, make sure the depth is generously sized, otherwise you’ll always brush past your jackets when going to the toilet.

The width should be 1.50m and probably there will be a shoe cabinet and a seating area next to the door.
The cloakroom could be by the closed staircase or opposite on the kitchen/utility room wall.
But it’s great that you even notice such small things, really amazing. That an expensive architect doesn’t come up with stuff like that :)

Upstairs I would enlarge the kids’ bathroom by the section above the stairs. That seems to be a dead corner in the master bathroom. Maybe put the washing machine and dryer in the kids’ bathroom since laundry accumulates upstairs.

The corner you see there is supposed to provide space for an infrared sauna. Unfortunately, the floor plans are a bit small, sorry.
For the laundry we have a downpipe in the kids’ bathroom leading to the utility room below. What you say about the laundry is absolutely true. Although we don’t even have children yet.

The dining area seems too small in relation to the kitchen, maybe open the partition wall.

The layout was originally different, but now we’ve decided on a kitchen island and need the space in the kitchen.

@Wastl

Does the visitor park in the north? If they park in the yard, they have to go all the way around the garage to get to the house. Maybe plan a passage / spiral path next to the shed?

The visitor has the option to park outside. The garage arrangement will definitely be changed, we don’t like it at all so far. The driveway from the side street would probably be best.

backbone23

I find this air space completely ridiculous. From the outside it might look great, but its utility is zero. Besides, it is expensively paid for with this huge window area and the corner gable (i.e., the "L"-shaped house). If they are already thinking about converting the attic into another room (whether that works at all is questionable), I would rather plan another room on the upper floor than waste space through this air space.

Of course, one can think differently about the gallery/air space. In itself (I have to admit) it has almost only disadvantages, but it looks so great from the outside that we decided to go for it. We visited a show house, which will be very similar to our house now, and it had exactly such an air space. It gives the whole thing that certain something, the entire house is flooded with light on two floors, and through the fireplace in the middle, we want to distribute the heat throughout the house with a heating stove.
On the other hand, there are of course disadvantages like noise pollution on the upper floor and the heat development caused by the large windows.
You then have to counteract that a bit with blinds or something similar.
There is also the possibility of installing a sliding door between the dining room and the living room to at least keep the noise level down.

With the large hallway, this open room design is emphasized once again.

Oh yes, that's true, it would really be better with the entrance at the front. We need to change that.
One is a bidet, the other behind the shower is the toilet. ;)

The toilet and bidet should be planned next to each other.
The bidet is also supposed to replace the wet toilet paper... you know what I mean?? ;)

We also have an air space above the entire living room. However, it is only about 20 sqm and has only a corner window.
My parents also glazed the entire gable, while only the dining area is stretched upwards as a gallery. The rest of the area is just gallery space, often used for a midday nap.

It's probably a waste of living space, but some like it, others think about the costs.
If you can afford it... but the heating degree and cleaning always need to be reconsidered :)

@ypg

oh thanks for the tip. Until now I've only used a bidet for my feet, so it wasn't that important to me :). But it can certainly be used elsewhere.

What experiences have you had with your airspace? Would you build it the same way again or do you regret it?

What experiences have you had with your mezzanine? Would you build it the same way again or do you regret it?

Our mezzanine is currently being built and the roof will be set on Thursday ;) Because of different architecture than your house, there is only 1 window...

However, we now have about 10 sqm of windows in the bedroom (west side) open up to the gable, and that's nothing! You can't find sleep because of the heat, although the straight parts have shutters. In the gable (relatively flat, about 1 meter high) we have hung fabric in front, yet it still gets too warm. In your case, the heat will spread into the bedrooms. At my parents' place, the arrangement of the gable is different so that the heat does not flow through the upper floor but stays "hanging" on the gallery.