Floor plan single-family house ~165m² plus basement

Dear fellow readers, in case you haven’t noticed yet, I would like to explicitly point out how impressively textbook-like the OP illustrates here how valuable an architect’s planning is, even for a "normal, not specially design-award-winning" house; and how many "iterations" it takes to deburr a general contractor’s draft planning. Then, as can be seen here, every window is fiddled with a hundred times until it finally sits in its "final" position. If this is done with today’s widespread lack of awareness about the connection between stone dimensions and construction grids, every change increases the number of botched jobs pleasing the construction site. In addition, with each design change, the risk increases exponentially that, due to small negligence in document management, the utility connection planner ends up having a different plan version than the structural engineer.

Since flipping back through the plans has become quite a hassle for some time now, I’ll lazily ask: which round of plan changes is this now, and in what year are the plans finally supposed to be ready for construction?
Is the price guarantee period already being used up, and from when does the provisioning time begin?

No offense, but I’m starting to be reminded of (who, I believe around post 240 or 250, still had the downpipe next to the sofa).

The fact that architectural planning makes sense is absolutely true. That you emphasize it again like this is right because the reader should also learn something from my mistakes. I don't think I have done that many iterations and we are only on page 22 so far. The starting point for these changes was indeed my question about the bedroom window. Everyone agreed that it is none of the windows I had suggested. When you change a window once, it often affects many different windows, and that is exactly the case now. It is tempting not to have a floor-to-ceiling window on the upper floor because the French balcony also costs money.

In addition, I already have quite a bit of planning documentation.
- Thermal insulation certificate (unfortunately without the basement)
- Structural analysis
- Building permit

Honestly, I don't know if I will still include this window change. It is already stressing everyone involved a bit. So the general contractor, construction quality control, and especially me.

The interest-free provision period has been running since 1.5.2023 and is 12 months. Next Friday we actually wanted to sign the contract, and then the construction period will be 12 months from the signing of the contract. However, the construction and service description has not yet been revised by the general contractor, and the missing thermal insulation certificate for the basement is also somewhat unsettling to me.

Why doesn't the house have an east window on the ground floor? I wouldn't want to do without that! Where will the carport be located?

I think the kitchen installer meant that we should better do without it. There tends to be a bit of clutter around the sink area, and you can see that then as well. The garage will be in the east, and behind it a shed.

I think the kitchen builder meant that we should better do without it. There's often a bit of stuff lying around in the sink area, and you can see that then.

Ok, that is a wonderfully absurd reason to do without a window. So the delivery service shouldn't see the dirty Nutella knife or used wine glass?

@11ant That one architectural planning makes sense is completely true. That you emphasize it again like this is right because the reader should also learn something from my mistakes.

Exactly, and now I’ll quote it again, triple stitched holds better.

I don’t think I made that many iterations.

I believe that too, that there really aren’t that many yet. But first, relatively many for being so close to the oath; and second, those are also the most dangerous for document management. Pay attention to the most current version number for every plan that hangs on the wall at the construction site.

Everyone was of the opinion that it is none of the windows I proposed. When you change a window once, it often has effects on many different windows, and that is exactly the case now.

What has already passed through the structural engineer checkpoint, I would categorically not change in width anymore, shift positions only if afterward at least half a meter distance remains to other components; increasing parapet heights is unproblematic, as long as the minimum size is observed.

Besides, I already have quite a bit of planning documents.

“Quite a bit” is too little. It is advisable to set deadlines for how early what is to be checked for existence and correctness; from the “pre-signals” of the train drivers one can learn a lot for construction.

Honestly, I don’t know right now if I will still include this window change. It’s stressing everyone involved a bit already. So the general contractor, construction monitoring quality control, and especially me.

That’s what I told Princess back then too: that the other parties could already expect acquittal in case of a manslaughter, especially the draftsman. I never feel sorry for the GCs themselves: they usually vigorously support the misconception “You don’t need architects, everything is included.” Did you at least use a tested basic model of the GC, or is this some internet taste-sample theft dragged through the planning process?

There is also often a bit of stuff lying around in the sink area, and you can see that.

What now? You can’t be serious, right? Complete nonsense to the power of three!
He doesn’t feel like measuring the window opening… what did he sell before? Basements, containers?… I would give him a piece of my mind!

At least the sink area should have daylight in the form of windows and ventilation.
Who wants to stubbornly look at a wall while working? They didn’t even like me that way in the basement workshop.
East sunlight is a light source not to be underestimated.
There should be no exterior walls without windows; that is the cheapest chance to get a view, air, exhaust, light, and a sense of space.