Thank you Tichu for your assessment. Both options, the extension and the 1 meter enlargement, have been fully calculated with the builder and come out the same. Your considerations were exactly our approach. But actually nothing can be taken away except from the hallway and it would not change the arrangement of the kitchen/dining area. The house would have a basement and the entire living room side faces south, the kitchen southwest. In the attic, adding 1 meter in front of the master bedroom and a child's bedroom would enlarge them, which would be quite okay since they are the smaller rooms. Garage/carport is located to the north by the garden entrance. Our idea is that the main room, where the whole family life takes place, simply needs to be a bit bigger, whether with old or new furniture. The extension would make the floor plan a bit more 'exciting' and at the same time destroy the appealing symmetry of the house. And I just wanted to hear others' opinions on that. The house would have a basement and an additional meter down there is actually not necessary in terms of usefulness.