Floor plan opinions single-family house 140 sqm 2 full floors

I have to be completely honest and say that I am annoyed to have even replied here. Much was already communicated in March and none of it was accepted or revised. It doesn’t have to be, but repeated discussions taste as bland as reheated Vienna sausages with the wrong mustard.

That was a wish of ours. We saw such an element at friends' place.
It is a wide door that also has an additional leaf. You can open that one as well if you want. Without a mullion in the middle. Alternatively a lift-and-slide door. We just wanted a lot of windows there for light.

Oh, so an asymmetrically divided double-leaf door with a mullion, and next to it then a fixed element?

Some building services technology (heat pump, hot water storage, inverter, battery storage, etc.) comes with requirements regarding how much distance is required to the next object. The device dimensions alone do not determine the space requirements as in a kitchen.

Especially since with the current plan, the passageway to the outside means that about 2.5 sqm of the room are no longer part of the room, but rather a hallway, thus also restricting the space.

In what way would a different staircase make the kitchen bigger? Can you give me an example? Due to the quarter turn, the hallway would become wider, so the kitchen would become even narrower.

Yes, especially since the straight staircase is not very generously planned either. The kitchen is on the smallest space and with the current trend of a "passage in the tall cabinet wall," there is little space between the cooktop and the sink, and with a room depth of 288, there is also little room for variation. Especially if you sometimes want to cook with children and be able to turn around.
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Years ago, I sketched a similarly sized house that, in my opinion, could fit somewhat better. With the room program, it is important to have precise planning. This example has "only" 849 cm external dimension... the 861 (15 cm more), which the original poster has, would also benefit this example.

Technical room - door can also open into the hallway.
Stairs - space under the stairs for a pantry cupboard and vacuum cleaner/mop
Office and emergency guest room on the ground floor
200 cm cloakroom space
Kitchen with sufficient space
Sofa corner arranged so that you can also look out of the windows.


The room called "dressing room" can be used for washing machine, upstairs vacuum cleaner/mop, etc. But also for suitcases, certain seasonal items of the whole family, etc.

The staircase itself could also be continued into an attic... I don’t remember if this question appeared here in the thread.

ok, I don’t even dare to say it, but the builder should consider it after all. But I will make a note of it.

You are basically right, he should know that. In practice, with this attitude, you are making a fundamental mistake, because as the client, you are responsible for how the house turns out. This is not about control, but about risk management and the four-eyes principle to avoid errors. Have you never made a mistake, even though you should have known better? If you accept a room that is too small without verifying yourself whether it will actually work, or without having it plausibly explained to you, that is your responsibility. And then you get what you order and pay for. The outcry when such things turn out differently afterward than the client imagined is huge, the solutions to such conflicts are never satisfactory. The fatal sentence that is always said then is "I assumed that...". Better to ask one time too many than one time too few and think for yourself – just as you do with the size of the study. Here you can assess how much you need and make a confident decision. Do the same for the utility room, which you cannot assess without dealing with the subject. With the aforementioned fundamental mistake, small businesses go bankrupt, who then say: I didn’t know that, my tax advisor takes care of the bookkeeping, he should have known. It doesn’t matter what he should have known – the entrepreneur is responsible and bears the consequences.

About the technical room: just google it

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A draftsman draws placeholders, an architect may remove them and place them more sensibly with knowledge of the technology. During the shell construction phase, the craftsmen/site managers look at the best locations for heating, controlled residential ventilation, connections, and the electrical cabinet. So a lot can still change. However, craftsmen think differently and more practically for themselves. Pipes and cables run along the walls; between them and the devices, there must be enough space for tools to install and maintain/repair the pipes. I have never seen a heater dismantled on an interior wall. The sink is misplaced there and is unnecessary if the dryer is above. The area between the doors is hardly useful, except as an alternative to a hallway. It is cheaper to have space for cabinets behind the doors.
Regarding my advice: sofas are usually deeper than a door is wide. Wrong measurements show a false representation of the size proportions.

By the way, where is north?

I have to be honest and say that I am annoyed that I even replied here. Much was already communicated in March and none of it was accepted or revised. It doesn't have to be, but repeated discussions taste as bland as reheated Vienna sausages with wrong mustard.

Ok, I don't know how to respond to that.

I am well aware that the kitchen has corresponding dimensions, and that the kitchen drawn in the floor plan might not exactly correspond was perhaps my mistake to look away.

I have now planned and drawn the kitchen as it should be. And yes, the door as well as the window must be moved.

But I do not find it too small for cooking together. There is enough space for chopping and storage options are planned for the pantry. Attached is the picture without changing any kitchen measurements, only the passage and window have been moved.

I am looking forward to opinions.