Location kitchen and living room

I lose nothing if I plan and discuss all possibilities.

This is the complete sentence: no, I do not lose any patients during the planning phase; I don’t even have any patients at this location yet. Besides, people have the choice between waiting on a waiting list and coming anyway if they want to, even though the room is small. I am already working in a similarly small room (which is more elongated than this little cubicle). Patients' opinions are divided between: "phew, it is quite small and without windows after all" and "how cozy, can we sit here again next time?" I believe the furnishing and the impression whether everything is carefully and thoughtfully and practically arranged makes more of an impact than the size of the room. In the small room, there is wallpaper with a photo of a meadow with tall grasses in sepia style hanging over the entire length (not kitschy). Most people like that. Even if I did lose patients, they would make room for new people. That wouldn’t be so bad either. We have more than enough patients in our industry despite the 100% personal contribution.

A daylight tube for the little room would be very good, I think it would make a difference and also allow plants to thrive.

Since I don’t need that much space myself, I am currently trying to see if I can combine practice/patients (only for a few hours a week (2-5h)) with co-housing. Then on 130m2, there would be 2 adults, 1 small practice, and a retreat room each for me and the co-houser. I find that quite efficient. The combination is the crux. And especially the problem of few windows or daylight in the lower part of the ground floor in the plan.

I did it: one takes the front ground floor room as a hobby unit, in which the patient is occasionally treated.

Yes, that will be the solution if the combo Co-Housing + Mini-practice really doesn't work. Then that is the best solution for me.

Do you really want to go to such an effort and set up a separate room for 2-5 hours a week? It can't be used for anything else and you are severely restricting yourself in the other rooms (reducing the bathroom, if I understood correctly).

Well, the effort is only once during construction, with costs that occur only once. If I find a solution where the rest of the house does not lose much in utility and functionality, then it is worth it to me. Because even the few hours per week are not a hobby but serve to earn income.

For example, I don't find the rear niche in the upstairs bathroom very useful. Yes, it would be great if there could be a cabinet with storage space or dirty laundry there. If not, then I don't see it as such a big loss of utility. Then I organize towels and dirty laundry elsewhere (probably in my own room, as I have done all my life).

Am I correct in interpreting that "Cohousing" is meant as a kind of temporary inpatient admission of patients, and that the small room is only used for the session moments within the treatment, so the spatial compression is not a bug but a feature?

Nevertheless, I agree with the view that transplanting the technology is a greater effort than its area proportion might suggest.

No, the co-housing is living together with a friend. The patients come, ring the bell, stay for 50 minutes in a consultation room that is yet to be planned, and then leave. The roommate/friend lives as an independent person with their own life and work rhythm. We would share the kitchen, living room, hallway, and bathroom. Each has their own bedroom and a personal "hangout space." That is the idea if it works out, to bring the practice and co-housing under one not too big roof. Maybe it won't work out, then so be it, and I have at least weighed many options. It's a pity about the technology, I thought you could just hang the technology "anywhere." I didn't expect a lot of effort. I have an appointment with the seller on Tuesday. Hopefully, he can say something about it.