Floor plan optimization city villa + fill consideration

I like large rooms and fewer of them. However, a room for office/hobby/guest/spare room doesn't hurt. Or does the lady want to go to bed because the guys are watching the Super Bowl?

I suspect that you are even younger and have small children. I can't imagine living in the same house until you kick the bucket, 40-60 years, nowadays. That’s how the older generation did it; there weren’t the housing options like there are today back then, people worked for the same company their whole life and lived in the same village.

The trend is more like what hampshire did, downsizing as you get older and not having to live on the same street your whole life. I imagine that to be very boring. Maintaining a large outdoor area is also less fun when you can no longer bend down. That means, building for old age is no longer up to date.

I am currently redesigning the windows. I noticed that the floor-to-ceiling windows/french doors are 213 cm high. (See #1) Is that normal? It seems a bit low to me. The house will be located in a newly developed area where the neighbors are very close. We don’t want it to be too visible. Are these narrow, elongated windows at a higher sill height suitable as the sole main windows? For example, in the bedroom 2m x 0.76m with a sill height of 1.50m? I think the window shape is called light bands. Do you have any tips for windows? I feel a bit left alone. The architect assigned to us can be forgotten, so we are on our own regarding the floor plan and window planning and are not making progress.

Do you have an idea of how a window at 1.50m height looks? I think it gives a basement feel. If necessary, there are curtains against neighbors’ views, if that even becomes necessary.

Do you have an idea of how a window at 1.50m height looks? I think it gives a basement feeling. If you want to avoid neighbor’s views, there are curtains as a last resort, if that even becomes necessary.

You wouldn’t care about views and would only choose windows that you like? For example, I would like a double casement window in the bedroom. The bedroom is at most 11 sqm. Would you choose from the widths 1.51/1.26, 1.76/1.26, or 2.01/1.26? What provides enough light? There will only be a window on one side in the bedroom.

I would too. Windows have to provide the rooms with light and create a connection to the outside.

I was worried about 1 children's room window. You can see through the waiting room of the doctor's office through the children's room all the way to the bathroom door. You only see something if the light is on at our place. I've been in that waiting room quite often, nobody sits there and stares. The people there have time and boredom, yet we are too boring. The neighbor who walks through his house has even less time. From the parking lot (doctor bank) you can theoretically look through our entire ground floor to the neighbor opposite. I've never seen anyone gawking (except right after moving in). Eventually, a hedge grew and at least the ground floor is opaque. Now the curtain is closed and in the evenings as well as on weekends there is heavenly peace.