Thanks so far
Draw the house on the plot; and make the site plan section considerably larger - you can’t recognize an actual building envelope like this.
I have drawn the north arrow on the plot again and created a larger section of the cadastral map. The building envelope is in the area facing the street with the usual boundary distances, the house is drawn in.
For me, it’s not about the entrance being at the bottom or at the top, I would build two entrances – one downstairs for the adult son directly into his area and one upstairs for everyone. However, this basic idea makes the lower floor plan not quite suitable because a useful vestibule and the stairway would interfere with each other, unless you build a vestibule in front of it, which could again disturb the clear house façade and costs extra money.
Do you seriously want to sit with your back to the view in the living room on a slope? This has to be better without giving up the TV and the aquarium.
Well, we don’t want two entrances. But I understand the criticism. The "child" is 19 years old and won’t live with us for much longer anyway.
Couch with the back to the window: When we sit in front of the TV, it is usually late evening, so it’s dark outside. There’s not much to see then. We have planned a daybed in the dining room in front of the fixed panoramic window.
I would definitely also see the entrance at the top. Just the idea of carrying groceries from the car to the kitchen every time...
Entrance at the top would also mean carrying groceries from the garage up, even outside in possible rain.
The garage has to remain at the bottom because access to the property at the upper street area is not possible without crossing the neighbor’s property or ending up at a streetlamp.
However, I don’t see the house on the site plan now. South, slope... where is south now? Where does the terrace face? Is the site plan oriented north? Would the building envelope also allow a basic rotation of the building volume?
I ask because, like my predecessors, I am skeptical whether you will be happy with an entrance door that directly touches the private and intimate areas. I miss zoning and an adequate entrance area where you can put down shoes and stuff like jackets and bags when coming in.
South is down on the plan. The slope falls from north to south. As already said, the entrance upstairs would not bring a real advantage except that it would serve privacy in the basement. Which admittedly is still true...
The issue of the outdoor unit of the heat pump... where to put it?
In the plan, the outdoor unit is intended to be on the ground floor behind the guest bathroom, but why should the floor plan of the guest bathroom have to be changed for this?
