House entrance on the side or in the basement?

Hello dear forum,

we have now received two suitable offers from GU and are having a hard time deciding. Both floor plans have their merits and we are struggling to choose the "best" one.

Our plot is on a slope, which is why we are building with a basement. This should become a lower ground floor/living basement on the side facing the street and be fully underground on the garden side. There will be storage and a technical room here.

Now we have the following options:
Option 1: Entrance at the front area, with rooms branching off on the right and left, which we will currently use as offices. A staircase leads up to the open living area.

Option 2: The entire front facade will be rooms to maximize natural light. The main entrance will be on the side of the house. Due to the slope, paving and a staircase would be used here. A second entrance would come on the side of the basement. A garage will be added here at some point anyway.

We would actually like to keep the option open to someday use the basement area as complete living space for us/our children/or possibly a tenant, which is why we also want to install connections for a bathroom and kitchen.
Certainly, having an entrance on the ground floor is the simpler and nicer option, but it would always mean a longer path to the entrance through the outdoor area.

We are having trouble picturing both concretely because there are just few examples. Even image searches on the internet yield very little.
Do you have any tips? Floor plans are attached.

we have now received two suitable offers from GU

"Suitable" in what sense?

Our property is on a slope,

The house design, however, is not: it simply represents a house for a flat plot placed on a pedestal in the form of a full basement.

We have difficulties imagining both concretely,

I do as well – not only because the shown basement obviously does not belong to the same house design. This won't work. Create a presentation thread and a floor plan thread here (the latter beginning with the completed questionnaire from the top of the floor plan section), mention the development plan also in the floor plan thread, and link both threads. If necessary, you can also use this existing thread, but then don’t delay the questionnaire, site plan, etc. any longer so that the information is compact at the beginning. I will only believe that the shown house is permitted based on the development plan. I have particular doubts about heights and number of floors here. In any case, the concept is "worthy of improvement"; with this slope location, the entrance level "belongs" down below.

I agree with 11ant. This is not a hillside house. This is a standard house with a basement pushed under it, which is exposed at the front. You see this often; whether you like it or not is up to you. I just think it’s not really planned with the slope in mind. I would definitely plan the entrance in the basement with a nice large hallway and wardrobe, and then a nice staircase (not too winding, a bit wider, better railing, etc.) going upstairs. That way, the basement would be better utilized. Personally, I wouldn’t plan three floors on such a slope. I don’t like this tall appearance from the front. I would enlarge the floor area and build only two floors, planning as many usable rooms as possible in the basement (office and kids’ room, for example) and use only the rear basement rooms that lie in the slope as a classic cellar, utility room, or [HAR].

This is a standard house with a basement pushed underneath, which just sticks out at the front. You see this often; whether you like it or not is up to you. I just think it wasn’t really planned with the slope in mind.

No, it’s not planned with the slope at all. A non-stone general contractor was probably offered a house with the words "We don’t have basements, so you better get one yourself." I certainly wouldn’t come up with a nice house and have the only thing visible while passing by be the petticoat. On my event card it says "You have to roll again."

Create an introduction thread here and a floor plan thread (which starts with the completed questionnaire from the top of the floor plan section), also mention the development plan in the floor plan thread and link the two threads together.

I’ll do that right away, thanks for the tip!

For me personally, I would not plan 3 stories on such a slope. I don't like this high front view.

And I also think that the development plan won't like it either. : keep in mind, external links are not allowed here, so just name the development plan, e.g. "Uhlenbusch Nr. 234 Sesamstraße".