House plan by architect 2 floors with basement

You’re not exactly eager to join the discussion [emoji848]

hm .. check the WZ furnishing .. where is the TV supposed to be? Isn’t that too far and are 663 cm? too close for the couch group and dining table group? (More like furniture cabins in a furniture store). Resulting from this, the path kitchen - terrace for summer BBQ evenings. Currently means passing by the dining room furniture.

Cat table in the kitchen?

Why the shower bath on the ground floor? Cloakroom under the stairs? Path laundry .. upstairs through half the ground floor to the utility room.

Child 1 more north than other orientation. Dressing room, although 300 cm wide, max. about 200 cm high wardrobe, the rest in the knee wall.

In general, the garage is on the chocolate side in the southwest.

Hello kbt09,

thanks for your suggestions. I would probably replace the couch group with an L-shaped sofa and then move it closer to the TV. This also gives the dining table (usually only 4 chairs at the table) more space and it can be rotated 90 degrees.

Cat table in the kitchen is only intended as a place to eat breakfast. But it can also become a storage area.

Yes, cloakroom under the stairs. Shower bath on the ground floor as an alternative option for showering!

Regarding Child 1 etc., see kaho674’s suggestion which I like very much.

Regards Thomas

Yes, you can definitely get something out of the upper floor. Downstairs I don't think it's bad at all. I just don't like the entrance area. I would remove the shower there and instead create more wardrobe space and simply more room.

Sketched an alternative proposal for the upper floor.

Hello kaho674,

thank you very much for your suggestions, especially I really like your alternative plan for the upper floor and the arrangement of the rooms. Let's see what the architect makes of it.

The wardrobe is supposed to go under the stairs and the shower on the ground floor serves as an emergency option.

It's just not easy to fit everything into 130m2 :-)

I would redo the upper floor plan. Large walk-in closet with relatively little storage space (for the size), small bathroom. At the moment you are single or did I read that wrong? I would plan the upper floor for myself as a single with the possibility of accommodating up to two children's rooms in the house. Bedroom larger so that later a really large wardrobe can fit in there, large walk-in closet that can function as a children's room if necessary, larger bathroom.. Just that everything appears more spacious

Hello,

thank you for your feedback.

More spacious also means more square meters and thus higher construction costs!? Or what exactly do you mean by that?

Basically, I quite like the alternative upper floor plan by kaho674.

That will be nice... even though I don't think it's wise to plan a 4-person household as a single person.

For the upper floor, there is certainly an alternative to stack the bathrooms and not place the toilet above the living room.

What are the exterior dimensions of the building? I can’t make them out from the pictures (at least not for me).

It seems to be a rather small house, and accordingly, I find everything clearly too cramped. I would personally do without the second shower and a dressing room, especially given the limited dimensions. I would also make the kitchen a bit smaller. Instead, I would make the children's room, dining room, bathroom, and hallway (where would you put a coat rack and shoes?) larger. The utility room probably won’t suffice as a storage room if there is no basement.
You are single, so the advice to build bigger might initially seem pointless. But I don't think a few extra square meters would significantly change the construction costs. Calculating costs per square meter is very imprecise; it’s just easier to calculate that way. I would guess 10 more square meters might cost you maybe 5,000–8,000€ more. And I consider this a good investment in this case. There is also enough space on the plot.

I also agree with the opinion that the layout is not exactly ideal.
And I wonder again (as I did with our own planning) why so many architects cannot plan HABITABLE spaces...

So you see, I’m not that enthusiastic, no offense meant. I definitely have a very personal idea; I need open pathways and space for furniture. Ultimately, it has to please you. But I believe you will get better suggestions here in the forum than from the architect.