House Construction 2.0 - First Floor Plan Draft

First the important thing: My condolences.

Apart from that, I would still advise getting help with the biggest investment of your life. Even if that means uncovering one or the other unpleasant truth.
Of course, you have to be willing and able to handle that.
The alternative is to approach it naively and credulously and end up paying the price.

Your money - Your choice

especially when you yourself just don’t want to accept some suggestion at first, no matter for what reasons.

The problem often is that some people don’t get any feedback on important questions or objections. That is, of course, unsatisfactory. As the original poster, it may be difficult to address everything or to distinguish the important from the unimportant. However, if a statement appears 3 or 4 times, one should briefly respond to it. It is also perfectly fine to just say: "I like that, so that’s why I want it." Saying absolutely nothing harms the thread and leads to frustration on all sides.

Saying absolutely nothing harms the thread and leads to frustration on all sides.

As far as everyone here who is an expert in floor plans and rooms has asked. Everyone is willing to help, but their hands are tied because the important measurements of the property are not provided afterwards. The… Sorry, here the OP is standing in the way of her own luck by not distinguishing between what is important and what is not.

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I also join the expressed sympathy and wish you and your family strength. Although I am an atheist myself, in the event of a death I always (for my own comfort) assume that the person lost to me in this world is now in the world of their creator who is important to them, and that they are doing really well there. Even though I am an atheist, this comforts me and I can believe it because, in my opinion, people largely create their own reality anyway. I am thinking of you.

Thank you for your kind words about me. I very, very much enjoy reading everything you write and I am also sure that you and your husband will do it right. I am happy for you about your new life near your family. That will be really wonderful and the time until then stimulating and interesting, :) (also for us here in the forum, I hope. ;-) )
(By the way, I absolutely love the large hallways; I completely agree with your husband, we would have wanted that too. I believe that when building a house, you can choose one passion (for me, that was symmetry) and subordinate other things to it. I am convinced, and at least in my life it has always been the case, that the one passion outshines everything else that might have been subject to criticism. :)

well, like others, I wondered that someone lays out their life so willingly, day by day, week by week, month by month in a forum.

I have been reading here almost daily for a long time but did not notice or perceive this. From my point of view, the communication behavior is completely normal for a forum and not conspicuous in one way or another. But of course, there can be two or more opinions on this. ;-)

After I also commented that I did not like the floor plan, I am sorry.

In my assessment, it is not so much about the fact that you do not like the floor plan or it "does not fit you." ;-)

Ultimately, everyone just wanted to help and warn against a floor plan that will be very expensive and has a lot of useless space.

In my opinion, if the floor plan "becomes too expensive," Kati and her husband will notice and look for savings potential. And, I hope, might even ask about this here in the forum. ;-)
The "useless" space is a hot topic that I have to face again and again in the forum and especially with my husband. My opinion on this is very clear: I love large hallways. Even if some forum members consider them useless. Much of what we do, buy, say, think, or make is useless ... but it is mostly still nice.

By the way, I find it admirable what kind of "doers" you are. Selling the old house, buying a new plot, finding a moving company, finding a temporary solution, and already getting offers from a new construction company—all this with a small child!

That is really an enormous achievement that I would not trust everyone to manage.

Apart from that, I would still advise getting help with the biggest investment of your life.

That will be the case at the right moment, I assume, if necessary. But the bingo win is still outstanding. ;-) (Or maybe online poker? We do that. :) )

I myself am an atheist, but in the event of a death I always (for my comfort) assume that the person lost to me in this world is now in the world of their creator who is important to them and that they will be doing really well there. Although I am an atheist, this comforts me and I can believe it, because "one" in my opinion creates their reality largely on their own anyway.

Man, now we have something in common after all. By the way, you expressed that nicely...