In your opinion, do city villas look like villas?

People are overwhelmingly overwhelmed by today's complexity, which is why everything is subconsciously simplified and categorized to the maximum, often leading to stereotyping. That happens to me often too!

A city villa can be a villa, but then large, extravagant, and special. Otherwise, it's just a square with a roof.

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Because actually, and this leads to discussions with my husband as well as with the potential house sellers, I want to start first with the symmetrical house facade, on which the floor-to-ceiling windows with possibly shutter panels are distributed, and then move on to the interior design. We are planning about 150 sqm of living space and so far I have the impression that it is difficult, but it could work. Conversely, it would of course be easier.

Planning a house from the inside out also works – but then you have to add another 100 sqm so that your house can afford that. Symmetry costs – similar to straight-run or otherwise visually oriented staircases – space: a symmetrical house only works without compromises if you build all the widths you need on one side as a counterweight on the other side as well. Starting at around 250 sqm of living space or not much less than 150 sqm of footprint as a minimum, both symmetry and a square as well as a straight-run staircase begin to work. At 200 sqm and smaller it is a minor struggle, under 180 a major one, and at 150 it can at best be achieved by a full moon with an extra number.

The term "Anstatt-Villa" is great, I'll use it from now on. Do I always have to say that you hold the copyright for "Anstatt-Villa"?

Oh, please do! "Anstatt-Villa (R) 11ant" - by the way, I have a second term for it, namely "Willah" (if it's a lowered one with a muffler booster and "gold chain"), and also for that ...

The same now applies to Bauhaus houses, everything with a flat roof is called Bauhaus style.

... I coined a term: "Hornbach style" - exactly for the people who only think of "flat roof matte white" when it comes to Bauhaus (so their house then has nothing to do with Bauhaus in the sense of the school of architecture, but in the sense of the store of the same name, where you buy the Allibert).

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... and with 150, at best it works during a full moon with an additional number.

Should I succeed, I will show you photos. I am not giving up yet. However, I must admit that we hardly need space for furniture since there are only two of us and we don’t own many pieces anyway. I believe that looking out into nature through floor-to-ceiling windows is sufficiently furnished.

Well, you see: it's happening. Recently you still quoted twice, and now you already manage - by the way as one of the few - to follow my signature "Full Quote not necessary"

I am of the opinion that looking out into nature through floor-to-ceiling windows is sufficiently furnished.

I can't stand framed panoramas in portrait format.

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I can’t stand panoramas framed in portrait format.

That’s a good point. Until now, I have only thought of double-wing floor-to-ceiling windows, but then it is still portrait format. I really need to see how many I can fit in. You are right.
Only I am already considered a rather difficult client, and if I also want to take the above into account, I think I won’t find anyone to build with me anymore.