Floor plan optimization - approximately 160 sqm, 2 full floors, gable roof

One should keep in mind that floor-to-ceiling windows usually provide a room with less light than wide windows tilted about 90° with a sill height. And they also offer better space for furniture placement and more privacy.

A 2-meter wardrobe in the cloakroom area for a family of four is already the minimum ... seasonal jackets, shoes, etc. Therefore, what is the point of making the guest toilet only slightly larger.

Maybe I am the only one with this opinion, but I think the great idea with the garbage bins is very poorly implemented.

The garbage bins are placed at the back of the garage. Normally, you take out the garbage bins in the evening or early in the morning because the garbage is collected in the morning.
But at that time, the cars are always there. That means I cannot conveniently pull the garbage bins through the large garage or I have to remember to put the garbage bins out before driving in. Alternatively, I have to pull the bin through the garage door, through the garden around the house to the street.

Or am I making a mistake here and this is fully thought through?

If a normal car is parked there, the neighbor has put up a fence, and you still want to use the entrance or push the trash bins forward for collection, then it gets more than tight.

;) ;) .. .. you are not the only one ;)

Regarding the driveway and garbage bins, we have it in mind and plan it differently than mentioned in my previous post, thanks for the tips.

For the wardrobe, we plan it as it has worked for us so far, so we assume less than 2m. That is sufficient for us. Thanks however for this detailed point, as we find it.

I quickly and roughly sketched how we currently imagine the hedge (green), garbage bins (blue), and windows in the living area (red). For the windows, as mentioned, we want them floor-to-ceiling and about 2-2.5m wide. To the west, privacy protection through the hedge, and to the south is the garden.

It's especially counterproductive to put an expensive corner window there where you plan to place the sofa right in front of it. What is the "floor-to-ceiling" effect supposed to achieve there?

Sorry , I’ll take your quotes as a template since they contain more than the opening post

Guest in the bathroom - people standing in front of the cloakroom to get dressed etc...

you don’t have that many guests at once, so I don’t see the problem here

Garage with direct access to the house and garbage bins inside in the back I find great.

I find the path super impractical... it should be the shortest of all paths ;)

1 long work surface - yes, but no other free surfaces. Not really to my taste

can be enough

in the attic I find everything quite pragmatic and stylish

!! the bed niches in the RBM will definitely need plastering !!

Cloakroom corner with guest WC actually a good idea - could be a bit cramped in my opinion.

fits.

Considering that working from home is done all day, there is relatively little light through windows. Would consider possibly enlarging the window here?

fits as it is

we are even planning here to make the whole thing a bit shorter and to give the guest WC a bit more space.

!! No, better not! You underestimate the cloakroom!

Hallway; looks like a corridor, so our thoughts whether we can solve it somehow with a different staircase without making the other rooms smaller

you know: you can switch the whole floor/house… But 1. we don’t know your requirements, 2. we don’t know your property. We don’t know why the design is the way it is. Our tips can only lose!

Study; is also one question we still have for the next discussion, is the light from this floor-to-ceiling window sufficient,

yes, that will be enough.

Living room; the window in the west is also floor-to-ceiling, we are thinking about bigger windows in the west

enlarging west side: good idea

I quickly sketched in quick & dirty,

Corner window :eek: I’m out!