Land planning for new single-family house 180 sqm, with space for a grand piano

Three examples from my close circle of friends, all of whom I often visit.

1. He absolutely wanted the grand piano to be decorative in the living room. Result: The grand piano moved a bit further into the corner every month as far as possible, meanwhile it only serves as a storage area for "mixed clutter" and is many things, but not decorative. There is hardly a visit that goes by without arguments about the misuse and use of the grand piano.

2. Bought an extremely generous house with a genuine entrance hall containing a very decorative grand piano. When I first visited the house, he talked to me for hours about this grand piano and its chakras. That thing was simply impractical and constantly in the way; the children didn’t care about the chakras of the grand piano, they just wanted to put down their wet winter jackets – so the upper floor was remodeled so that the grand piano would fit there and it was moved up there. Upstairs the grand piano just barely fits but nothing else, the acoustics are bad and it doesn’t bring joy there either.

3. Is a well-known opera singer and has a small room at home for performances in which two grand pianos stand. She didn’t spend a minute with drawings but went to a specialist who designed a wonderful room for her where the acoustics are also right. She is the only person who enjoys her grand pianos.

Of course, three examples do not have universal validity but they are the only examples I personally know, and they all go in a very similar direction.

The living area is about the same size as ours according to the plans. I simply cannot imagine a grand piano there. We have a music stand with a violin. It will disappear when the Christmas tree is set up. If you love playing, like the opera singer, you should find an optimal place with good acoustics – should be possible with about 180 sqm and 4 people. If it's more decoration, the piano will increasingly end up as a storage piece in a corner. Before the latter happens, selling it might be the better solution. A good grand piano should be played. You can teach children how to handle it. Not all of them are vandals who break furniture into splinters. Consider what the optimal place for the grand piano looks like for you. Decide whether with or without a basement. If technology still has to go on the ground floor, can a guest room go downstairs? Plan the upper and ground floors together. Go to an architect. You have a really reasonable budget for the desired square meters.

Then sincere example 4, young mother of 3 kids. The electric piano is upstairs and is played a lot, the kids of course also on occasion. Downstairs there is a lot of space because of this, on occasion pianos or grand pianos that belong to others are played. Life is made of compromises and if there is room, a grand piano can still be acquired.

We have a music room here on the top floor with two fully equipped drum sets, an electric piano, a bass tuba, and a guitar, as well as several synthesizers and the corresponding PA system for amplification. I find the space optimal and do not want the items to be on any other floor.

Making music is usually done together or for others. Art is shared, often with guests. Whether the OP maintains it that way, we do not know. The OP knows where he wants to place his piano. He has mentioned it.

Exactly for this reason, my recommendation is to do it like in 3. – namely to go to a specialist with the requirement (whatever it is). They can then not only place the wing in the room but also take into account things like room modes.