Floor plan single-family house ~165m² plus basement

To be honest, at least for now, I wouldn’t know how to arrange the children’s rooms then. I was thinking of the following solution, see also the picture. I don’t find a desk directly in front of a window to be optimal. I wouldn’t worry about the ground floor; that can be solved.

The door position in your layout drawing does not match the floor plan from . Have you changed something again?

And the desks in your drawing are a little in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and why away from the wall?



This is just quick and dirty and not measured, just approximate furniture sizes. I always try to plan with a 140 cm bed for children's rooms. The wish of most once they reach their teenage years.

Conclusion for me: I find floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floor, which are then fixed glazed at the bottom, somehow always pointless and from the outside it always looks a bit like the balcony was forgotten.

The door position in your layout drawing does not match the floor plan from . Have you changed that again a bit?

Yes, I just noticed that too. I had started a post here yesterday that refers to the cabinets behind the doors. But that is obsolete with the current unfurnished floor plan. What I want to say: small changes can make some planned furnishings impossible. If someone asks you how you want to furnish it, then you have to take the current plan.

Conclusion for me: I somehow always find floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floor, which are then fixed glazed at the bottom, pointless, and from the outside it always looks a bit like the balcony was forgotten.

Yes, it suits some house styles and some locations and depends on the room. Never for bedrooms. I do not understand the windows of the front facade at all; I would move them back and forth including the bathroom window and the ground floor. But at the moment I do not have an overview of what would be possible there. Personally, I would also allow myself more than an hour of thinking work for something like this. Draw, photo. Draw, photo… and eventually compare the photos.

The door position in your layout drawing does not match the floor plan from . Have you changed it again?

And the desks in your drawing stand a little in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and why away from the wall?

This is just quick and dirty and not measured, just approximate furniture sizes. I always try to plan with a 140 cm bed for children's rooms. The wish of most once they reach the teenage years.

My conclusion: I always find floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floor, which are fixed glazed at the bottom, somehow always pointless and from the outside, it always looks a little as if the balcony was forgotten.

That the door positions from post #107 do not match #121 is correct. It was only an example so you can imagine how I mentally arrange the 3 children's rooms. As of now, I do not want to change anything at the doors anymore.

In my floor plan, I have over 2 meters distance between the wall and the floor-to-ceiling window, so a desk should easily fit there without being in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. By the way, I would also push the desk directly against the wall.

A 140 cm bed fits but in any case stands in front of a window.

I wrote to the general contractor on Friday that we will take a fall protection as an additional feature that is attached outside. (French balcony) But your post makes me rethink whether it might be better to completely do without floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floor. Probably the windows would not be made wider than about 1 m because of the desk in children's rooms 1 and 3. I also agree with the comment below from YPG that a floor-to-ceiling window in the bedroom is rubbish. Also, children's room 2 on the upper floor has more of an office character with the floor-to-ceiling window.

Do I understand you correctly that you would only plan one floor-to-ceiling window for the children's rooms and bedroom on the upper floor if a balcony is also attached from the outside? So regardless of whether it is with or without a French balcony.

Yes, fits some house styles and some locations and depends on the room. Bedrooms never.

Thanks, good hint. That we have a floor-to-ceiling window in the bedroom is not optimal, even if it is not by the bed.



I have to process this now first. Maybe I will remove the floor-to-ceiling windows completely from the upper floor without making the windows wider at the same time. Would that be a solution from your point of view?

No, the windows should then be a bit wider, maybe by a factor of 50% or so. That also makes the room brighter.

Why does the house on the ground floor have no east window? I wouldn't want to do without that! Where will the carport go?

Regarding the windows on the upper floor: the north window in the bedroom is a real outlier. Probably a window band was requested and the architect drew a pseudo part?! If so, I would make a proper window band of 3 meters and let it run flush over the entrance door. I would mirror the entrance door with a window, hinge it differently. WC door upwards. Then a sideboard can easily stand against the stair wall. Upstairs: in the grid 1 meter/2 meters for the windows. I would give the children's rooms three running meters. How arranged needs to be tried out. Personally, I find the south facade totally boring. You can definitely swap some windows in the 1/2 grid with the gable windows. But that is my personal opinion. Others find such a facade calming.