If building again - what to do differently?

It’s annoying when you want to watch TV in the evening and someone has set the dishwasher to "Eco" instead of Silent mode.
Or even while one person is cooking, the other can hardly watch TV well. And
What annoys me a lot is the lack of a counter or something similar – I love the big island, but there’s always dishes lying around somewhere, especially when the dishwasher is running.

Two comments on that:
1) There are really quiet dishwashers (also in the ECO program), which of course cost a bit more but are a must in an open kitchen. You could still retrofit one.
2) There are also extractor hoods always available in a higher-end (high-priced) but usually quieter version. Retrofitting might be difficult.
3) If it is still too loud at the TV, a sound system helps.

And what should probably not be missing for you is very good soundproofing. So, 42.5 cm filled stones. Also, windows with good soundproofing.

I actually like our house as it is. What we would like to retrofit is: - Socket in the entrance area for [Lichterfirlefanz] - Space-saving staircase to the attic

We are currently building, but what I would add for you:

[*]electric shutters with a central switch, so you don’t have to go to each one individually.

We had thought about that too, but then dismissed it and we are glad that we saved the money. In daily life, it has turned out that we never lower all the shutters together. In the open space, they only go down when we go to bed; I still want to be able to see our outdoor lighting and don’t want to sit in front of closed shutters or look at them. In all other rooms, they are lowered after nightfall. The same in the morning, if my husband sleeps longer on the weekend, I can already raise the shutters in the open space and have daylight (not right now at this time, but in a few weeks it will be like that again).

Do you currently already have the kitchen closed off?
Open-plan kitchens are really in fashion at the moment. We have it like that now, and after a good year I can’t say for sure how I would do it in the next house.
It’s nice when you have visitors and someone is always working in the kitchen. You can see each other, everyone can talk.
But it’s annoying when you want to watch TV in the evening and someone has set the dishwasher to "Eco" instead of Silent mode.
Or when one person is cooking, the other can’t really watch TV well. On the other hand, we haven’t had that situation very often so far.
What annoys me a lot is the lack of a counter or something similar – I love the big island, but there’s always dishes lying around somewhere, especially when the dishwasher is running.

That all makes sense, true. The obligatory "chair" is found in many bedrooms. I’ll think about it, thanks.

We run the dishwasher at night. When we go to bed, my husband turns it on, then it doesn’t bother anyone, and in the morning the dishes are clean and the machine is free again so that nothing has to be left lying around during the day.

Instead of the chair for worn clothes, I built a Boaxel wardrobe from Ikea on the wall behind the bedroom door. It holds a lot, you can hang worn clothes on hangers or put the "day house clothes" and work clothes in baskets or on shelves. You can put it together as needed.

Whether you want a dressing room is something you have to consider based on your habits, I don’t think there’s a generally valid statement. We wouldn’t need one. My husband takes his clothes out with him because he gets up before me during the week. But he only works for about 2 more years anyway, then it doesn’t matter. We planned our bedroom so that 5 meters of wardrobes fit nicely. That cost less space than an extra dressing room.

The electric ones have the advantage that you basically don't have to use them at all. They are supposed to drive back and forth by themselves and that's it.

Even if you apparently will never understand that there are people who don't want that at all, I would still be interested to know how you would technically solve the problem that the blinds in the living space should always go down when we go to bed.