Floor plan optimization for a semi-detached house of 150-160m² on a 360m² plot in a new development area

For example:
Distance from stairs to living room wall is about 4.50

Yes, that stands out immediately, and I’m still thinking about it.
I also find almost everything quite cramped. Yes, there is little space, but then I don’t put up with lack of space because rooms have to be small, but rather make it open so I have air and a wide view inside the house. Nothing is worse than feeling confined.

The feeling of what is tight or confining, or not, is probably very subjective and depends on what one is used to. For example, the ONLY BATHROOM in our current old building apartment is hardly larger than the planned guest WC with shower on the ground floor. Besides, I grew up with two siblings in 100m² without feeling completely cramped...

That would probably be the worst thing, to stay in the lane over 6 meters ;)
However, it may be that you want it so conservatively.
I really can’t get into that because no questionnaire was filled out. None of us here know what kind of living style you want.
I can only speak for myself (I myself had a detached house), and I wouldn’t buy or build a house like that, even if I had to be frugal. You can create really great things with asymmetry, you just have to pay attention to basics, like for example the line guidance.

I would describe our living style as puristic. I like clear lines without kitsch or frills. I have nothing against asymmetry, but next to a much more catalog-like semi-detached house, it would probably seem strange. Since the neighbors are unfortunately slower in planning than we are, it is also difficult to consider that properly. I would really find a constructive/concrete suggestion here exciting...

The bathroom should also be furnished differently. It is just under 11 sqm, and I have seen better-furnished bathrooms with only 8 sqm. So just take the freedom to pursue a different line guidance for the windows.

I always find it great how much time the users here take for each other. Still, I find your statement here unfortunately little concrete or helpful, but rather a bit arrogant. What do you think is so wrongly furnished? How would it be better then?

I really like the entrance (except for the door). Make sure the built-in closet really has 60 cm so that there is space for 4 people.
The utility room is quite small. Where do you want to do laundry?

Thanks.
Closet and bench intended for this place are only 40 cm deep, the niche offers 50 cm. Anything else would again come at the expense of the utility room. Yes, laundry will be done here as well. For the house technology and a shelf, 6m² would have been enough for the planner. With almost 8, the washing machine also fits...

I would use the stairs to create a storage room underneath.
Stairs: they have probably been moved back and forth many times in planning. In my opinion, it is now placed in the wrong spot.
First, a double-wound staircase offers more space. I would take that. Then you exit into the hallway and not next to it. Rooms can be structured better then. I would shift it about a meter to the right on the plan. 4.80 remains on the right side of the plan, which would be sufficient for everything.
The open space doesn’t suffer from that. The open space suffers rather from the partition wall and the fairly narrow sofa wall. You can fit a Klippan sofa with side table or lamp, but not a family sofa. Between sofa and stairs is emptiness that can be used differently. The dining area is also not ideal. The partition wall takes too much. And you actually have enough walls, don’t you?

Double-wound stairs and move one meter to the right.
That allows the WC to have a place for the shower too. You probably won’t want to enter the 2.xy for showering.
Open space with small/narrow partition wall only as an accent.
Two walls offer space for furniture: top right side of the plan and the utility room partition wall. Everything else should be covered with windows somehow. Utility room with 2.40 is too short for sofa, kitchen works. 4.80 is too long for a kitchen, good for sofa. So only one variant comes to mind on first calculation, i.e. living room/kitchen swap.
TV on the wall (swivel arm) and dining table with the short side also at the window wall, so you have probably had to deal with that already in 6-meter wide houses.
Kitchen as a two-liner, pantry under the stairs.

We had also planned the storage room under the stairs but omitted it because it was too inflexible for us. If necessary, it can still be implemented later with drywall construction. It was very clear from the start that the stairs are placed at the windowless semi-detached house wall. Minor shifts and the double winding we considered and found this most advantageous. How do you think the rooms could be better structured by this?

The sofa wall is 2.85 m, not 2.4 m. The central point of the entire house plan is the open kitchen on the garden side. If we wanted to swap that, we could almost take any random, finished semi-detached house plan :oops:

Why are you building solid with 39 cm walls? I would have chosen prefabricated construction, gaining width that way.

We build with timber frame construction, as described at the beginning. The 39 cm includes up to the window. The partition wall to the other semi-detached house is thicker at 29 cm because of fire protection than the other exterior walls, which are 26 cm...

I unfortunately only found out about the questionnaires after I had already created the thread. However, many things were explained by me at the beginning anyway.

What is the shower on the ground floor even for? I think it’s rather unrealistic for the kids to go two flights down and then back up just to shower. We have a similar staircase to the one you’re planning in our new house. You can’t get large items through it. For example, the box spring bed will have to be transported up via an external lift.

Rinsing off dirty little kids on the ground floor is very practical ;) Besides, at first the guest/office room is the kids’ room for both. Showering next door could lead to waking up early or late, then we can shower downstairs... We don’t have a box spring bed, but in an emergency the bedroom window would be big enough. Many thanks for the tip!

For example:
Distance from stairs to living room wall is about 4.50

Thank you for the effort with the drawings! Regarding the topic of swapping living room and kitchen, I wrote at the same time that we definitely do not want that.
You can also tell from the bathroom that our tastes and preferences definitely differ. I find such a dark, built-in shower absolutely terrible ;)

What do you think is set up so wrong?

It is placed arbitrarily on the wall. Where there is space.

but rather a bit arrogant.

Aha. At least I make an effort to empathize.

I find such a dark, built-in shower absolutely horrible

Then just leave out the wall. It's only a suggestion after all: toilet light, room... but I notice you don't want suggestions, but rather prefer to criticize ;)

The cabinet and bench that are supposed to go here are only 40 cm deep, the niche offers 50 cm.

What good is the 50 cm width to you if winter jackets on hangers need 60?

The sofa wall is 2.85 m

hm... if I were you, I would measure again :cool: I am, of course, referring to the wall without door and little window.