Floor plan: Preliminary draft from the prefabricated house provider is available

: why swap bathroom and child 1? then the little one stomps right above me, then he has the darker side of the house and the bathroom would be huge...

Why? As planned in the layout, the sanitary areas are now stacked; the shower drainage can be routed in the screed. No one stomps above you and no boxed-in areas steal space from your work/guest room. Upstairs you can also easily move walls since they are not load-bearing; except for the enclosing walls of the stairwell. Rhine greetings

by immediately, I meant immediately!
not somewhere in NRW, but within sight of the excavator. between the pit and us lies a field + a wooded hill - behind them tower the steel colossi...

Hehe - maybe you should charge admission? There's often quite a bit going on there on weekends

Rhenish greetings

One more idea from me:

: I think we are misunderstanding each other somewhere... because I only see disadvantages here.

according to your sketch (thank you very much for the effort!) our little one is now stomping right above the office. no, thank you.
there is no "encasement" in the office. if you mean the niche towards the utility room: that is supposed to be a shelf/cabinet.

cost-wise, it doesn't matter at all whether the bathroom installations are stacked, in case that is your point (?)

I find the bathroom at this spot quite cramped and the shower is in front of the window... I have of course also considered this and haven't come to any good solution regarding the bathroom layout.

Once again, an idea from me:

wow. what do you use to create the plans - it really looks professional.

thanks to you too for the effort. I honestly understand the advantages of this option - but the disadvantages are unbearable. the office alone is absolutely not feasible in this size. I am self-employed and work there daily and occasionally receive clients there; so it is not a "I'll just sort the mail office"

Yvonne suggested a double-wing glass door. Very practical, no question - but unfortunately we don't like glass at all. Like, really not at all. No-go. In general, whenever I think of double-wing doors, I immediately think of divided-pane windows, country style, Scandinavian coziness. It's on my list to google modern versions - but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

We had already considered just leaving a wide passage completely open there (or as an expensive option, a pocket door sliding into the wall), provided we close off the staircase with a wall so you don't constantly see under the stairs from the dining table. Is that completely absurd in terms of heating costs and the ventilation system, or is it okay to do?