Nobody here really understands the back entrance except those who grew up in rural SH. Not even Yvonne, who is already kind of a Hamburger and therefore out. Our front door is almost always locked, the backdoor always open. Everyone, everyone, everyone comes through there, often taking the back door.
That’s 100% true – neighbors, friends ALWAYS take the route through the utility room, which is almost never locked. I don’t know it any other way here.
@Topic windows: I totally agree with you, one, rather two, additional windows are needed and some of the existing ones should be bigger.
@Budget: Yes, it is tight, but the extension on the upper floor/paving work will be done by ourselves with the family. The budget and the loan amount are based on my current income, so that it can be managed with only one salary – very tight, but possible. However, this is the worst case. I know two acquaintances within 10 km who built with a similar budget (about 10K less) last year with the same size on the ground and upper floor ready to be expanded. I’m not making up the feasibility. Unfortunately, their floor plan is not our idea. But that’s not necessarily the topic here ;P
A smaller ground floor with the upper floor expanded right away is more expensive than the current plan.
I also think the hallway is bad. Too big, the extension… no, it has to be better.
Just an idea how you could rotate the house. If you put the child’s room or utility room upstairs, it can, in my opinion, also be smaller.
We already got that suggestion from acquaintances. But we rejected it because the child’s room should be used initially and afterwards as an office, and the utility room upstairs contradicts my wish for an age-appropriate design. Besides, that plan leads again to a full extension, which is more expensive.
I would remove the child’s room and allocate the space to the bedroom and living room.
The bedroom is really small, especially the distance from the bed to the corner.
In the first months or even years, babies usually sleep in the parents’ bedroom.
I’m a confirmed user of a changing table and find the one in the bathroom with the faucet within reach well organized.
I don’t like the floor plan. Downstairs is cramped except for the big hallway with the stairs and upstairs is the empty attic. I don’t like the two dining areas, the location of the kitchen, etc.
Have you ever furnished the floor plan with your real or desired furniture?
I would agree to that, but my girlfriend would not :P She would give me an earful if I then worked on the computer again at 11 p.m. and she wanted to sleep. That would cause a real crisis.
@Hallway: Yes, I see it like you. I don’t like the kink to the child’s room either. How would it look if you swapped the bedroom and child’s room? The orientation of the stairs should also work so that it forms an L and builds into the gap to the living room, then you would also have a coat closet at the entrance under the stairs.
We should also change the door opening in the living room so that the door opens into the living room and not into the hallway.