Floor plan single-family house approx. 300 sqm, plot 780 sqm

Unfortunately, I have to agree with the others. With the current construction prices, a living area of 300 sqm plus upscale to very high-end features, a six-figure amount is no longer sufficient for the pure house costs...

The house is very complex and winding. The garages look like attached mini wings... there is completely missing, if I am not blind, an appropriate utility/technical room.

For a project like this with your ideas, I am in favor of a new planning. A sketch of the property/site plan would also be helpful...

Something different! That makes me happy!

Since I have 3 children myself, a few things come to mind right away.

- For such an area, I would plan 2 living rooms. It's great to be in the kitchen and keep an eye on the children. But a separate room is invaluable - either as a playroom or an Adults Only living room where you can relax in the evening without having to tidy up 1000 Lego bricks. You could separate the TV area but it would need a window.

- The children's bathroom needs a bathtub! Otherwise, you will have to bathe the children in the parents' bathroom for years.

- ypg has already made the point regarding dirt in the entrance/stair area - especially in winter this is bad, unless you always go through the garage with the children.

- Building both garages at the boundary is not really my style. But it looks quite impressive. I would plan a door at the back of the left garage to take out the garbage bin. There's too little space through the right garage. Do you have any other access to the garden or only through the garage? What do you do when major work needs to be done in the garden?

- I assume you are building with a basement?

- You could easily spend a couple hundred thousand more on a house like this.

Dear forum members!

Thank you very much for the initial feedback. As requested, attached are two images of the site plan – is this the correct document or do you mean something else? The plot in question is number 274 – currently, the maps still show an old demolition object, which will be demolished shortly.

A few brief thoughts on the first feedback, or how I understood it from our architect:

1. Regarding the lighting of the center of the house, it is planned to install a larger glass element on the street side (i.e., west side) of the building in the middle of the roof. On the left and right of this, two dormers are to be created, which can also be seen in the design. The glass element would then supply the entire air space and thus the center of the house with light – according to the architect, the light incidence from this glass element in the roof would be about 8 times greater than that of a normal vertical window. Opinions on this from the forum are very welcome!

2. I have also considered a window on the south side of the living room. The architect advises against this, as he recommends some "shielding" from the neighbor on the south side in the living area, and from his point of view, the living room should be very well lit due to the floor-to-ceiling wide window front facing the east garden. Feedback from you on this is also very welcome!

A few more clarifications/information briefly:
1. A basement is additionally planned. There will also be a utility/connection room there.
2. The area labeled "AB" on the ground floor is somewhat misleading – it is meant to be the pantry. Storage room should be in the basement.
3. The left garage should also have a full rolling door on the garden side, so that medium-heavy equipment can be driven into the garden for gardening work if needed. Indeed, the two garages would be the only access to our garden, as you can also see in the site plan.
4. The plot is 20m wide and about 39-40m deep, approximately rectangular.
5. Ideas regarding the wardrobe situation would be very interesting – I found the architect’s solution well done, but there has already been some feedback that it is not ideal. This is an important stimulus for thought for me!

Best regards!

From his point of view, the living room should be very well lit because of the floor-to-ceiling wide window front facing the East Garden. Feedback from your side on this is also very welcome!

According to the architect, the light incidence from this glass element in the roof would be about 8x higher than from a normal vertical window. Opinions on this from the forum are highly welcome!

The glass element would then supply the entire air space and thus the center of the house with light –

Once again: From October to March, i.e. about half a year, there is only diffuse light in the north, east, and west. No sunbeam. Only the air space benefits from this roof window. And the hallway. For almost all rooms, this is not even an emergency solution.

The architect advises against this because he recommends some "shielding" to the neighbor on the south side in the living area.

What exactly does he want to shield you from? They have already shielded themselves. Certainly, a terraced house also automatically shields itself since no windows are possible sideways, but this is rather unacceptable in a higher-priced detached house. For shielding, garden walls or hedges are used, which you place on the edge of the property to provide privacy in the garden.

With such an area, I would plan 2 living rooms.

I would also do that. The TV room or library can definitely use a door for retreat or quiet with 3 children.
Apart from that, I would rotate the rooms by 3 hours clockwise. Possibly rotate the whole house.

Overall, the house gains nothing from this size. Also, a house gains nothing if you put two ears on the left and right and give the rest a terraced house character. Yes, space is tight. But quantity has never been better than quality.

Is this the correct document or do you mean something else?

That is correct.
I would ask you to sketch the plot yourself. Grid paper, 2 squares = 1 cm... The backyard can be neglected.
Mark the boundary development with hatching. Then mark the (sunlight) in winter as a pie slice between SE and SW and in summer between NE and NW. In the building envelope, put a large hashtag symbol, #, as zones of individual areas in the house. There you can now mark the rooms or seating furniture/dining table, where you or these are located.
And then the terrace for summer dining. But maybe you also want to sit in the shade... You do the whole drawing for yourself, because I have the feeling that you have not really dealt with the plot, only with a presentable effect.
Reflect on whether a show fireplace will be used and whether a corridor has to be a reception hall.
The entrance and a double garage could be placed to the north on the property. Possibly make the house somewhat narrower. If space is lacking, you can also invest the money wisely and plan a large light shaft with further living spaces in the basement.
If you actually find that the design corresponds to your life, then at least consider fitting the free walls on the left and right with windows.
Regarding the cloakroom, I won’t say anything now because I think you would then focus only on that.

You probably already have an exterior view?

I won't say anything about the wardrobe now, because I think you would then only focus on that.

That would be just the classic: the more forgettable the design, the more convinced the proud future homeowners usually are that only a handful of fine adjustments are missing ;-)

overall, the house gains nothing from this size. Also, a house gains nothing if you give it 2 ears on the left and right and then give the rest a terraced house character. Yes, it is tight for size. But mass has never been better than quality.

To me, the design seems to primarily aim to demonstrate colossally: richer people live here now than before. And I have to think a bit of Cinderella: "once you are queen, you don’t need to walk much anymore." The blood in the shoe here is called "symmetry" (and very boldly, dude: this house is the boss in the street).

May I ask how expensive the property was? The slogan from America doesn't go over very well here. "Big is Beautiful"? That can surely be done much better. If I sink more than 1.5 million into it, then there should be something nice, not just big.