General criticism of architecture, spatial layout, exterior appearance

I would need to check again, but from the interior view, you could not see the sofa from the door. You first have to take a few steps into the apartment and then you see the sofa. But that is intentional, because it creates more space and visibility.

Are the furniture placeholders? You can see the sofa here. You don’t feel secure, not even on the sofa. We sit at the dining table in the line of sight to the door. It’s an adjustment, a difficult adjustment. But it’s still okay for the dining table.

Increases the walk path to the storage room. The tall cabinets are the fridge, oven, etc. But we will discuss that.

It depends on where you look from. Since the entrance to the pantry is supposed to be hidden, it makes sense to integrate it into the tall cabinets. In my opinion, a view of the tall cabinets is also nicer from the dining table...

We prefer a large room. In catalogs etc., cupboards and beds are also always presented in large rooms. Better one big instead of two small ones. At night you also have more oxygen, etc.

I also find that nicer.

The sound should not be able to spread so well and if it does, then I want to equip the stairs with sound-absorbing materials. For example, there are stone walls etc. that break the sound.

I would rather go for the glass door to the living room.

No, normally the children's rooms were even bigger, but we find 15m² sufficient and still have a storage room. We don’t have a basement, so you need storage space.

Okay.

The laundry should be on the upper floor, since it originates and is needed there. I think it’s nonsense to carry the dirty laundry down the stairs only to lug it all back up later

That’s clear. I was just talking about the tightness in the bathroom. Laundry baskets also have to be placed there and with three children one is definitely not enough. So where do you put the dirty laundry in the kids’ bathroom? Where do you hang a piece of clothing that should not go into the dryer? It soon becomes a laundry junk spot where nobody can move anymore. I have three times more space for my laundry than you and we are only two.
How many children are there currently?

The site manager has to decide. He has already pointed that out with a question mark.

Huh? What does he have to do with that? It’s your house, right? He builds what you want, not the other way around.

Thank you


It is a carport, not a garage. You could even extend the carport so that 2 cars could be parked one behind the other and 2 cars in front of the house. However, we want to build a garden shed for bicycles etc. behind the carport.

In the drawings, red lines are drawn. Our cabinets could be placed there so that a "(storage)room" would be created behind them. But we need to see if we need/want that. We are not really fans of dressing rooms. Yes, a dressing room is nice, but the "proper" dressing rooms are usually somewhat bigger and so is the bedroom. We prefer a big room instead. In catalogs etc., cabinets and beds are always presented in big rooms. Better one large instead of two small ones. You also have more oxygen at night etc.
Outdoor sauna was added to the wish list

We have a window seat on the ground floor in the middle. The windows on the upper floor in the children’s rooms are really something else. I don’t really like them either, but my wife doesn’t want floor-to-ceiling windows and she also doesn’t like covering the lower part with privacy film. Hmm...
Regarding child 1: That will be a work/guest room and, if necessary, the third children's room. You never know how many there might be. The office is facing the street, so the children’s rooms have a garden view and sun from 12 o’clock onwards. I would be surprised if they ever get up earlier.

Yes, the staircase was always a point. We wanted to get as little noise as possible into the upper floors. It’s not easy. With a staggered floor it’s harder to achieve because otherwise it always would have been awkwardly located. The sound should not be able to spread well and if it does, I want to equip the stairs with sound-absorbing materials. For example, there are stone walls etc. that break the sound.


No, normally the children’s rooms were bigger, but we find 15 m² sufficient and still have a utility closet. We don’t have a basement, so we need storage space.
The laundry should be on the upper floor since that’s where it’s created and used again. I think it’s nonsense to carry dirty laundry down the stairs first and then carry everything back up later.


The construction manager has to decide. He already pointed this out with a question mark.


Thanks again here first
I would have to check again, but from the interior view, you couldn’t see the sofa from the door. You have to take a few steps into the apartment first and then you see the sofa. But that is intentional because that creates more space and visibility. The architect pulled the wall down by the stairs and the hallway turned into a "narrow" corridor right away. That’s why we decided against it. But yes, if necessary, a sliding door can be installed afterwards. We have left that option open for ourselves. What you notice...

It increases the walking distance to the storage closet. The tall cabinets are the fridge, oven, etc. But we will discuss that. We never looked at it so concretely because the kitchen planning has yet to be done. That is just the architect’s suggestion so that we can see that everything fits in.



Yes, we have that idea too. Currently, the ground floor has a clear room height of 2.8 m and the upper and staggered floors 2.6 m. I would reduce the staggered floor to 2.5 m. Our cabinets are 2.4 m. So max would be 2.45 m possible.
Enlarging the ground floor costs us garden and then we would probably have to change the entire floor plan. Difficult...

Hmm, under the stairs we have a storage space (the purple line symbolizes a door). In front there should be the stairs with 1-2 steps with space to store, sit or put decorations.
The middle window is a window seat and for now there will be a children’s corner there. But yes, music notes etc. will be difficult. Hmm…
There is space for floor-to-ceiling cabinets at the entrance and on the opposite side space for a mirror. Cabinet with games... We didn’t think about that because currently they aren’t in the living room either. But here the TV wall would be suitable. The TV will be mounted on the wall anyway and underneath there will be space for games etc. DVD collection is rather small. We often go to the cinema or stream.

Thanks for the suggestions. It helps to refine the plan.

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Yes, we also had the same issue with the windows in the children’s rooms. We chose normal ones. However, that is because you have a great view into one of the children’s rooms from the waiting room of the doctor’s office. Window seats are a good compromise after all.

Maybe also plan for a whirlpool on the roof terrace.

Laundry on the upper floor near the children is right. But I wouldn’t plan it in the bathroom. Hand-washing, sorting laundry also needs space.

Every family has its quirks. Only one thing is the same: everyone has a relatively large wall of cabinets in the living room that is filled with whatever. Many children play in the living room for years. It will take until your 3 or 4 children are so big that they want to play upstairs and you feel comfortable leaving them alone.

So having to walk up 3 flights of stairs every time would annoy me! But in terms of appearance very modern and pretty. About how much does it cost?

P.S. The color of the facade should be gray and not a brown tone as in the drawings.

I see gray and white, no brown?

Our problem is that we are undecided about the design because it is quite special. Also with regard to a possible sale. Surely we do not want to sell the house, but in an emergency that can happen and then the question is whether such a design might scare off many buyers.

First of all, a big compliment from me, I unfortunately read this kind of self-critical thought far too rarely. But here, in my opinion, the wrong people are thinking about this aspect: Your design seems pleasantly outside the mainstream to me, but not unconventional or avant-garde enough to deter potential future owners. The house makes an impression and the kitchen island and the walk-in shower are there - you won’t be punished for omitting a masonry back wall for a closet.

However: where exactly is this "Hessen"? - In Homburg or Hofheim, a house like this would be sold in five minutes, in Weiterstadt, well, and no one would move to Kleinkrotzenburg for such a house either, I would share your concerns there.

We are not big fans of dressing rooms. [...] Prefer one big one instead of two small ones. You also get more oxygen at night, etc.

Big compliment number two. Without the kitchen island I would marry you *just kidding* and that would already be my personal downside of the top floor: the way from the bed to the fridge is too far for me.

Our closets are 2.4 m. So max. 2.45 m would be possible.

Caution: with today’s thick floor constructions, five centimeters can easily lead to misunderstandings about where a finished dimension was meant and where not.

By the way, as always when I have nothing else to complain about – by the way: big compliment number three for the non-double garage with non-wide gate and non-hinged door – it does catch my attention that the plan shows all kinds of fantasy dimensions: Room and wall openings here jump out of the standard dimension (with the only exception being the width of the seat window and the storage room); even the interior doors have special dimensions; and I also found inconsistencies in window sizes: 230 vs. 248 cm width on both sides of the bedroom terrace door, likewise 310 / 317 in the children’s rooms, and (however with different heights) 80 cm in the dining area and 75 cm in the dressing area. I would gently remind the planner of the meter rule here, otherwise the masons will patch up sloppy spots by the dozen cheaply afterwards.

Apart from a few details, I like the house design.

What does the [BP] say about the maximum building height? What does the development in the surrounding area look like, or how does the building fit into the surroundings?