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

I also found this note valuable because otherwise, clicking on it kicks you out of the current thread, and then you can't view the background info in parallel.

We probably think similarly. And we will probably never find out exactly what was wrong...

It has actually already become deeper and wider (+6 m² net area). I have swallowed the extra cost of 6,500 EUR for now.

*gag*

That's why my question is whether it might be possible to work with floor-to-ceiling windows on the west side?

I wouldn’t overdo the floor-to-ceiling. Somewhere you want to be able to put something without seeing a back wall from outside. But that’s so individual – only you can decide that.

I just can’t quite get used to the idea that you always stand and work in the kitchen with your back to the room and thus to the rest of the company.

You can look out the window. :P So, my sister remodeled her house and turned her kitchen into a dining kitchen as well. I find it really cozy because you can sit together nicely while watching the other work.

Yes, that is very unfortunate. But it was always more of a nice-to-have. In some designs we did have it (you also already made great suggestions there), but it always turned out in the end that there would be less storage space for clothes.

I would veto that, but there are often many reasons for one design or another.

Mh, I had thought about that too. But I once read somewhere that it’s not so good to block exterior walls up to the ceiling with a cabinet?

You mean like in grandma’s basement kitchen or where? New houses should be bone dry, otherwise you did something wrong. Or what else do you fear besides mold?

Paint two cabinets completely, or don’t you think it’s enough to replace the wall cabinets with base cabinets?
Or just a sideboard/display cabinet that isn’t so deep...

I just meant creating more space around the door, since that’s a popular walkway that needs room. By the way, I would replace the door with a double sliding door. But probably that’s too expensive again.
Kitchen planning is a separate forum. Best to register as soon as the house plan is ready.

- Current self-design only open space furnished with L-shaped kitchen variant 2:

- Current architect's design:
- Corrected ground floor plan:
- Current self-design only open space furnished with peninsula kitchen:
- Current self-design only open space furnished with L-shaped kitchen variant 1:

I like the L-shape better. It makes the whole room feel more spacious. That way, you can also pull out the table when guests are over. The cabinet layout can still be optimized.

I would replace the door with a double sliding door by the way

A larger door to the living area would really be great. If there isn’t enough space for a sliding door, perhaps a double-leaf door would do? Staircase on the ground floor: don’t you trip over the first step when coming from the entrance? The passage seems narrow to me.