Floor plan single-family house 1.5 floors, gable roof without basement, 190m²

Hi,
here first the answers to the questions. Our plan envisions a single-family house with about 190 m² according to Din 277.

Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 700 m²
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 2
Building window, building line and boundary:
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 1.5
Roof shape: gable roof
Style: single-family house
Orientation: west-facing
Maximum heights/limits: max. 9m height
Further requirements

Clients’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: single-family house with gable roof
Basement, floors: basement no, ground floor + upper floor
Number of people, age: 2 adults + 2 children planned
Room requirements on ground floor, upper floor: ground floor --> living room, kitchen, guest room, shower bathroom, utility room. upper floor --> bedroom, bathroom, 2 children’s rooms + office, possibly small storage room
Office: family use or home office? home office
Guests per year:
Open or closed architecture: rather closed, but generally open to everything
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: rather closed kitchen, without island
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, carport planned
Utility garden, greenhouse
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be:

The kitchen should be rather closed off from the living room because of smells etc. Therefore the wall to the living room. However, we would like to shift this a bit towards the kitchen to create a niche for sofa/TV in the living room. The placement of the TV and sofa on the ground floor is still a challenge for us. Ideas are welcome.
On the upper floor, we want to shift the wall to the bathroom somewhat so that you can place the wardrobe behind the door in the bedroom, so you don’t walk directly into a wardrobe when entering. But only shift it as far as the shower still fits behind the door in the bathroom. We also thought for a long time about whether to realize a walk-in closet or use the gable room for it, but decided against it because the room is “too valuable” for that. Since we want the bedroom exactly where it is now and also want the children’s rooms to be identical, there are no other possibilities regarding the walk-in closet. At least none occurred to us. If you have any ideas to realize a walk-in closet, please share them.

We have planned the positioning of the individual rooms. The kitchen on the ground floor should face east to have some morning sun in the kitchen. The two children’s rooms upstairs should face south to be bright. Therefore, the bedroom is in the north. This also determines the placement of the bathroom and the gable.

House design
Who created the plan:
- Planner of a construction company

What do you like especially? Why?
Gable room on the upper floor, size of the individual rooms, bright living room thanks to the three doors.

What do you not like? Why?
Walk-in closet is missing or only barely feasible with the current room layout. Living room may be somewhat small due to the wall to the kitchen. Possibilities for sofa and TV placement difficult.

Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment:
Preferred heating technology: heat pump

If you have to do without, which details/extensions
- you can do without: walk-in closet
- you cannot do without: bright, large living room. The bedroom should be designed so that you don’t walk directly in front of the wardrobe when entering.

Why did the design turn out as it is now? For example
Standard design by the planner? More or less standard design
Which corresponding/wishes were implemented by the architect? Closed kitchen, shower bathroom on the ground floor
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What makes it particularly good or bad in your opinion? The general layout of the rooms appeals to us a lot.

What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Different layout of the ground floor for sofa/TV placement + possibilities for walk-in closet upstairs? --> Optimal layout of approx. 190 m²

We would be very grateful for suggestions and tips for our building project! We have already marked a few adjustments below but are generally open. Many thanks in advance!

It would be clever not to cut off the dimension lines like that. With the wall shift, the kitchen door would end up too close under the stairs. At 190 sqm, I still see clear potential downwards ;-)

For me, the plot is 34*20m = 680 sqm

Why is there nothing planned around it?

Where should the CP go?

Why is the question about the budget not answered? Without specifying the budget for the house, no help.

Why stay below the maximum height?

What does the development plan say about knee walls, roof shape, and slopes?

Where are the building limits? 4 min. again.

On the ground floor, I already see a small layout problem due to the closed kitchen, because you obviously don’t want an island there, but a dining area with 4 seats. Then consider that you have to carry the “fine food” for guests with a tray or something over a long distance, like back then when it made slight beads of sweat appear on our grandmothers' foreheads. Luckily today, you no longer have to constantly talk about stinky food, but can instead enjoy the aromatic scents of a full spice variety alongside, so you don’t want to make too much work for the kitchen users and want to allow for short distances and social contacts. But well, everyone has to decide that for themselves. At least a direct door opening from the kitchen to the all-purpose room would make sense.

Otherwise, I find the exterior dimensions of this house unsuccessful for this standard floor plan. Here, a bit more depth and less length would be more appropriate. Then you have the necessary where needed, and where it is too much, you can take it away (see for example the too long living/dining area, but 50.60 cm are missing in width). You could give the children’s rooms a bay window; the children’s rooms would also be appealing in layout but better lit, since the rooms don’t extend so far into the interior of the house.

The bedrooms/closet and kitchen/access areas are truly not ideal now and won’t get better with simple wall repositioning without having to accept other restrictions. Also, moving a wall in the rather large guest room only promises one less wall for placing furniture. And yes: the bay window… it is always the bay window, which is mostly chosen too small to have added value beyond just producing annoying corners. Instead, you have added a room upstairs that actually wasn’t necessary, but was planned because it’s “too nice to waste,” and now it’s there. What added value do you expect from this room?

Are the exterior dimensions set by the general contractor like that?
A few more objections:
The kitchen belongs to the outdoor terrace (just as it belongs to the dining table),
sunlight through wider windows with sills reaches more space than sunlight through narrow windows without sills.
The wardrobe is missing or too small. I also don’t see a sufficient closet for 4 people there.
Just so you know: switching the WC and the utility room would already bring a large gain in usable space here.
The hallway lacks daylight.
The step dimension of 23 cm is too narrow and could be difficult to walk. Here you can again see (even with the unusual spiral) the lack of width of the house.

By the way, it’s nice when you check your own question post a bit and also respond to questions from willing users who want to help you.

Hi,
first of all, thank you for your answers. I was very busy with work yesterday and today, so I can only reply now. I’m sorry about that. Also, I apparently forgot some information in yesterday’s post. I have made up for it now. See below.

It would be clever not to cut off the dimension lines like that. With the wall shift, the kitchen door would end up too close under the stairs. At 190 sqm I still see significant potential downwards ;-)

I have uploaded the floor plans again separately and as a whole, with all dimensions. What do you mean by "potential downwards"? The idea was to push the kitchen door as far under the stairs as possible to still be able to reasonably shift the wall to the kitchen.

For me the plot is 34*20m = 680 sqm

Why is nothing planned around it?

Where is the carport supposed to go?

Why is the question about the budget not answered?
No help without stating the budget for the house.

Why stay below the max height?

What does the development plan say about knee walls, roof shape and pitches?

Correct plot size. We have only done rough outdoor planning so far. I roughly sketched and uploaded the carport and access path as well as the terrace.

Current price for the house (through the developer): €380,000. Our budget for the house including everything is about €430,000.

Why stay below the max height? Because one-and-a-half stories are enough for us!

Development plan: No further requirements. Only max. 2 full stories, nothing else.

Where are the building boundaries? 4 Min. again.

I uploaded another plan. 3m to the neighbors and to the street.