Long narrow plot 170-190 sqm

The solution seems to fit the property.

Hopefully you have cars with small turning circles, because the garage driveway will be rather uncomfortable. If children live in the house, you will constantly have to put away some Bobby cars, bicycles, scooters, mopeds... to be able to park in the garage. The garage door facing forward and a side exit door to the house would solve this. A side entrance also makes it easier to park bicycles in the garage without damaging the paint (or simply build a small bicycle garage). Overall, you then don’t have to pave so much area – this saves money and helps the microclimate and drainage.

You seem to be quite fond of watching TV, otherwise I would reconsider the positioning of the seating furniture. You watch in front of the only wall without windows.

The study can also handle another window facing forward.

Cooking habits vary. For me, the kitchen would be too compact and too far away from a garden access (herbs, vegetables...). The size of the dining table is surprising – if that’s not the planned size: try out what really belongs there.

Consider how much space you need for the building services. In this design, they will probably have to be ultra-compact.

Given the garden size, for quiet work it is an option to outsource the study as a comfortable garden house – immediately think about the LAN, electricity, water connections...

Open staircase and temperature in the house – if not all family members are disciplined with closing the doors, the energetic considerations are subordinate anyway.

First of all, thank you very much for your answers!

Hopefully you have cars with small turning circles, because the garage driveway will be a bit uncomfortable.
If children live in the house, you constantly have to put away Bobby cars, bicycles, scooters, mopeds... to be able to park in the garage.
The garage door facing forward and a side exit door to the house would solve that.

The garage is only for one car, which can also be parked slightly diagonally. We have also considered placing the garage door facing the street. However, we want to pave in front of the house anyway to have additional parking spaces on the yard, and additionally, I can better see "what's going on in the garage."

You seem quite fond of TV; otherwise, I would reconsider the positioning of the seating furniture. You are looking at the only wall without windows.

That’s true, the TV is planned for that wall, hence no windows there. During a quiet TV evening, no hustle and bustle should be visible in the background.

The study room can also tolerate a window facing forward.

I will check that!

Consider how much space you need for the house technology. In this design, it will probably have to be ultra-compact.

That was also my first thought, but the architect told us that the size is sufficient for the planned devices. If it turns out that the space really is not enough, a bit of the garage will probably have to give way.

Outsource the study as a comfortable garden house – think about LAN, electricity, water connections right away...

I hadn't thought of that yet, noted, thanks.

Yes.

Thank you, then we will do it that way.

Hello everyone,

I have to ask a question again. We have now adjusted the floor plan a bit and are currently very satisfied. The only thing that still bothers us at the moment is the bedroom. We have a 180x210 bed and the bedroom is about 313x376 cm in size. In the end, there is only the option to place the bed with the headboard against the 313 cm wall. On the foot side of the bed, about 166 cm would remain free, which I find OK. However, that would mean that on each side only about 66 cm would be left for getting in and out, and I personally find that very cramped. We have already considered moving or removing the wall between the bedroom and the dressing room, as we do not really place much value on a dressing room. However, I do not know how that is in terms of statics, since it is a load-bearing wall (in the basement there is also the load-bearing wall there). Alternatively, we have considered removing only half the wall in the hope of being able to work with a lintel. What do you think about that, and do you find 66 cm on both sides too tight?

Thanks in advance!

And why can't the bed be rotated? And for that, two narrow windows on the right and left or just on the right side of the bed?

180 wide, that's the mattress width, box spring bed?

But removing the wall in the head area is also not nice. Why this idea?

And why can't the bed be rotated? And instead have 2 narrow windows on the right and left or only on the right side of the bed? 180 wide, that's the mattress width, box spring bed? Removing the wall at the head area is also not nice. Why this idea?

Yes, it is a box spring bed. If you rotate the bed, there will be about 90 cm left on the bottom side of the bed. But since a dresser and TV are also supposed to go there, that would be too tight. The idea to remove half the wall only came up because we think it would be easiest for the statics. That way the room would simply make a bigger, more open impression. Whether it really helps, no idea, that's why I'm asking here.

Why should a breakthrough be easier for the statics?

What is actually planned in the bathroom? The bathtub in the dark niche and it gets sprayed wet every time someone showers?