If my talent for house planning were greater, I might have studied something else and would probably now be working on an entry for an architectural competition instead of the house building forum —> I am fully aware that this is not the ultimate wisdom.
Precisely for that reason, I would be happy if the focus were more on concrete improvement suggestions rather than pointed but destructive criticism. Unfortunately, our planners—if at all—are only marginally more talented than I am when it comes to house planning, so we are grateful for every concrete proposal.
Tell me about it—none of us can rely on an architecture degree. That’s why a forum can’t just conjure up a plan for you. Approaches, yes, improvements too, eye-opening, correcting mistakes, curing operational blindness... but first there has to be a fundamental design that can then be optimized. These are designs that (in principle) can (should) do that or designs planned by laypeople but already quite optimized in room sizes, furnishings, relative positions... then there is text that you find again as drawings. What I see here—and I don’t want to apologize for honest words—is nothing but one-day drawings where the important rooms are somehow carelessly pressed against the shady outer wall so that the living room / hobby room is dimensioned as large as possible. If you want to go to the toilet, you can’t even turn around there. At some point, you can’t take this seriously anymore. From the beginning, I waved the “picket fence” and advised seeing an architect. I don’t understand this pinch in the wallet either, since it’s about a desired 200sqm. If an architect does the planning, a trained professional will design the house for you and save you 30sqm. You also don’t pull your own teeth and build a crown from epoxy resin.
Improvements also lack communication on your part: You get many answers, lots of feedback. But everyone also asked you questions, why or how... You absolutely do not answer but instead ask follow-up questions about things that have become absolutely irrelevant at that point. Almost everyone demands that you take action, but you don’t respond. For example, Maria asked you to draw in the furniture: we are all waiting for that because it’s a way for you to understand that that is botched. If communication with the architect was the same way, it’s understandable that nothing is coming of it anymore.
And honestly: You don’t really feel like refining the design. Coming up with something clueless on paper for an hour every few months to create a basis for discussion here is not enough. And that doesn’t work outside the forum either.
As you say, you have a nice hillside plot. Please put it in experienced hands so that your money is well invested and you will have a lot of joy in the house.