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

No, the floor plan is actually very normal in terms of layout, so I initially even overlooked the steep staircase because I assumed a functional catalog design. I haven't recounted the square meters - but if the total area is that large, then it exceeds the understandable requirement here by so much that a lot can still be left out. In the overall view, I have some reason to assume that you and the planner lack a sense of dimensions. Then a total area easily swells as much as public construction costs otherwise do ;-)

Oh, I see. Yes, actually about 150 to 160 m² would have been enough for us. But we were lucky and basically got the larger house at the price of the smaller one. You don’t say no to something like that. Now it’s just a matter of planning it as well as possible... ;-)

There is only sun there in the mornings in winter. If you value sun in the east, why not also create a breakfast terrace there for the weekend and accordingly open the house in that direction? But you would have to get up early then.

Yes, it has somehow dawned on us by now that this is not a real argument. Therefore, a consideration now would be to place the kitchen either where the guest room is currently drawn or down to the “bottom left,” where we once planned the TV and sofa. In both cases, you step right out onto the terrace and generally have short paths. That’s not bad either. Then in each case with a sliding door to be able to close it off to the living room if needed.

The best place for HO? Sorry, that’s nice, but the expensive roller shutters will also have to be lowered from 2 p.m. I don’t know what is supposed to inspire you towards the west so that you can continue working on the PC.

Well, that was also a consideration. It would also be possible to make our office downstairs in the "guest room," depending on where it finally ends up. Then you basically don’t have a problem with the sun.

I also find that even 160 sqm houses appear larger than this floor plan. However, the 190 sqm are not actual living space.
Maybe I’ll find alternatives this evening. Are you aiming more for 150/160 sqm?
Personally, I would focus more on the south and not just plop the house straight onto the plot as if there were nothing besides the large garden area “at the back.” Are the dimensions for the carport correct?
And then also consider whether to partition the living room with a sliding door and assign the entire dining area to the kitchen.

Yes, that’s probably true. So the 190 m² is the footprint of the house. Actual living space is somewhat less due to the sloped ceilings upstairs. Have you found any alternatives yet? That would be great.
The dimensions for the carport are only rough. As I said, we haven't finalized that yet. What exactly do you mean by focusing on the south? Do you mean placing the house more towards the south?

You are placing the house off the building line without reason.

Utilizing the height helps to use a larger knee wall or to build a genuine two-story house. Hence the question about roof pitch and knee wall.

The house could also be planned considerably more efficiently in footprint if the height is better utilized.

Okay, understood. So we can make a knee wall up to 1.10 m without much additional cost. Currently, 90 cm is planned. Roof pitch is 45°. I don’t know right now in what way, for example, 1.10 m knee wall would help to improve something here, but I can imagine it would help.

... and here once again the plan with the building lines etc.

actually, 150 to 160 m² would have been enough for us. But we were lucky and got the bigger house practically at the price of the smaller one. You don't say no to something like that. Now it's about planning it as well as possible... ;-)

Yes, you do say no. A builder who just hands over over 80,000 EUR in kind as free extra square meters is at least incredible, if not worthy of every suspicion. Of course, you say no to that, especially since he won't clean or heat this extra space for you. And you cannot plan as well as possible if the basics are already flawed:

So we can make a knee wall up to 1.10m without much extra cost. Currently, 90 cm is planned. Roof pitch is 45°. In terms of how 1.10m knee wall might help to improve something here, I don't know right now, but I can imagine it helps.

All these measurements no longer apply as soon as the wrong stair dimension is fixed and the house depth increases as a result. Roof pitch only partially compensates for knee wall height. And why should a builder limit the additional knee wall to 20 plus centimeters when he gives a 30 sqm discount on the total area? By the way, the inquiry about a real two-story house was probably not meant in the sense of a calculated two-story, but in the direction of a so-called "city villa," i.e. with a "floor-to-ceiling knee wall."

Have you found any alternatives yet? :) That would be great.

I forgot that :oops:
But it’s not about a different floor plan now, it’s about this one, just everything harmonized... but then the exterior dimensions are different.

So you mean placing the house a bit further south?

No, exactly not. Just make the best out of the wonderful plot and don’t just blindly stick the house in the middle and then have to figure out where the carport and terrace can fit. Nowadays there’s a trend for a second terrace, but you have to plan that somewhat with the floor plan.
If you like to enjoy the morning sun, then plan so that you can have it from the kitchen terrace door. That would be best possible in the south.

So we can make a knee wall up to 1.10m without much extra cost. Currently, 90 cm is planned.

Definitely do it!

... and here again the plan with the building lines etc.

Those are building boundaries! Building lines must be strictly adhered to and you have to build against them. Building boundaries only limit the building envelope. (You can’t say that often enough in a building forum ;) )

These are building boundaries! Building lines must be strictly adhered to and you have to build on them. Building boundaries only limit the building area. (you can't say it often enough in a construction forum ;) )

Oh, that's so pointless as writing that the main contractor is something different than a property developer :-)

Here are a few quick sketches. Please really only see them as sketches, I haven't thought of everything, but in the ground floor I'm always under 90 sqm (rough estimate) the classic with your orientation. On the upper floor sliding doors at about 250 height under the sloping roof. You could possibly also separate an AB there. Gable-favoring for the children. Here with your orientation of the rooms… don’t be confused by the mirroring If you were to plan with the plot, this house orientation would probably result: And here are some inspirations from the web: