House design - Single-family home - Can be separated into a two-family home in the future

... to put it simply once again:

You first have to plan a two-family house, which you then adapt for your use - not the other way around

I think that an apartment without a balcony will be difficult to sell.

Best regards
Sabine

Unfortunately, a site plan with access roads, etc. is missing once again.

.. regarding the balcony I agree with Curly. And, a site plan is also important, because if you really want to sell the upper floor as a separate apartment, you also have to think about a parking space and maybe a small garden area for the upper apartment.

Although I wonder whether one should rather plan so that a caregiver or something similar can be accommodated upstairs.

Thank you for the comments and tips.

You are of course right about the bathroom, I have now changed it.

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-We have adopted many things that we now find good (or at least not bad), including the location of the stairs to the front door and the distance from the door to the chairs in the dining area. A sliding door between the kitchen and dining area is a very good idea, thanks.

-I did not understand the idea about the skylights above, could you please explain it to me?

-I also find the door arrangement between the hallway, utility room, and kitchen somewhat odd. I just don’t want to make the utility room narrower because then I would have to open a door in the wide wall of the utility room (opposite the side entrance door). What do you think?

-The separation of the technical areas is of course planned, as well as the connections for a kitchen upstairs. I have attached how I imagine the separation at the entrance.


My wife had the same thought at first but the route is only about 1 meter longer than the one she has now and so we have the advantage that all the rooms with water pipes are on one side.


The space requirement in the utility room also gave me headaches, but after a talk with the heating and installation company and reading a few topics about it here in the forum I believe it is enough. How is it at your home with the space requirement for technology?


Thanks for your comment regarding the bathroom. I don’t have the site plan yet. I wanted to get opinions first regarding the layout and space requirements.


It is true - as you say - to plan a two-family house that initially functions as a single-family house. But we are not willing to go out into the cold every time we want to move between the two floors.


You are right, a balcony makes an apartment more valuable.

then heat the stairwell with - but separate it out - that way you won't turn it into a two-family house

And, what is the floor above supposed to look like after the separation? And one more thing ... how can you plan a house with an entrance, etc., if you don't have a site plan?