Floor plan single-family house 2 full floors ~180m² living area - 760m² plot

No, a sliding door would not resolve the bottleneck. Without a sliding door, the doors could only be opened if no one is sitting. The minimum distance from the edge of the table to the wall is 80 cm. With a table width of 1 m, that is at least 260 cm. At 300 cm, you can squeeze past the seated person. If another door is added, it would look like this: 80 cm + table + 80 cm + 100 cm door. The door is supposed to open even when someone is sitting.

Thank you. So a sliding door to the terrace would also solve the bottleneck?

Not always. Here they are planned sliding doors.. you can pass through or open the door. But the path is not direct. You don’t want to constantly bump into the table. Designing floor plans is always individual and not general. If you have a problem, you have to look at it individually (or have it looked at).

I agree with the previous speakers with the following deviations/adjustments
- if possible, plan and build a covered and wind-protected terrace right away
- threshold-free sliding doors are IMHO always to be preferred in the living/dining area, especially with regard to tripping hazards.
- I like having the kitchen directly at the covered terrace - but around the corner from the living room.


In short and sweet - I would completely redesign the house - the floor plan did not become an all-round perfect solution; it is rather a mangy flightless dinosaur. If you calculate the additional sqm for the all-round perfect solution, you will see how senselessly it costs money.

- if possible, plan & build a covered and wind-protected terrace right away

- threshold-free sliding doors are IMHO always preferable in the living/dining area, especially with regard to trip hazards.

- I like having the kitchen directly on the covered terrace - but around the corner from the living room.

Exactly these 3 things, covered terrace, sliding doors in the living-dining area, and living room around the corner are already considered in the plan, right?

Therefore, I don’t really understand the remark, what are you trying to tell me?

Best regards

Edit: can someone recommend a freelance architect/draftsperson in the Augsburg area who can create an appealing plan based on our wishes and ideas? :-)

Edit: can someone recommend a freelance architect/draftsman in the Augsburg area who can create an appealing plan based on our wishes and ideas?

Unfortunately not. I am currently experimenting with your floor plan because I believe that storage rooms located in the middle of the house are counterproductive. Anyway – I have no result in sight with this staircase and house shape without bending your ideas ... but what hasn’t been mentioned yet: it is not nice for children at the age when they rush up and down the stairs, constantly using both levels, to always have to go through a corridor that already turns its back on what’s happening on the ground floor. Some retreat is always good for teenagers; after all, they have their rooms for that, but for playing children (and adults too) a stairwell is unpleasant, usually sandy because it’s near the entrance area. The route, with many angles and corners, is almost labyrinthine, making it dangerous and too long to quickly reach the toilet. The staircase separates the family too much, many walls have to be bypassed. Furthermore, I find the kitchen too small for 4 people. There are always one or two fixed appliances standing around. Opened beverage bottles, a pile of paperwork or the used cutting board, glasses that are going to be used again, the vegetables waiting to be chopped... I see the work surface completely covered ;) I would give it one meter. Plus a 60cm tall cabinet (space), so that you also have the spatial option to place a free-standing sand-lime brick occasionally.

Edit: can someone recommend a freelance architect/draftsperson in the Augsburg area who can create an appealing plan based on our wishes and ideas?

It would have to be an architect, since drafting technicians neither learn designing as part of their training nor automatically acquire it in practice – I would even say most cannot do it (but do not aim to). Do you find it difficult to read my diagnosis constructively (I wrote it deliberately simply)?

Therefore, I don’t really understand the hint, what do you want to tell me?

At this point, I also cannot quite follow ...