Floor plan optimization city villa + fill consideration

Can't the square meters of the all-purpose room be used a bit more sensibly? It's nice as it is, but when money is tight, you have to adjust a bit. There is a lot of space between the kitchen and the table that is only traffic area, nothing else. But I don't have an idea either.

Yes, I've thought about that too. But I will definitely create 2 seating areas at the island so that the room in the middle has some justification. I've read that you should plan another meter for seating areas. And I plan a bigger dining table. For 8 or 10 people. But I'm not very familiar with the dining table topic yet. However, it should definitely be longer.

Is there really so much/often guest traffic that a sofa bed is necessary? If it's just one person, maybe a recliner chair would do, or the living room sofa can serve as a sleeping place. Or the children share a room for a while, or or or There are more than one possibility. That way the office can really just serve as an office and storage space.

Yes, you're right. It doesn't necessarily have to have a sofa in there. I can also use the office as a storage room. I'm flexible. Which window size would you find nice there? On the north side there will be an 88/126 window. Which window would you put on the west side? Do you think creating a niche for a wardrobe ruins the room? Another argument against a wardrobe instead of an office is that the living room is so good because of the sofa and TV position. I wouldn't make it narrower anymore just to give some space to the office. If I were to put a wardrobe there, 4m length would be too long. So I would rather put a guest WC + wardrobe there. But the idea of a guest WC wall to wall with the sofa corner bothers me again.

How wide is the hallway again?

1.82m. Do you think it's narrow? Towards the stairs it gets 60cm wider.

Speaking of the hallway: an unorthodox (or rather Swedish) idea: the front door could open outward. Then the entire hallway area near the door (which is, as experience shows, the most chaotic, fullest, and most frequently used part) becomes usable.

the only option I see with you

You can see nothing there. Because: when a suggestion is drawn here, the OP replies: that’s nice, but unfortunately this floor plan is no longer valid, the valid one is yet to come, but it would be somewhat similar, just completely different

1. Nobody uses a shoe rack. They are left where they were taken off.

No. Nobody uses shoecabinets because opening a flap is no longer a low-threshold offer. Shoeracks are used — best under the seating area for putting on and taking off.

2. you URGENTLY need storage space, not only for clothes, shoes, etc. 3. an office/guest room is a luxury that I simply don’t see in your house or that simply cannot be realized.

These two points are conjoined twins here: on the one hand, 3. with only two children an office with a guest bed can certainly be accommodated, on the other hand, 2. must also integrate the storage room function due to the lack of other storage — possibly in division of labor with the utility/housekeeping room where the cleaning supplies are kept.

But if the home office is to be used permanently/regularly, a separate room is important for tax purposes. And aren’t there other rules for that? Does it have the minimum size to be tax-deductible? Or do I remember something wrong?

A fiscal home office may only not be a thoroughfare and should preferably contain no private folders. From a building law perspective, it is simply a living room. The tax law makes no size specifications; only the workplace ordinance speaks of “sufficient,” which the majority of employers interpret as not less than 8 sqm. To the dismay of all those seeking planning certainty, there is no “DIN office.”

There will be an 88/126 window on the north side.

“In the north it is never seen” translated into practice means: only diffuse (indirect) light will enter there, which is weaker. Combined with a slit window, it will only be bright enough there in winter until shortly after noon to work without additional artificial light.

Unfortunately, I see wrong priorities in the design. The office could, with clever wall placement, serve as storage room, pantry, and wardrobe all in one. The main thing is that a total of 13 sqm on the upper floor are sacrificed for dressing room and master bathroom :eek _O