Looking for floor plan suggestions for a semi-detached house

V4 wanted a different staircase and failed

V5



V6

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Maybe someone else has a suggestion for improvement?

Regards, Yvonne

P.S. I neglected the alignment... South light comes from the north here, and I also swapped the windows on the north side at V6...

For small bathrooms, I would not build walls - that makes them feel even smaller - better a glass partition. Otherwise, I like V5 and V6 best... or V1, although the entrance situation looks a bit awkward there.

For small bathrooms, I wouldn't build walls - that makes them feel even smaller - better to have a glass partition. Otherwise, I like V5 and V6 best... or V1, although the entrance situation looks a bit awkward there.

I had the impression that tichu definitely wanted a T-wall, that's why the feature with the wall.

The more elegant solutions have the entrance from the front.

Finally, I find time to respond. We have finally received an offer from Helma. 400,000 EUR all.incl. Many, many thanks for your efforts! Here are a few initial thoughts:

V1: I am bothered by the corner to the utility room (which is too small), the WC and the wardrobe are too small, the viewing angle from sofa to TV is also not ideal. Unsatisfactory use of space. On the upper floor, the bathroom is larger than the bedroom. I am in the bathroom several times a day and move around there more than in the bedroom. It seems a large bedroom is important to you.
V2+V3: are out of the question because we want to keep the living area and the stair area separate.
V5+V6: Entrance not on the side. But would be an alternative.

I think the living, dining, kitchen + stairs area pleases us very much, as well as the upper floor. Therefore, there are only improvement possibilities in the areas of utility room, hallway, wardrobe, and entrance area (as before). My problem is that I cannot imagine how the entrance area will look in the different solutions.

I will soon present various solutions (just as you did) and hope to receive constructive feedback on the advantages and disadvantages.

Upstairs the bathroom is bigger than the bedroom. I am in the bathroom several times a day and move around there more than in the bedroom. It seems that a large bedroom is important to you

Hello tichu,
You are confusing something here: I did not design the semi-detached house for myself, but according to your specifications!

I tried to make it clear to you that your requirements contradict each other or simply don’t work if you restrict the demands for a semi-detached house as much as you do...

hmm, honestly I don’t want to live with that. There are compromises I accept, but I don’t want a roof window in the bedroom ... better no window at all then

That determines the room layout upstairs; a bedroom also needs a door to the hallway, so only this arrangement can result, since you also don’t want a south-facing bedroom.
I don’t design any niches or tiny corners of rooms that nobody can enter, and hopefully not the architect who will be responsible for you either.

Since you absolutely insisted on the side entrance and it is clear here that the division of square meters and living quality is better with side windows and entrance from the front, you should reconsider your requirements and conditions for the house!!!
I asked you to write down your requirements (like you would with an architect), yet for example, the information that the staircase is separate from the living area was missing...

Regarding your requirements, the WC from memory "small but nice", you criticize the size at 2 sqm (our last WC was 1.2 sqm...), for a closed wardrobe definitely 1 sqm is enough (without seasonal jackets, then probably 2.5 sqm)

You should take your post about the living room size (parallel topic) to heart, basically: sometimes fewer square meters are more if the layout is right.

I certainly haven’t reinvented the wheel with the designs, some version or something similar already exists and has been built somewhere. But they work, and in my opinion, better than your variants!

Basically, it must be said that the staircase location (and shape) is best placed where it is.
You should have a house calculated with an attic development or already with a fixed staircase upwards. That would be a nice children’s room – maybe plan it now, so the upstairs can be planned accordingly (although of course, by the location of the bedroom, you limit the bathroom even if you had upstairs or more possibilities).
To get the house bright, windows facing west are important, which the house benefits from.

And your question if I need a large bedroom: no, we radically reduced (even though from an end-row house to a detached house), still:

You need space for ironing, and where does that work better than in the bedroom?!
And nothing is worse than banging your head or foot every morning.

Regards, Yvonne