Floor plan single-family house for two - opinions welcome

No, I did not confuse you. I agreed with you.

That's right. But there are two different topics, a) the budget and floor plan issue and
b) the prescribing of how big someone may build and how much money they may spend from some people's perspective. I don’t just find it presumptuous - it is presumptuous.

Prescribing? I said drama queen :cool: Questions and personal experiences are not prescriptions, but are meant to encourage thinking. However, they don’t always influence one’s own decision, which is completely okay. If I tell someone: You’re an idiot, they won’t immediately go cry in the corner and reconsider their life....

agreed with to agree with to agree with in questioning the age suitability of a generously sized building, and and illustrated this with examples of their own smaller houses, which are more out of frugality than poverty - nothing more happened. Any excitement about this reminds me of the song "Kaffeebud" by the Bläck Fööss ;-) I’ll add to that and bring into play that the already long-tested "senior-friendly" bungalow by is even "smaller" :)

You are an idiot, won't he immediately go crying into the corner and rethink his life....

Why should he?

own experiences

You know what, Tom? First gain your own experiences whether your house with its 138sqm and the praised stuff etc. is enough for you as it is built, before you continue to praise your decisions to the sky.

I will not "dictate" to anyone how big they should or must build. I have simply shared my experience. We previously lived with two children (now young ladies) in a 100 m² apartment. We came from a 60 m² apartment (Plattenbau) before that. It was manageable with certain restrictions too.;) Now, considering the "age," we built a bungalow in the size mentioned. Everyone should determine the size for their own needs and be happy. My recommendation. :)

Why should he?



You know what, Tom? First gain your own experience whether your house with its 138sqm and the praised bells and whistles, etc., is sufficient for you as it is built, before you keep praising your decisions to the skies.

My parents, my sister, and I lived in one room for a year. I didn't have my own room until I was 18. We still lived very well. During my studies, I lived in a student fraternity (one room). Now I live with my wife and daughter in 70sqm. But yes, doubling the living space will definitely make me unhappy *CautionMayContainASlightHintOfIrony*

A house for two, both in their 50s. With 700 sqm of land and a floor area ratio of 0.35, it should be a bungalow, single-story, with wide doors and corridors. Because as one gets older and more frail, one should still be able to manage well in the house for a long time. Since our modern houses have no basement, it is best to design the bungalow with a studio binder roof, so that a walkable attic can be realized, with a 35-degree pitch also quite spacious, and access is gained via stairs, glass wool between the rafters, vapor barrier on top, and the basement substitute upstairs is done. Dry, warm, practical, good. We are two as well, also have two extra rooms, one of which also serves as a guest room, otherwise living room, bedroom, closed kitchen, and spacious utility room with pantry cupboard, coat closet, shoe rack. Utility sink, back door. Very practical, you come in with dirty shoes, take them off there, possibly have dirty fins, wash them right there. Dirty clothes go right in front of the Bosch and don’t even make it into the sacred interior. You don’t need a fireplace; modern houses with FHZ and thick insulation are so warm, you can hardly bear adding anything on top of that. And the sluggish FHZ doesn’t allow you to just turn the heating off briefly. Why would two people need a walk-in closet? Because the Meyers also have one? If cinema is really a hobby, a home theater is a good idea. That the living room then remains without a TV is logical. I think the described room program is feasible on one level.