Location of city villa or single-family house on 500 m2 plot - rectangular

And that strongly depends on how many children’s rooms you plan. That’s why you have to be able to talk about it openly. Anything else is just silly.

You can also make 4 and always lock 2 children in one room. You can do it however you want. But if each should have a room, more money is needed, daddy.

That’s something completely different. Discussing the number of rooms is factual and neutral to me.

So maybe a somewhat larger room for the two small children and a somewhat smaller one for the older.

When the little ones are at an age where they want their own, either the older one has already moved out or if not, the teenagers can decide whether they want to put up a drywall partition...
That probably relaxes the planning upstairs, but on the ground floor, we still have the corridor that I’m now trying to address with an entrance change.

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Sorry, but I already showed that in the sketch above. It has to become more square because otherwise it won’t fit within the building boundaries. It’s also clear because the diagonal, which is always longer than the longest side, hits the shorter side of the building window.

With your idea, you waste unnecessary space. On top of that, the parking maneuver still doesn’t work!

I find that with your idea I have much more area under the GFL-right where I certainly won’t be sitting on a deck chair if the neighbor drives by with his car at any time or his family walks by. -->not really usable and lost.

*Sigh*: Parking, parking maneuvers, children, bicycles, yard, sightlines, size, zoning, sightlines...
Just come home in slow motion sometime. Parking is only possible with a Smart etc.
... and with the skew you also get the lovely west sun into the house

I modeled the parking with the help of a scaled model on the site plan. That’s indeed not great, but doable with a “normal car.” With a Touran it just works, possibly with some maneuvering.
If you reverse in, it also works with a van without maneuvering.

There is also space behind the carport for all the children’s stuff. That doesn’t per se reduce the parking space area.

West sun – yes, I’m working on that. The kitchen has to be different.

You think? Are there actually any standards somewhere for turning circles for normal cars? Like say a Golf? And I don’t mean the technical details from the manufacturer, but how much space you actually should plan. Urban planners have to know stuff like this – surely someone has something like that in a drawer? Anyone have an idea?

I don’t really like the angle either, honey, sorry. I’d rather pull the house even further back. With pulling out that would mean quite a long reverse drive, wouldn’t it?

Yes, a long reverse drive is always necessary either when parking in or out.
Standard turning radius is 10-12 m.
I’m currently trying to get that somehow into the site plan...

If you enter "turning circle" on Wikipedia, it is explained.
Accordingly, I have added a curved wall with the turning circle into the site plan; this should be correct and shows that it works.


But it is really not super convenient.
Maybe I'll just make the carport, which is planned for later anyway, bigger; it is allowed to be right up to the boundary. Until then, I wouldn't have a big problem.

For your information why no parking space in front: I really am not allowed to put any outbuilding or parking space there. Therefore, I would have had to mark the 5m strip in front in dark red.

Best regards

Tolentino

if not, the teenagers can decide whether they want to put up a drywall...

What to get? Sorry for ignoring your plan now, in my opinion it's rather a disaster anyway. Such a division would inevitably always result in 2 storage rooms. How important is this office? Could it possibly serve as a 3rd children's room if needed? I see the dressing room as a significant buffer given your different sleeping rhythms. But if necessary, that has to go too.

I simulated the parking with the help of a measured model on the site plan.

That is helpful. The parking space must go up to the neighbor's fence - that's a fact, I would say. I had practically bitten off another corner from the house with the bay windows - that also makes it easier. But such things cost.

To get what? Sorry if I ignore your plan now, in my opinion it's rather a disaster anyway. Such a division would inevitably always result in 2 storage rooms.

I think teenagers can decide for themselves whether they prefer to live in a storage room or share a room with the other person. It is proven in psychology that a self-chosen situation – even if objectively worse – is perceived as more tolerable than a forced one.

How important is this office? Could it possibly serve as a 3rd children's room if needed?

Unfortunately, the office is important; I have about 40-50% home office. So unless something changes fundamentally with my job, it can’t be repurposed. And that would also rather become a storage room.

I see the dressing room as a not insignificant buffer with your different sleep rhythms. But if necessary, it has to go too.

At the moment it’s not even born; I only put it in the profile because maybe someone would come up with a brilliant solution for everything. I can handle the absence of a dressing room more easily in everyday life by simply laying out my clothes for the next morning the evening before. My wife, who comes to bed at night and undresses, is not the problem; I sleep like a log.

That’s helpful. The parking space has to go right up to the neighbor’s fence – that’s a fact, I’d say. I had more or less carved out another corner of the house with the bay windows – that makes it easier too. But that costs money.

Yes, I think all the way to the front and the parking space up to the fence at the back is the only possibility. Otherwise, the house would have to go further into the southwest and the parking space placed parallel to the house from the top of the plan. But that makes the garden even smaller.

Best regards

Tolentino

But I don’t want that at all. I want the optimal layout for 5 people for 300K.

Jo

Are there actually any standards for turning circles for normal cars anywhere?

Even the Smart needs 9.1 meters, so halved 4.5 meters

However, I don’t like the angle so much either, honey, sorry.

That doesn't matter at all. You have your house. I don’t like your bay window houses either

I’d rather push the house back even further. Parking out would be quite a long reverse drive then, right?

Then there will be no garden left eventually.

Sorry, but I already showed that in the sketch further above. It must be more square because otherwise it doesn’t fit into the building boundaries.

No.
I prepared something: the Scanhaus Marlow Marlow with 3 children’s rooms upstairs, office and utility room... I’m not saying it’s the optimal house, but it illustrates that you have to go more in length rather than width if you want to accommodate more rooms, even if they are small.

It’s also clear because the diagonal, which is always longer than the longest side, touches the shorter side of the building window.

That’s clear too

I think in your idea I have much more area on the GFL right where I surely wouldn’t sit in the lounge chair if the neighbor drives by with his car anytime or his family walks past

So what? A plot must offer more than just a lounge chair area. That really is the least of it. A plot must also function as a yard, which would be at least desirable.

Yes, long reversing would always be necessary either when parking in or out.
Standard turning circle is 10-12m

Exactly

Consequently, I added a curved wall with the turning circle into the site plan, that should be correct and it shows that it works.

Have fun maneuvering daily!

There’s also space behind the carport for all the kid’s stuff.

Carport is out: the posts make maneuvering really crappy for you.
With the angled position you don’t stick with the windows to the hedge...
You get space and several functioning plot areas.
I’ll stop now too, don’t want to persuade anyone of something that’s obvious.
You’ll manage it already

I don't like your bay window houses either

Disgrace!