Floor plan single-family house city villa – modern architectural design

I were here again :)

It should of course be "warnen". (Word recognition nowadays has become just as bad as the thesaurus back then)

Very important point that makes us think. A ceiling height of 325cm is planned. We (absolute laymen) assumed that this would be enough to let in proper light, but we understand the problem with the roof covering. It will be clarified and possibly changed

A higher ceiling height is a good way to compensate for the supposed shadow caused by a roof overhang. Our architect chose the ratio of roof overhang to window height so that in summer the light from the low sun fully enters the room and in winter almost not at all. Well done.

@wiltshire had planned with teenagers back then. Maybe he can give you some input. You cannot copy his house, but his concept might give you some ideas.

Every slope is different and every environment as well. Our plots are not comparable. We also had the desire for living on a single level with regard to the living area.
Regarding our boys, who were 17 and 19 at the time of moving in, we set the requirement that they should be given time to develop in their own area with increased privacy and at the same time learn responsibility for their own household. Therefore, we built an apartment for each with its own front door, its own bathroom, its own kitchenette, and a sleeping loft separated from the living area—on one level, as you are also requesting. The older son has now moved out; the apartment serves as my office and occasionally as a guest area. The younger son will stay a while longer; after he moves out, the apartment will probably become a studio. Our living area was intended and has been designed from the start for just the two of us and does not have any extra room that would have to be managed in everyday life. That was important to us. Our architect understood our requirements and was able to implement them well.

Thank you for your ideas and analyses!

Still about the kids:
I have 3 of my own (at the time of moving in 14, 11, 7 - all girls). The older ones have always gotten along very well (also with the little one - they are a team), still sometimes sleep together because they want to. I realize that will probably change ;) . I have the kids every other weekend, potentially maybe an additional day during the week in the future.

My partner has a 7-year-old then. She is here from Monday afternoon to Wednesday morning and every other weekend from Friday to Monday morning. Thus in a shared custody arrangement.

Giving the kids a separate apartment could make sense, but that also involves installing a kitchenette and creating a second entrance. Besides, at 14 and 11 they are still quite young for that, in my opinion. One would then have to provide temporary access to the rest of the upper floor, as I see it. But an interesting thought...

ist aber auch damit verbunden eine Küchenzeile unterzubringen und einen zweiten Eingang zu zaubern.

First, you don't need the kitchen immediately, second, those items get lost in the costs, and third, initially there are only a few lines. There's no need to conjure anything. An architect just has to plan. With that size, everything is comfortably possible. P.S. The children not sleeping together at some point doesn't have to be the case. My three girls regularly sleep together in one room.

Gravel has indeed been brought in there before by the previous owners. Nothing more has happened there. Unfortunately, I can't say more about it. I don't have any photos because...

Without the necessary information, there is little to say here. It would help if you could at least see the surroundings. Google offers plenty of possibilities for that. What does the nature conservation authority say about the idea of removing the trees? Is a tree with a diameter of 1.3 m allowed to be removed?

I come from a family of 7 people, but without any patchwork, and what immediately struck me: the living-dining area somehow feels much narrower than at my parents’ place, although the dimensions are not that different. At my parents’ it is a rectangular room of about 5x12m with a separate kitchen attached. With room-dividing elements, it always became a comfortably large living room (at Christmas, with children who already have partners and possibly additional guests or even grandchildren, there were sometimes as many as 16-17 people, who still all found a place with the help of a chair or beanbag) and a table for a standard 10 people, which could still be extended. I think the shape of your room is not the most practical in connection with the integrated kitchen. What I would absolutely recommend: 2 toilets on the floor where the door you use daily is located. It quickly becomes annoying if everyone wants to leave at the same time or almost at the same time and it gets crowded or you have to change floors. You said you all want to sleep on one level. Why exactly? In your situation, I would rather imagine putting the master bedroom on the living level, for more privacy in both directions and to avoid unnecessary trips at times when you are alone/almost alone. : I think, after 6 years, it’s time for you to throw a house building forum party and present your sense of space live to us, as great as it has always looked in the photos.