House Construction 2.0 - First Floor Plan Draft

Why not plan the main building with 3 floors?

With a 1,000 sqm plot, that would be my very last idea, to build that high. From the garden below you would then look up at a massive tower, at least that’s how it would seem to me. In metropolitan areas, where plots are expensive and therefore correspondingly small, building upwards makes sense to me, but on such a plot I would never come up with that idea. An elevated terrace is always just a makeshift solution for me, because the building was not constructed „with“ the slope. But that’s how tastes differ, and that’s a good thing, otherwise we would all live the same!

Thank you very much for the numerous opinions.

The essence that emerges is that there is indeed a lot of hallway space for the area. On the one hand, that is nice, open, and special; on the other hand, it is inefficient in terms of space utilization. I will sleep on it a few more nights and also show this thread to my husband. He already said to me today, "I think the design has spoiled me. I WANT this house." ;)

I can certainly appreciate some of the criticism points. The idea of having the bathroom and the office a bit larger appeals to me as well. We might even scrap the guest room entirely. I would also like to see a floor plan from the architect of our other favorite that covers our wishes. Surely someone will come up with something with less hallway.

The "huge" floor plan here is well thought out in many places but really generous, I admit that. I would not conventionally heat the garage. Maybe this hobby room, if that is even possible; the rest is simply garage/workshop/storage shed, and I would not expect that to be heated.

Some things that were criticized were explicitly requested by us, as described in the initial post. The hobby basement without windows serves the collection of retro games, which are UV-sensitive. It will really be a "cave." For space reasons, this cannot be combined with the office. These things need to be presented. The kitchen is compact — yes — but I have a 10 m² symmetrical pantry. I can already see how I will set it up and what will go in there. In the kitchen in the living area, I would only store things that we need several times a week. That is more than enough for that. I would only wish for the living/dining area to be slightly larger. I find that too much free space in rooms makes them feel uncomfortable, but that is a matter of taste. I had looked at this adapted design from someone where the living room was stretched lengthwise. Then the sofa is further away from the TV; what is that supposed to achieve?

At first glance, the design was not what I had imagined — we had rather thought of about 170m² of area. But the generous hallway in the basement already had a wow effect. I find it impressive how few walls the entire floor has towards the living side. Except for the structural pillar, everything is open. I could imagine that this would have an enormous effect.

I will let your feedback sink in.

I would not heat the garage conventionally.

Then it consequently also belongs beyond the thermal envelope.

At first glance, the design was not what I had imagined – we were thinking more of 170 sqm in terms of area.

Oops – we already have a thread here where 170 sqm was desired and 240 sqm was "planned" ...

House on a slope and no site plan with elevation details – what is there to say? Where is north?

I should have mentioned, the garden is actually more to the north.

We included costs for outdoor facilities and the terrace in the total calculation. I should have somewhere in the opening post noted that the price indication is not to be understood as for the entire project.

Well, what can you say? Somewhere above it says something like “@kati1337 knows what costs are.” And here the floor plan for €500,000 is supposed to be discussed. Without providing relevant facts. I have been praying for this here for 8 years and it is pointed out here at least once daily. The questions are also not answered. …And then I say: Kati simply didn't think along, didn't read along, etc.
Anyone who wants answers has to provide input…
The opening thread is not discussable like this, because the budget does not correspond to the design and because of the missing basic information.
And if you read:

then I feel like a building beginner in 2013 without knowledge of costs, etc.

If I understood correctly, the plan is oriented with the garden facing north. I just looked at the floor plan again, the sun (east, south, and also west, depending on the parapet height) is quite blocked from the living areas. For the basement on the slope, it can’t be any different. But, I would really miss that. And I would therefore be very interested in a second draft. A site plan of the property wouldn’t be bad either.

...I am curious to see where the price for this beautiful house will end up. Certainly not at 500k as planned (anymore)...