Floor plan planning for our single-family house Single-family house in SH

HAR as mentioned below the master bathroom, in my opinion unproblematic trapped behind the guest WC.

I have to interject again. Trapped basically means that the HAR would be accessible through the guest WC. I have had room layouts with this approach occasionally as well. Is that really unproblematic? It seems not only somewhat impractical but also a bit strange to have a second door in the guest WC… It would of course have some advantages: HAR under master bathroom. Study with south side.

You would have to explain that sentence to me. How is "Schnitt" to be understood here and in what way would you take it from the house?

I would take a meter from the living room or the house here. The rooms here are not cozy, they are open but not nice because of the length.

Regarding the children's rooms: the children don't care what the view is like. However, the storage room should be on the south side.

Also, I don't like the north side.

Regarding water/sewage: not for cost reasons, but to have an overview. Nothing is worse than having to open up half a house when something happens. A clog is easier to find in a sloping pipe than through a maze of pipes.

But that might also be quibbling. I don't like water everywhere.

I would take a meter from the living room or the house here. The rooms here are not cozy, although open, but not nice because of the length.

Now I've got it. I agree with you, the house can indeed afford to lose some space there. However, I am a bit worried, for example, having to squeeze past the sofa like now again or not even having enough space in the middle of the room to do something on the floor. Whether that's justified — who knows.

About the children's rooms: the kids don't care about the view. But the storage room should be on the south side.

That's what my wife meant, too. I don't fully agree, but more important to me than the view would be the insight. There I can install light-giving floor-to-ceiling windows and no one can look inside. I would have valued that higher than a south side that heats up, which in the afternoon, when the kids are home, doesn't necessarily get more sun than the west side?!

Also, I don't like the north side.

Me neither, not completely yet. But that wouldn't change through your ideas, would it?

Regarding water/sewage: not for cost reasons, but to keep an overview. Nothing is worse than opening up half a house when something happens. A clog is easier to find in a downward pipe than through a labyrinth of pipes. But that might also be fussiness. I don't like water everywhere

Accepted, sounds like a reasonable argument!

Not fully for me either. But that wouldn’t change through your ideas, would it?

It’s about the north side. If you revise your house again regarding the stair orientation opposite the entrance, etc., you can make sure that the windows of two smaller rooms are combined, so that two are seen together from outside.

If it’s about questionable views into the interiors, then I would also try simple curtains. In bedrooms or children’s rooms, they are a detail that brings coziness – an appreciable decorative element.

I’m looking forward to another elaboration from you.

It's about the north side. If you revise your house again regarding staircase position relative to the entrance etc., you can pay attention to combining windows of two smaller rooms so that two are viewed together from outside.

Oh, you were referring to the overarching topic. Then it's clear.

If it’s about questionable views into the interior, then I would also try simple curtains. In bedrooms or children’s rooms they are a detail that brings coziness – a valuable decorative element.

I’m looking forward to further development from you

Thanks, curtains are certainly familiar to us and also in use. Only if I have to close curtains to avoid being looked into, then the south side doesn't help me that much. But don’t get me wrong. I see pros and cons in both variants. I’m still unsure which weighs more for me...

Attached is a quick’n’dirty first slightly modified version of the ground floor: (The design is only on a 20cm grid, so really just rough)

[*]Study and utility room swapped. This gives the study the south side and the utility room is under the parents’ bathroom
[*]Pantry reduced in size and therefore more space given to the kitchen
[*]Stairs open (but in the same position, therefore so far a) no changes to the upper floor and b) hardly any changes to the window possibilities on the north)

I find that already much better regarding the center of the house. I would still shorten by one meter and... at least only in the living room... sofa position is not nice anyway... put that on the north wall... difficult: if you don’t have to do something radically different there ...