Floor plans for single-family house, approx. 140 m², without basement

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Hello everyone, I want to give you an update again. Our plan is now pretty solid, we are satisfied with it. Only the kitchen could be a bit bigger, but the house dimensions don’t allow for that. We don’t want to build bigger and we’re not allowed to either. And I hope it won’t feel too open because the street is only a few meters away from the windows. We’ll probably need some curtains. But other than that, as I said, we are quite satisfied. Now we just have to decide between the two remaining providers. Stone or wood, that is the difficult question now. Town & Country is out for now, by the way. Not because of the price, they are still clearly the cheapest. But we have a better feeling with local providers. Wood is by the way the significantly more expensive option, in case anyone is wondering. Best regards Stefan

It seems to me that there is a fundamental disagreement between you and your municipal council: I interpret the plan as a specification for the orientation of the house with a gable roof, access via the street on the left side of the plan instead of at the bottom, with a gable facing this street and a carport at the front left beside the house.

As for the study: I know people for whom "home office" means sitting on the sofa or on the terrace with a laptop. When the wife no longer wants to see work stuff lying around in the living room at dinner time, it goes into a small room where the file folders are also stored. This small room has a window, so on rainy days you can manage to work there, and it looks good for the tax office, which would not understand a sofa portion as a study. If you want to sit there with clients, of course, a small room is not sufficient. But as a "when dad sits there, please do not disturb" room, the size as in the first draft is sufficient.

Thank you for your "support" on the topic of the home office [emoji6] But honestly, I wouldn't care if everyone says it's too small; it has to please us. We can’t build bigger; it’s better than having no room at all for such purposes and sufficient as a retreat for quiet with a desk and two cabinets with folders. If it were bigger, based on experience, we would quickly misuse it as a storage room, and then I wouldn’t want to work there anymore [emoji6]

Regarding the development plan: I asked at the municipality several times. The statement was that they wouldn’t even look at the application because, firstly, they don’t care how we build; we should build as we like. And secondly, because they see the responsibility for compliance with the architect.
Regarding your remarks: The orientation of the house is allowed to be rotated by 90°, but we orient it as proposed in the development plan. I have always understood the position of the house and carport in the development plan as a suggestion. If this is not the case, that would be very interesting news for us. Are you sure about that point and do you have further information on it?
What also unsettled me is the driveway, which is planned on the left in the development plan instead of below. That’s why I asked the building authority twice, with two different employees. One said it should be understood more as a recommendation rather than a requirement.
Written quote from the other: "The driveway can also be placed elsewhere, but not in the curve area. The junction area of the two streets must definitely be kept clear. If there are no further deviations from the development plan, in our opinion, the construction project can be carried out in the approval exemption process. Ultimately, it is up to your planner whether he applies for an approval procedure or not. He bears sole responsibility for this.”
The reason for the driveway below is that the “left” area is quite uneven terrain (slope), which in my opinion would make both the construction of a driveway and driving more difficult.

I really hope it works out; otherwise, our rather lengthy planning would be pointless.

Is a suggestion. There should probably be a building envelope that regulates which area of the land the house including terrace may occupy. Within the envelope, it doesn’t matter. Also access road, location of the front door, etc. Some development plans specify ridge directions, others do not. If the floor area ratio and the floor space index are observed, if distances are correct, if ridge heights are correct, then do as you like.

Building envelopes exist and are being adhered to. The floor area ratio calculation is included in the plan above and fits by coincidence "just barely," if I am not mistaken. However, I will also ask the two providers who are still in the selection for their interpretation and opinion.

Thank you for your comments! [emoji106]