Floor plan single-family house approx. 160m², main entrance in the basement, north slope 1700m²

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This is how your hobby room gets proper daylight.



Move the windows to the south and the stairs to the north. The stairs can then be closer to the house, giving you space for modeling.

Otherwise, the space around the house seems well planned. The incline to the garage should be feasible at about 15%. In my opinion, the excavation of the basement will be fully used for modeling in the north. Here, the basement really makes sense. I won’t say anything about the floor plans since there are people here who can judge that better.

I would sacrifice the guest sewing room to get more space in the dining and living area. Or rather, I quickly removed it from the planning back then.

Cut down to the large dining table and a sewing corner in the hobby room. When the children are gone, you can set up a sewing room upstairs later. Until then, the Carrera track has to be built around the sewing machine. You need the space now and the number of heads will tend to increase initially.

Draw your desired furniture arrangement with movement space to see if the space fits and it's not just a feeling.

You say it yourself... in the final expansion with 3 children, the dining table is already too small for everyday use, and if 2 people come to visit 50 days a year, where do they sit? Not to mention if you want to celebrate birthdays or Christmas at your place? Remove the guest room from the ground floor, put the living area with TV there and move the guest room to the basement. You will get a spacious dining area with plenty of room for cabinets/display cases. Why must hobby room and work be separated? There is a bed there, and you can't deduct it as a home office for tax purposes anyway. Move "work" into your hobby room and turn the work room into the guest room. Regarding the terrain... I'm not sure if it's a good idea to largely catch a 5m slope with pretty steep embankments. Will it hold if you stabilize it with ground cover plants and shrubs? Your slope has a perfect south-southwest exposure, that's where most of the rain comes from... if it pours heavily there... With your 60k you won’t cover the earthworks anyway. You pay that for the outdoor area alone on a property this size if the gardener only has to dump and compact gravel to then put something on top. For this property, you can calculate 200,000 EUR for earthworks + outdoor area if everything is to look nice in the end. Just a natural stone wall to stabilize a 1-2m terrain... phew...

We are a bit surprised about the 240m².

That was back then with the basement and of course also applies to the new design.

For us, the kitchen/dining area is the central hub, even when guests are there. The living room should be a relatively private area.

Then that should also be reflected in the design. I don't really see that in the plan now. I see a very prominent chill corner/TV corner and the kitchen "in the back corner" as the quiet zone. The kitchen is not only hidden, it also has a spatial buffer—what is that supposed to be good for? .. ah, I see that tall cabinets are in the corner by the island, the countertop is away from the island. I consider that suboptimal. That needs to be planned next so that the design can accommodate that. Because the partition wall with the sliding door needs to go first. Actually, for me, the supporting wall between "hallway" and dining should also go. I would also eliminate the pantry because it fits into the utility room or one of the tall cabinets, which I would place but within reach.

The living/dining area is not particularly large for our family of 5 to 7 persons – that still concerns us.

The suggestion came already half a year ago:

I would sacrifice the guest sewing room to get more space in the dining and living area. Or rather, I had removed it very quickly from the plan back then.

The TV or playroom can go there well. For all I care, the sewing machine can also go in the closet, sewing will then take place when the kids are in bed or at school. A sewing machine is portable. The rest will sort itself out. The all-purpose room also offers enough potential to reshuffle everything again. For example, I question the usefulness of the building annex: why fill it with tall cabinets if it has a connection to the terrace? Either I make it more glazed and put my work surface there or put the utility room there. Then it will also work with drying laundry for the large family and one can puzzle outdoor/indoor. By the way, the sewing machine can also stay nicely in the utility room since it belongs to household management. The bathroom, or rather the drainage of the bathroom upstairs, will not work adequately just like that. The house overbuilds the building boundary. Possibly this will not be approved. Especially because of the retention basin. The driveway is missing in the cost calculation.

We, as always, look forward to your feedback, your tips, and hints on possible pitfalls!

And we look forward to a dialogue with you. Last year was rather sparse.

The house exceeds the building boundary. It might not be approved.

I don’t see it that way.



The corner is exactly on the building boundary.