I actually did not want to show a draft (it is still nothing more than that due to other unresolved issues). Tends to be, because of the slope on our property, it might become a split-level solution. The garage and stairwell at the front are on the same level to enter the house from the street at ground level, then 8-9 steps down to the basement and 8-9 steps up to the upper floor starting from the stairwell. We want to go out to the garden on the ground floor, so this was a suggestion from the architect that we like quite a bit (somewhere we have to have steps anyway). Regarding the path from the garage to the kitchen, I agree with you, but please see the picture only as a first draft, nothing more.