Floor plan optimization city villa + fill consideration

I have to get something off my chest. I have been following your various questions and answers here in the forum for quite a while... What I wonder is, why do you care so much about what others think? How many times have I read from you "because we like it that way" and then someone says "no, I would do it differently." You are really getting good advice here. But please, build your house the way you believe suits you. You have felt like changing everything 100 times because somebody said something. Do you want to build or argue? If you like something, just do it!

I have to get something off my chest.

Dear , funny that I had this impulse at exactly the same time. Consider this an off-topic post.

I read along quietly a lot here and have also followed your thread. I am very sorry that you apparently put yourself under so much stress and let the naturally always differing opinions of others take away so much of the fun of planning.

You often say that you don’t want to build anything strange. That you want to meet the taste of others and don’t want to plan anything unusual. But why not? If you/you all like it, then the strangest, most atypical house is perfect for you. When it comes to a possible resale, so many unforeseeable factors play a role anyway that I believe one should build their house the way they want it themselves. Not like "everyone else" does.

My advice to you: relax! Technically/structurally it will all work out anyway, or it’s not in your power (find yourself good construction supervision for that!). Everything else is a matter of taste. Enjoy the phase too, do things others do not do if you like them. It is your (dream) house that you are building!

I plan to use frosted glass or milk glass anyway. And I don't think I need shutters for burglary protection. Or what do you say? Did I overlook something?

But you also have to clean the windows from the outside, so you have to see how you can get to them. I wouldn't use frosted glass, it's scratch-sensitive; rather milk glass. Can you look inside? There are also window films that can be applied to the glass from the inside where needed. Otherwise, everything looks good, I like the views.

Best regards
Sabine

I would rather go for a sliding door. If you don't want that, then in my opinion a smaller door is enough.

Since your hallway is relatively dark, I would install sockets with underfloor lighting. That way you don't have to turn on the bright light half-asleep every time you need to go to the toilet at night. I would also install them in the master bathroom.

What kind of floor is that? I like it!

But you have to clean the windows from the outside as well, so you have to see how you can get to them. I wouldn’t use frosted glass, it is prone to scratches, rather the milk glass. Can you look inside?
There are also window films that you can apply from the inside where needed.
Otherwise, everything looks good, I like the views.

Best regards
Sabine

I am relying on window cleaners with telescopic poles. I hope they have poles that long. Are they longer than 5m? Maybe someone here knows.

Depending on what the neighbors build on our side, they will probably be able to look inside... for me, the window is only important for light and not for looking out. Thanks for the tip about the frosted glass. What kind of self-adhesive film is that? It should look high-quality. I don’t know if I would manage it well.

We are very satisfied with the result and the views. We also appreciate the porch. We find everything very harmonious. We will now add the central controlled residential ventilation with heat recovery and then have the building application documents prepared. The gut feeling is right now.

Thank you and for your contributions. I'm glad that you shared your perspective with me. I’m just terribly afraid of planning something completely wrong because I overlooked something, since I have no clue about all this blueprint stuff. That’s why I absorbed so many answers here and quickly got unsettled. Like a weather vane, I kept changing direction. Then we got lost along the way. My gut feeling was never right. And as was recognized here, it took us almost 135 pages to almost return to the version of #1. For me, however, it is an optimized version that I feel very comfortable with. For example, I am very happy with how the windows have changed. I will now also finish planning the floor plan and it feels like a burden is lifting from me. I really have a problem making decisions and am a perfectionist. Unfortunately, before the house planning story, I made a wrong decision in another area of my life, so I was extremely afraid of making a wrong decision again. But now it fits for me. I think I am not doing anything fundamentally wrong with the floor plan and will be happy there. Thanks for your kind posts. I am looking forward to the kitchen planning now (seriously) and hope that I will bring more confidence with me.