New construction: approximately 280m² plus basement - your suggestions

It’s just like in every forum: The same people mostly write the same things and have their fixed opinions. You quickly recognize their quirks as well. You can make your own assumptions about that; I’m not a big fan of forum "big shots" either. You can simply ignore it, or try to read between the lines and take away what helps you move forward. Then you also realize in this forum that often there is some truth hidden in the posts and that someone is even trying to help you. And as a previously less active user, I have to speak up as well. I am a huge fan of “old fashioned,” small windows, dormers, shutters, and bay windows. All the more, I find that this mishmash on the outside absolutely doesn’t suit the house. You can argue about the layout inside; everyone has their own philosophy there. But I can only advise you to choose one style. Uniform windows and either shutters or none at all. Not seven different window types, sometimes with, sometimes without shutters. A Google search for Landhausvilla Baufritz could be an inspiration. Unfortunately, the garage is still the icing on the cake of this cabinet of curiosities.

OT, but: Very good nail-on-the-head post!

You can simply ignore that, or try to read between the lines to take away what helps you move forward.

That’s the idea – that’s what a forum is for. Nice that you summarized it again.

You can make up your own mind about it, I’m also not a big fan of forum "big shots".

Well, anyone who doesn’t give an answer makes the few responders into big shots. It’s like in an election: if more people would step out of their corners and make an effort to write one or two lines, the OP would have even more lines to read between the lines and would have a balanced cross-section of focuses and priorities. So the usual suspects remain. However, I think we complement each other well. The intersection of at least 2 users should be noted and reviewed by the OP :)

It’s just like in every forum: The same people usually write the same things and have their fixed opinions.

It could possibly be because such people simply have a clear position on certain matters. An original poster wants to read comments after all, or is there another reason why someone would publish their highly private project in a public forum. Whether it would actually be beneficial if "these people" simply always wrote something different than what they feel, I’m not so sure.

One quickly recognizes their peculiarities as well.

We all have peculiarities, your observation is logical because with an increasing number of posts, as a reader you get to know the perspectives/peculiarities of some writers better. The same annoyance as with a life partner... the more often you talk to them, the better you know them and yet you stay – tragic! Is it really different for you, or why is that a disadvantage?

You can think what you want about that, I’m also not a big fan of forum "big shots".

Certainly, I myself am not a "forum big shot", but I wonder how one could become one. What would be the disadvantage for an original poster if a user actually were "big" or maybe even had stature? Sometimes even combined with expertise, interesting personal experience, or good judgment, taste, etc. What would be the disadvantage?

You can simply ignore it, or try to extract what helps you by reading between the lines.

That seems quite shallow to me if as an original poster I simply "ignore" the opinion of the so far unknown "forum big shots" here out of prejudice. Of course, it certainly doesn’t hurt to be mature enough as a homebuilder not to blindly copy someone else’s taste or opinion, but rather to see it as a small part of your own opinion formation; I would recommend the same for other areas of life as well.

It’s just like in every forum

And as a previously less active user, I feel I must also say something.

Then you obviously participate in quite a few and different forums or read extensively if you have already been able to categorize users here and in other forums as you say. Maybe you yourself are actually a "forum big shot" or would like to be one like me, but so far you seem to be mostly a silent one who just chimes in briefly to pinch someone else on the calf?

I think your term "old-fashioned" is just as flexible as modern, chic, or traditional. For one person "Humbatätarä" (nonsense/folklore) is tradition and for the next it’s a dance in the French opera.
Your constructive criticism of the original poster’s project would be just as fine if it came without condescending formulations against others and also without directly addressing those critically; that can be done better!
At the end of your, in my opinion even apt critical assessment of the original poster’s building project, you refer to Google and one of the common prefab house providers. That’s okay if it’s your opinion, but where is the added value or novelty for the original poster compared to the answers from the "forum big shots" and other insignificant participants that you dislike?
You state your opinion once and in your next post these "old-fashioned, the dormers, the bay windows" would still please you as you yourself write. Then you would bore the forum at your next post or should be ignored because you have stuck to your opinion. Aha...I hope I’ll understand that some day...
It has helped me a lot here; if someone does not like my post they can say so directly and I would definitely and even without offense stay out of that person’s thread.
Therefore, I do not believe there is a need here for a briefly appeared authority that dictates whom or what to better ignore in order to then express their own – naturally only correct – opinion (old-fashioned, Google, Baufritz).
Yes, I mean you , I at least address you when I mean you: That’s how I think it should be and I believe some people (including me!!!) would be glad if you would in future not only be a reader and short-term accuser, but participate critically as an active writer; even if then we would soon also know your "peculiarities."

OT, but: very good nail-on-the-head post!

I feel the same way!
I would also find it nicer if there were shutters on every window.

Why are you actually making the house so huge? A shrinkage to ~200sqm would solve quite a few problems, especially budget-wise, and would still be quite spacious for 2+3 people...

And I, as a previously less active user, must also have my say. I am a total fan of "old-fashioned," small windows, dormers, shutters, and bay windows. All the more, I find that this mishmash in the exterior absolutely does not suit the house. The interior layout can be debated; everyone has their own philosophy on that. But I can only advise you to choose one style. Uniform windows and either shutters or none. Not seven different window types, sometimes with, sometimes without shutters.

Just for you stepping out from the cover of the ranks of almost silent lurkers, the inconsistent use of shutters and segmental arches has already been worthwhile. Now the OP actually only "has to" make use of the constructive suggestions received so far. Mine, without having counted in detail, can hardly have been the only ones overlooked when I look at the barely measurable differences between his previous and the current design. Or is it rather that "that's just how it is in forums" ;-) that there are not only frequent and infrequent writers, but besides those who participate in the hope of possibly getting criticism that warns against wrong paths, also those who get upset if there is a lack of applause?