Floor plan optimization city villa + fill consideration

You wouldn’t care about looks and only choose windows that you like? For example, I would like a 2-leaf 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.

Our bedroom is ~14 sqm and we have 1.51/1.44 (1.44 there because of the escape route, otherwise all our parapet windows are 1.38 high with RBH 1m). The floor-to-ceiling windows are logically 2.38. But in any case, the light in the bedroom is enough for us. It’s not super bright, but I don’t spend much time there during the day. In all other rooms on the upper floor we have an additional double-leaf window.

And one more question. Would you completely leave out the door from the hallway to the living area, or do you rather need it as noise protection when the children, for example, are already sleeping in the evening and you are watching TV downstairs or have guests? Otherwise, I would prefer to have the door open outward into the hallway. Do you think the door opening toward the hallway looks odd? I am currently drawing for the architect.

I think it can look very nice and open without a door – if you don’t have children. Even with guests, I sometimes find it more practical with a door. It also acts as noise protection (in our case to the utility room because of the washing machine/ventilation unit). In theory, you could also take the door off or remove it at some point. In our case, it opens into the living room, but we also have a wall directly there where it shuts against. I would decide that based on the floor plan.

It looks great at your place! I need to be braver too. All the neighbors are just a few meters away, and you don't want to be sitting in a glass house. Our house planner designed small windows with us. And the architect didn't say anything about it either. I really feel left alone. May I ask how you arranged the couch and how many square meters your kitchen has? Did you plan your windows on your own or who advised you? Our ceiling is 2.55m high. Currently, in the apartment, all floor-to-ceiling windows are 2.20m. I think that would work if we did that in the house too.

Shell construction dimension 2.20?

Regarding the terrace doors at height 213: which measurement are we talking about here? - 213 as a rough construction measure, but measured from the top edge of the finished floor, is higher than 226 minus, for example, 18 cm floor construction.

The architect assigned to us can be forgotten.

It is precisely for this reason that the Lord created independent architects. Architects are commissioned, draftmen are assigned. I could phrase it even more sharply but politely: building owners commission architects, contracting lackeys get draftmen.

For example, I would like a double-wing window in the bedroom. The bedroom is at most 11 sqm. Would you take the width 1.51/1.26, 1.76/1.26, or 2.01/1.26?

That would be 12:10, 14:10, or 16:10, whereby already the width 1.51 is, in my opinion, a lower limit for a double-wing window. But keep in mind: if there is also a wardrobe depth going off to one side, that it doesn’t look like it’s slapped on there almost without any space.

I was worried about one children's room window. From the waiting room of the medical practice you can look through the children's room all the way to the bathroom door. You only see anything when the light is on here. I have been in that waiting room several times, no one is sitting there staring. The people there have time and boredom, yet we are too boring. [...] I have never seen anyone gawking

This post should actually be pinned for all insight-phobes

That looks very good and lets in a lot of light because the window is at the top. Similar here.

Lovely*, when the moon shines on the patch during marital duty
*) Or now in the carnival season I should actually say, lovveeelie one-time - shall we let it roll? *SCNR*

Is parapet height 1.20m nice? Is that then usually already above the faucet? I can imagine a window 1.88m x 0.76m above the sink in the kitchen.

That would end at 196 on the other hand, earlier 213 was still too low for you. I wouldn’t take the faucet into account by the parapet height, but by the "basilicum window"

Our house planner planned small windows with us. And the architect didn’t say anything about it.

Who is the house planner now again with an "architect"?

I mean the house seller. She also calls herself a house planner and made the preliminary draft and has now handed it over to the architect.

And yes, he is just a draftsman and draws what he is told, without his own ideas. We don’t have the money for a freelance architect. Basically, thanks to you, we at least know what we want and what is important, even if I don’t consider everything.

We have 2.20m raw construction measurement here. From the floor to the top edge. These 213 are raw construction measurements, at least that’s how I understand it. In the catalog, for example, the floor plans state at the windows 1.76/2.13. And see my first post #1. It’s also stated like that in the floor plan. What does that mean? That 2.13 are actually higher?

I have drawn. For now, it’s only about the room layout. Windows will follow.
A bit embarrassing, but I have no problem and when drawing freely I couldn't get the proportions right.
What else could I improve? How do you like it?
We will give up 15-20cm from the living area. That will benefit the bedroom and maybe a wider shower in the master bathroom. I hope the showers will work out so that I can do without a door and without much splashing.
I didn’t know how to draw the showers, since he had already drawn the showers in 3 different ways himself. Maybe I have to send the architect a picture of my desired shower.


Exactly, basil window. I thought that’s really what it’s called. But I actually found nothing under that name on Google.