Floor plan single-family saddle roof house with basement, approx. 200 sqm

Nevertheless, please objectively show us where we went wrong. We adapted an existing draft from an architect to our needs. Yes, we know that this is dangerous and often doesn’t work. But is it the case here just because the separate stairwell is used as an additional room for the guest room, the open space is converted into a utility room, and the north wall has been slightly set back?

I see the house size (and presumably also the budget) does not allow for a separate basement-to-ground-floor-only stairwell, and that would be a sufficient reason for me not to use such a draft as the starting material for my own distillation efforts. From a certain degree of deviation between the base and the requirement profile/wishlist, firstly, a standard house is already economically counterproductive and almost argues by itself "in favor of ‘real’ individual planning," and secondly, to me it also seems more like a "customer house" dressed-up template here (which is even less suitable to be "further" individualized).

And I have a suspicion that this standard house is offered with a flat or tent roof, not with a gable roof.

Roughly speaking, I could imagine that we are dealing here with a Rensch-Haus as the basis.

When we went to the architect, we initially kept our plans to ourselves and gave him our room program and our ideas, our must-haves, might-haves, don’t-haves, and nice-to-haves.

That is wise, and it should actually be preprinted in the autograph books of all home builders: if you can’t keep your drawing fingers still and absolutely want to design something yourself, at least don’t take it with you and always look forward either to the ideas the architects come up with when you don’t "imprint" them with your amateur plans; or, ideally, to the growing similarity with what you had thought out yourself. At the fourth or, at the earliest, third appointment you can then "naively" ask how the possible deviations can be explained—but don’t drag the professionals down to your layman level. Note: if the architect still has to "learn something" from the client, then he is probably not an "architect" at all!

We are currently building a design from such a "drawing servant" and are extraordinarily satisfied with it. In our case, it was a very inexpensive alternative to our own design. However, to be honest, we have had more luck than judgment on several fronts so far.

Your judgment seems to have coped well with the penetration of a Makita radio, and in my impression you rather did not have a drawing servant: not every general contractor—including myself, who would say contract architect—is a drawing servant in the sense of "neatly copying the owners’ scribbles so that they can be put under one stamp."

Hello everyone,

thank you very much for the input. There were many constructive points that made us think:
- The balcony now only extends over the bay window. The terrace will then be classically covered with glass.
- Access to the utility room is now from the hallway / access from the bathroom removed.
- Access to the dressing room also from the hallway.
- Where we are unsure: The reception area has been made more inviting, but the hallway next to the stairs is now narrower. Everyday jackets and guest jackets go into the wardrobe in the reception area and everything else into the "storage room". Alternatively: leave it as it was before and keep the hallway as wide as in the "architect house".

Hello everyone,

such a plan can change over time without abandoning the basic ideas regarding the room layout. Due to another visit to the property (unfortunately farther away from the current residence) and the criticism here, we reconsidered the location of the rooms or went back to our original feeling. It is quite important to us to have an undisturbed spot outside without the curious eyes of the neighbors watching. In addition, the new kitchen location is well suited to keep an eye on the children playing in the garden. Overall, it just feels better this way. An important contribution to this is the reduction of the living area by 20 sqm. The adapted floor plan was based on the Griffnerbox Vienna show house, which is almost a vertical mirror of the "old" floor plan. Oh yes, please do not overrate the window arrangements. We would like to use this as a rough basis for our upcoming architect meeting, who does not see himself as a draftsman but appreciates an approximate room plan.

I think it's pretty cool. I would swap the guest WC and storage so that the WC is even further away from the open dining area. Also, the bedroom would get a door. ;) What I would really miss, though, is a bathtub.

Is north at the top? Unfortunately, I don't understand the floor plans in their orientation. But what I notice is The corner in front of the WC and storage room then becomes an extremely unattractive, hard-to-maintain corner where leaves collect and moss grows. Why is this recess necessary? I don't find the setback on the upper floor?

Why is this recess necessary? I don’t find the setback on the upper floor?

You can’t find it either. It is a projection on the ground floor. ;)