Floor plan revision, tips and experiences for improvement?

It was important to us to be able to get from the bedroom to the terrace below and to be able to sit outside there, for example in the morning or evening.

You can also do that with the west side if you give the child daylight from the south. Then you can also use the misplaced terrace in the north better without disturbing the child. However, I seriously ask why you isolate yourselves as the parents on the bedroom side, when there is the common room with a roof terrace upstairs. You don’t carry your coffee or wine up and down floors. You do that exactly twice and then never again. Do you really want to use the terraces? Or in other words: how should the garden and outdoor areas be used in everyday life?

It was important for us to be able to get from the bedroom to the terrace and, for example, sit outside there in the morning or evening.

You can also do that with the west side if you allow the child daylight from the south. Then you can also better use the misplaced terrace in the north without disturbing the child.
However, I seriously ask the question why you isolate yourselves as parents from the bedroom side when there is the living room with a roof terrace upstairs. You don’t carry your coffee or wine up and down floors. You do that exactly twice and then never again.

Do you really want to use the terraces? Or in other words: how is the garden and the outdoor areas supposed to be used in everyday life?

Development plan/restrictions

No development plan

Size of the plot
670 sqm

Slope
Yes, visible from the plan

Floor area ratio
2 (construction company said it would otherwise be too bulky and we only want two floors)

Number of parking spaces
We need at least two cars
Garage large enough to get out comfortably. Parking in front of the garage must also be possible.

Roof shape
Gable roof, offset shed roof, still flexible, preferably exposed roof truss, as space in the current attic is extremely limited

Style
Modern, with lots of wood

Orientation
South

Maximum heights/limitations
Unknown to me. Neighbor does not accept transfer of setback areas, so we have created greenery toward him on the east side of the patio.


Requirements of the builders
Number of people
Two adults, 40 years old, two children, 11 and 13 years

Office: family use or home office?
Office to be usable as a guest room, no home office necessary. Still need desk and cabinets
Possibly later on the upper floor as bedroom for the parents, so a child can use the basement apartment. So two residential units.

Overnight guests per year
Very rare visits

Open or closed architecture
Open, but with retreat options

Conservative or modern construction
Modern

Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats 8
Fireplace yes
Balcony currently drawn in, it slightly overhangs the terrace below

Roof terrace on the garage

Garage as large open space garage with some storage space

Utility garden for ornamental plants, lots of shrubs and a hedge at the front to achieve privacy, we would like to be able to do without a shed

Further wishes/special features/daily routine, gladly also reasons why this or that should or should not be

We want to make some use of the view because the plot was very expensive.
We are not completely satisfied with the current design, as I have already explained in the post.

Steep driveway, path from garage to kitchen, at the top of the stairs you face a wall on the upper floor and do not look directly out the windows, roof terrace isolated, no quick garden access from the upper floor to the terrace in the north


House design
Who made the plan:
Construction company from our area, one architect made the plan

What do you particularly like? Why?
Space inside and outside well used for the small plot
We still have enough garden area left
Bright rooms, sleeping downstairs, living upstairs, large pantry, fireplace in the living area, later two residential units possible, half-landing staircase

Price estimate according to architect/planner:
680k with outdoor facilities

Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 700k without plot
Preferred heating technology: air heat pump

If you have to do without, which details/extensions

We are completely flexible

Why did the design turn out as it is? e.g.
Standard design from the planner? No, it was planned individually, just mostly without us and with little coordination on details, no tips

Attached are still pictures and the site plan.

Attached are also pictures and the site plan.

Yes, the slope is challenging. 5.5 m

With over 200m2 of living space, the budget will not be enough. It can also be done smaller.

Where exactly could we reduce space, effectively make it smaller? Can we avoid the steep driveway without having to make so many compromises? How should the rooms be arranged then, since light wells would have to be used if the house were set all the way down?