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Pinterest could help you. Think about what you need. Plan your space as if for a complete new build. When you are back in the house, walk through with open eyes. The WC is too small - note for yourself to try to enlarge the WC. Friends of mine added a conservatory in front of the small living/dining room. Even after removing the wall, it was still too small. Changing the stairs is quite difficult. That’s why the old stairs were only refurbished.

These are trauma dimensions. The optimal house used to be 5*5 m.

On the ground floor open plan / kitchen + WC + storage room

in the upper floor what you might possibly need. Bedroom KZ bathroom?

How many people are supposed to move in there? Is that a gable roof 45 degrees with knee wall?

Is there a basement?

Pinterest could help you. Think about what you need. Do your space planning as if for a complete new build. When you are back in the house, walk through with open eyes. WC is too small – note to yourself to try to enlarge the WC.

Pinterest is both a curse and a blessing. But at least it gives you a rough direction. I have no illusions about it – as soon as you really start asking me questions, I'll realize that I have no idea ;) But that’s exactly why I came to this forum. Unfortunately, I can only get into the house once a year – thanks to Corona, not even that last year...

Those are trauma dimensions. The ideal house used to be 5*5 m. On the ground floor open plan / kitchen + WC + storage room On the upper floor whatever you might need. Bedroom, children's room, bathroom? How many people are supposed to move in? Is it a gable roof with 45 degrees and knee wall? Is there a basement?

Well, apparently it can always get smaller – and people were still grateful for it! Bathroom with tub is on the ground floor – upstairs there is only a WC due to the sloped ceiling. There will be four of us – parents and two children. It’s a gable roof (according to the plan) with a 35-degree pitch – knee wall 87 cm. Luckily, there is a basement.

I’ll upload all the plans etc. when I get the chance – promised. Including the questionnaire, but I don’t want to just type it out, I want to really think about what I TRULY want and what NOT. I think people underestimate that more than you’d think.

I think there is already an extension anyway and I would consider installing a bathroom on the upper floor. It's standard nowadays

Well, it seems smaller is always possible - and people were still grateful for it!
The bathroom with bathtub is located on the ground floor - upstairs, thanks to the sloping roof, there is only a toilet.

My grandfather wanted to build a two-family house with a hipped roof with his school friend eighty years ago – almost what one would call a "city villa" today, but with a basement in the plinth. Progressive with toilets in the bathrooms. Exterior dimensions 8.5 x 8.5 meters. They would have felt like kings. Then the war came, both thankfully returned unharmed and remained tenants (but could afford their children their own rooms).

There would be four of us – parents and two children. It is a gable roof (according to plan) with a 35-degree roof pitch – knee wall 87 cm. Fortunately, there is a basement.

Whether it actually became a gable roof as planned can be seen from the outside even by a layman, right? – In the 60s really already 87 cm knee wall? – not everyone had that :-)

My grandpa wanted to build a two-family house with a hipped roof with his school friend eighty years ago - almost what one would call a "city villa" today, but with a basement in the plinth. Progressive, with toilets in the bathrooms. Exterior dimensions 8.5 x 8.5 meters. They would have felt like kings. Then the war came, both came home thankfully unscathed and remained tenants (but could afford to give their children their own rooms).

They could be happy about the little they had... we shouldn’t forget that nowadays either.
My grandfather dug the excavation by hand himself back then for this 8 x 7.5 m – all clay! I already had the pleasure to do it once myself... I don’t think I managed even 1 m² :cool:

Whether it became a gable roof as planned, even a layman can see from the outside, right? - In the 60s really already 87 cm knee wall? - not everyone has that :)

It is definitely a gable roof. The "according to plan" should actually have referred to the roof pitch and the knee wall. :) I seem to remember having checked it a few years ago as well. The little house received a special permit to build back then, otherwise it stands among weekend and holiday homes. So it was already unusual enough, the height of the knee wall probably didn’t matter anymore...