House placement on an unusual plot

Out of curiosity: Is there a reason why one children's room is a good 2m² larger than the other? I wouldn't do that if I were building new anyway and could plan everything from scratch.

Counter question: my brother is taller than me, and we have also always been one and a half years apart in age and at no time had hobbies with identical space requirements. So why should children's rooms be the same size?

I'm just curious why it's planned that way... I also had a bigger room than my brother because I am 3 years older, and it's rarely fair to arrange that in a rental apartment. But from a certain age on, it was always a topic and cause for arguments. If I can avoid this point of conflict, I would always do so. I also don't even know what hobbies my children will have in 10 years.

I'm just interested in why people plan it that way...

... and I'm more interested in why people plan it without asking the children. I'm sure that if you asked the children: "Would you rather have a nicer room than now, or is it more important that it is exactly the same size as your brother's?" option "B" would be the less common answer. The misconception that "with equally sized rooms, the children feel equally loved" happens in the brains of the parents, not of those affected. So in that respect, it's a "calculation without the host" ;-)

Do you have children? Honestly, it doesn't seem like it to me when I read this... In addition, nowadays the children are often still of kindergarten age when the house is planned/built. Do you think my 5-year-old can decide today what kind of room she will be happy with in 5 years?

Everyone can do as they please, but intentionally planning an injustice between siblings... well, whoever likes stress at home :rolleyes:

... and I rather wonder why this is planned without asking the children. I am sure that if you asked the children: "Would you prefer a nicer room than now, or is it more important that it is exactly the same size as your brother's?" "B" would be the rarer answer. The misconception "with equally sized rooms the children feel equally loved" occurs in the brains of the parents, not of those affected. So this is, in this respect, a "calculation without the host" ;-)

I absolutely cannot confirm that. As children, we knew exactly which room was bigger and it was only about small differences. Still, we wondered who deserved the bigger room. There was no quarrel about it, but probably only because we sisters loved each other so much. It's quite different with my niece's boys. They are only 5 and 2 and already clash endlessly, and if one gets more than the other, one immediately feels unloved.

I absolutely cannot confirm that. As children, we knew exactly which room was bigger, and it was only about small differences.

Our difference was also very small; it consisted only in the mirror-image arrangement of our rooms (door hinge direction, door and window axes asymmetrical). My brother thought mine was nicer. That they were the same size, he also perceived that way. Only I actually knew it, because he never looked at the floor plan or measured it.

Do you have children? Honestly, it doesn't seem like it when I read this...

I believe it is even known that I have no offspring of my own. But many (close) friends do, and I sometimes see them much more often than my own grandfathers. By the way, most of my clients also have children (in the opinionated age), and these are regularly a significant reason for the desire to own a home.