Looking for floor plan suggestions for a semi-detached house

I will soon post various solutions (like you did) and hope to get constructive answers about the advantages and disadvantages.

Do you want to reinvent the wheel now?

I tried to make it clear to you that your requirements contradict each other or it simply doesn't work if you narrow down the requirements for a semi-detached house like you do...

Unfortunately, I still haven't understood that. There is a draft that meets my specifications quite well. Or what do you think is not fulfilled?

and here it is evident that the distribution of the square meters and living quality is better with side windows and entrance from the front

I don't quite see it that way. The situation in front of the house is very unfavorable. The two parking spaces are one behind the other... very annoying when the parked car needs to be used. I can't carry groceries into the house without getting wet. Then I have a longer dark hallway on the ground floor and the arrangement in the living area is not better either. Upstairs I definitely have an advantage since the children's room is on the west side and thus gets more light. Both drafts have their pros and cons... personally, the advantages with the side entrance are more important to me.

the information that the staircase is separate from the living area

sorry My fault!

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, with then estimated 2.5)

Well, I don't want to twist around three times to sit on the throne. At 1.2 sqm the door has to open outwards... that would be an option. From the hallway, it just looks a bit unusual when the door is installed that way.

But they work, in my opinion they work better than your variants!

and there we probably just have different opinions (hence the remark that the semi-detached house was planned the way you would like it). I think it is very difficult to be completely neutral there.

You need space for ironing!

Our iron is only used for job interviews and celebrations. Maybe I am already resistant to advice? Maybe it is also the wish for something different. With the northern entrance, the floor plan is honestly very standard and if that comes into question, then the kitchen and dining area should be on the south side. *Sigh*

There is a draft that quite well meets my specifications. Or what do you think is not fulfilled?

I can hardly follow you now. Are you referring to this draft you created? #22:

The only solution that would make sense is something like this:

Here you have a long dark corridor (you wanted it inviting), the cloakroom under the stairs is smaller than my proposal (see V1...), upstairs you have no office where a cupboard is supposed to be, your bedroom has a roof window and is bigger than my proposal, your bathroom smaller...

I don’t quite see it that way. The one in front of the house is a very unfavorable situation. The two parking spaces are one behind the other... very annoying if the car that is parked in front has to be used. I can’t carry the groceries into the house without getting wet. Then I have a longer dark hallway on the ground floor and the arrangement in the living area is also not better. Upstairs I definitely have an advantage because the children’s room is on the west side and thus gets more light. Both drafts have their pros and cons... for me personally the advantages with the side entrance are more important.

I can’t follow you again, since I don’t know what you’re referring to and your plot is still not quite clear to us, since you haven’t given any details except the width.

With 1.2 m² the door must open outwards... that would be an option. From the corridor it just looks a bit unusual when the door is installed that way.

That is quite common and shouldn’t be overestimated in the corridor, especially since I arranged 2 identical doors next to each other there.

Our iron is only used for job interviews and celebrations.

Oops... well then...

Are you resistant to advice? Maybe???

Regards Yvonne

Do you also have to take off your pants in the hallway?

At least with the outward-opening doors in the bathrooms, a) you can enter the room and b) use the toilet and sink.
With your "drafts" this is not the case.

And in your draft #49 your toilet is narrower than mine.

So then: I'm out! This back and forth with your arguments, which you then contradict yourself, is not really my thing and leads nowhere.

This back and forth with your arguments, which you then contradict yourself, is not really my thing and also leads nowhere.

The fact that my arguments change is simply because I am still in a phase of finding out ops:. I learn a lot here and then repeatedly realize that my arguments and ideas are not always sensible. That is the biggest benefit I have been able to take from the discussion with you so far . I can understand if that is annoying

How am I supposed to know how the 1.2 m² are arranged? 1mx1.2m? 2mx0.6m? How big the toilet and the sink are? The WC size should just roughly fit in the drafts. You do all that later with the planner. Likewise, I don’t know where ideally the water supply and drainage should be, etc. If 1.2 m² is sufficient, that’s fine with me. If 2.5 m² is better, then it is so. I don’t understand why this should now be such a back and forth? Most drafts have about 2-3 m² planned for the WC, I just took that to be on the safe side. 1m width seems to be a minimum. But probably I am completely on the wrong track =>

With your "drafts", it is not like that.

Small and fine simply means big enough to be able to move comfortably; with 1.2 m² I simply lack the imagination of how that should be comfortable. Sure, it works, but that is not the point.

Much more important is the arrangement of the rooms!!! I also don’t plan a kitchen and then discuss the layout of the compartments in a drawer. What matters is where the drawer is, how wide and long, so I know if enough cutlery fits in. That is exactly the kind of opinion I would have liked to hear from you.

You apparently have a much more detailed and also different focus on such a draft than I do. That is probably the reason why I (still) don’t understand you. Sorry! Still, thanks again for your attempt to help me!

Mmh, if I may summarize:
- Semi-detached house (that's already creepy – but okay)
- The money is already not enough
- Your floor plan is full of design errors
- all other suggestions (which are much more sensible) are ignored / discarded.

So this thing is pretty messed up, I'd say.