Ground floor plan city villa 150 sqm

Hello everyone,

been reading along for a long time, now it’s (finally) slowly getting serious:

Development plan/restrictions
Size of the plot 621sqm
Slope no
Floor area ratio 0.35
Building window, building line and boundary see attachment
Perimeter development 3m
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of floors 2
Maximum heights/limits TH 6.5m / FH 10.5

Requirements of the builders
Style, roof shape, building type: hipped roof, "city villa"
Basement, floors: 2 full floors plus basement
Number of people, ages: 3 (40,34,2)
Room needs on ground and upper floor:
GF: kitchen (with pantry), dining/living, office (usable as bedroom in old age), shower-toilet, wardrobe
Office: home office 3 days/week
Guest sleepers per year: 2
Open or closed architecture: rather closed
Conservative or modern construction: feels modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: L-shaped kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4 as standard, expandable to 8 possible
Fireplace: yes (but candidate for removal)
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no

House design
By whom is the planning done:
- planner of a construction company
What do you like in particular?
All requirements are covered:
Living should be at least about 3.8m x 3.8m (then the existing furniture fits and we feel comfortable)
Dining should be connected but not a "corridor". First planning saw living/dining as a 9x3.5m area. We saw that with acquaintances and do not feel comfortable with it or could not furnish it homely.
We tried to optimize somewhat by square meters to reduce the price.
The office should be able to accommodate a 3m closet and a double bed in old age.
What do you not like? Why?
Fireplace would be nice but makes the passage from dining to living probably too narrow or with a child somewhat dangerous when the fireplace is on. Pantry could be a bit small.
Price estimate according to general contractor:
470k incl. basement (1 room finished), controlled residential ventilation, air heat pump (eligible for funding), laundry chute, KFW 55 without deduction of subsidies, without garage.
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment: basically already reached with this.
Preferred heating technology:
Air heat pump

If you have to do without, which details/extensions
-can you do without:
Basement expansion, fireplace
-can you not do without:
Controlled residential ventilation, laundry chute, smaller is no longer possible.

Why is the design the way it is now? For example
This is the third round, in which all requirements are met for the first time.

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?

Where could you still optimize? E.g. passage for the fireplace?
Is the dining room big enough to pass by on the sides?
Would a different stair shape perhaps bring something?

We feel we like the floor plan very much but are also a bit annoyed because it is not really generous for the budget.
The fear is that it might then actually be too small.

By the way, the upper floor is somewhat smaller, rectangular in shape. The "bay window" at the living room is omitted.

One more word about location/development plan/building window:
Access to the garage would be through the small section in the southeast. This is a residential street.
North of us a somewhat larger street is being built, which should only take the traffic to the new development areas.
North of this street is field and probably will remain so for the next 15 years.
We are on the northwest edge of the development area; a nature reserve (forest) starts in the west.

The north arrow in the (redrawn) plan is not correct. The plan should be rotated about 10-15° clockwise.
At the corner northwest we already reach the building window, as well as in the east with the garage.

Is it intentional that you only uploaded the [EG]? One question in advance: Why do you want/need a basement, what is it supposed to be used for?

Yes, it is intentional that the [OG] is missing. Above we have a first draft, which is good enough for the first draft. What should go above: 2 children's rooms, 1 master bedroom with dressing room, and 1 bathroom. In terms of space, this is simpler and that's why we are now focusing on the [EG].
Regarding the basement: on the one hand, it makes sense price-wise because the plot is about 2m below the street and has to be filled anyway. On the other hand, we also want a basement to finally have enough storage space. We lived for 10 years only with a small storage room without a basement and then a few years with a small basement compartment. That was not nice.
Hence the desire for a basement.

I’m afraid without the associated [OG] you will hardly get any constructive contributions here. Actually, it is said that the [OG] should be in front of the [EG] (it has something to do with the stairs).

The thing with the basement is, of course, a matter. I can understand the desire for storage space, but if I had to make compromises in my daily living area just for that, I would probably look for alternatives. But that is a subjective story.

Then I'll submit it shortly.

So, here is the upper floor plan The roof on the left is the covering for the protrusion on the ground floor and for the terrace section. Planned is on the left and one on the right (over the garage including the covering of the entrance) basically a flat shed roof over the ground floor and over the upper floor a gable roof.