Plan a path around the house for wheelbarrow, hand truck, lawn mower, and the like. And think again about a direct access from hallway to garden. In the basement, you have large rooms where you can take a bit. For example, if you’re mucking around in the garden in bad weather, you can take off muddy shoes in the hallway and then go sock-footed to the bathroom, etc. Nobody wants to put on damp shoes after 10 minutes. Or the kids (yours and visiting children) don’t storm through the bathroom into the house. I’d rather have the sand dunes in the hallway than in front of the shower. In the utility room, I would provide a sink for hand washing and to rinse out a glass now and then. Depending on how the north garden is used, I could imagine that two wine glasses, a Dolce Gusto, or something similar might find their place in the basement.