Holiday home, single-family house, floor plan approximately 165 sqm

We also have a holiday home. I find the main focuses are a little different here.
Usually, you go with the whole family or even with friends. It’s good if everyone has their own little bathroom with a shower. Ideally directly by the room, like in a hotel. An additional "guest" toilet, in my opinion, is unnecessary – who is supposed to clean it?
I would design a sauna without a toilet and washbasin, only with showers and a relaxation room. Preferably with seating and a bar.

Thank you very much for the extensive comments!
We had planned the "guest toilet" on the ground floor so that, firstly, there is also a toilet on the ground floor (and you don’t always have to go upstairs, for example in the evening/night when children are sleeping) and secondly so that there is another shower option.. but of course, if we add another bathroom upstairs, we could omit the showers.

Yes, the sauna.. I would do it exactly like that immediately, but the space is limited and the other rooms are somehow more important to us in terms of size.. but we will consider it!

A common room and a large kitchen on the ground floor is nice. In the kitchen we have 2 cooktops and ovens. That has proven very successful. In the dining room there should be space for a long table. Although that is possible here, the furniture is not drawn in. Therefore it is not entirely clear what you plan to do with, for example, the bay window.

Yes exactly, that’s how we planned it too. The long table should start in the bay window and, when extended lengthwise, protrude into the room. There is enough space there, which was important to us. The bay window will then have a folding sliding door so that in summer there is a wide "passage" between outside and inside. Or do you think a sliding door would make more sense?

I agree with Katja .. I would rather place 4 rooms with at least 2 bathrooms on the upper floor and then still have a guest toilet on the ground floor as well as a sauna with shower also rather on the ground floor, so that you can, for example, go outside. And I would avoid having a sleeping option in the living area.

Thanks as well. We actually want to keep SZ1 quite large so that the entire south side "belongs" to us and we can also enjoy the large skylights on the west side. 4 rooms will then of course be difficult, they should not be too small either.. but I will think about it again. I don’t like the sauna on the ground floor. If we want to combine it with going outside, we should perhaps rather consider an outdoor sauna. But we liked the idea of having the sauna more in the sleeping area, we know it that way already and we like it. But thanks!

Would also plan En-Suite, a wellness area and possibly divide the living area into TV and reading/chatting

Thanks as well! The problem is that both En-Suite and a separate wellness area take up a lot of space and the rooms then become quite tight, especially don't forget the knee wall..

You mean dividing the living room again? So far we have separated kitchen/dining area and living room, I think that's enough for us.

The problem is that both the en-suite and the private wellness area take up a lot of space, and the rooms then become quite cramped,...

Dude, you’re planning galactic rooms in a holiday home here! You’d rather leave out the shower for that? What do you do in your room on vacation? Right! Nothing but sleep! The rest of the time you’re out and about, outside or in the common room.

A holiday room needs the bed, a wardrobe, and space for the suitcases. Maybe a chair with a little table – but that’s already luxury. Plus the shower. You can easily fit that here.

Bedrooms are only for sleeping. Beds, wardrobe done

1 bathroom for 8 people is far too little. It is a holiday home. In 10 years, the partners of children, etc. will be involved

After the sauna, a relaxation area is needed. Preferably outside Possibly also a pool or hot tub

I am thinking of 8 people Someone cooks or plays at the dining table, 2 chat over coffee, the gentlemen watch football

Thank you again! I will rethink everything and then there will be new floor plans soon!