Floor plan optimization city villa + fill consideration

And what if you place the children's bathroom between the children's rooms so that it can only be accessed from the children's rooms?

Where do you think the wastewater pipes should run then? I actually don't see any potential for improvement in this floor plan anymore.

It depends on how important the kitchen and living room are to you individually, or what you want to do in each. If the living room is just a TV lounging area, then it can be small and without direct windows. I initially suggested the swap because, in my opinion, you can have a much cooler kitchen if you swap. But some people don't care that much about the kitchen. You could also make a kitchen plan for both locations just for fun. Where should the terrace go? I find direct terrace access from the kitchen important.

Where should the terrace go? I find direct terrace access from the kitchen important.

In front of the dining room, that's the south side. Maybe a door can still be made in the kitchen and outside a path that leads around the corner to the terrace.

Where do you think the wastewater pipes should run then? I actually don’t see any more potential for improvement in this floor plan.

2 more questions: What do you think, how many meters wide should the dining/living area be? Do you find the current 4.5m necessary or too generous?

And: assuming we make the pantry + WC without a shower downstairs as in one of your suggestions. Would it still be possible to accommodate the cloakroom in a niche? I don’t like having it so open in the hallway. Maybe a niche in the utility room? Or would the utility room then be too small? I also find the pantry complicated as it needs to be a bit cooler there. But I could imagine a storage room for pasta or toilet paper and shampoo.

I think you have to weigh up to what extent you build a house for all eventualities.

In our village, people are seriously considering building apartments for seniors next to the nursing home for those for whom the house with a garden becomes too much. Depending on the need, services such as meals, care, and leisure activities can be added. They are even considering planning the whole thing as a multi-generational house to use the "old" as temporary grandparents with all the advantages and disadvantages. The goal is to stay in the village from the cradle to the grave with good quality of life.

At some point, house and garden simply become too much. Wide doors, no thresholds, turning circles, stairlifts, sockets placed high can be taken into account relatively well. The arrangement of sanitary objects as well. This way, you can continue living as a family even if someone becomes ill.

Did you figure that out yourself or did the architect simply take everything into account to build barrier-free? Who here has also built truly age-appropriate?