New single-family house floor plan 150 m²

Why not use Kaho’s design with both children's rooms in the south and enter the bedroom through the dressing room - I consider this the best design.

We also like the floor plan better when the room is not next to the bathroom. What we don’t like here is that we have planned a large window front to the north in the upstairs hallway (which we otherwise really like). However, the access path is on the north side. Neighbors could see someone if they go to the bathroom at night. Can they really? Hmm?! That’s why the bedroom is directly next to the bathroom. If there is no direct access to the bathroom, it would be the same "problem".

Do you already have a plan for how the basement will be built? Is it unheated? How exactly does the terrain slope? You have a small slope – don’t you want to use it for light in the basement?

The basement is mainly to be used as a hobby room, for tools, camping gear, sports equipment, laundry, etc. Possibly a radiator will be put in the hobby room, but it will definitely not be a living basement. The slope is on the east side and is 3-5 m wide and 1.5-2 m high. It should be retained with a natural stone wall. (Later width approx. 2.5 m) / approx. 70 m² on a different level. The rest of the property is without significant slope.

- Make the children's rooms the same size upstairs and at least push the door in the upper room so far that a closet can fit behind it. - Rotate the bedroom furniture.

We will change the door to the children’s room, thanks! If we rotate the bedroom furniture here, the bed would be directly under the window; we would like two windows for cross ventilation. See above, maybe we’ll move the bedroom back again??

Have you had the kitchen planned by a kitchen studio?

We have already had the kitchen planned by two kitchen planners. Once with and once without a bay window. We liked the bay window version much better, so it is now included in the plan. I generally like a kitchen island (working into the room). Otherwise, we would choose a U with a pullout facing the interior?

Where does the laundry chute end on the ground floor?

It runs through the study and ends in the basement next to the washing machine; I have marked it on the plan.

three-sided fireplace, which is placed against the wall,

As in the attached plan, I would very much like to build the fireplace on the other side of the room; it shows better there. However, then we have a problem with the chimney. It would end at the bottom of the roof, but solar collectors are supposed to be on the roof on that side (south side).

Can’t you rather draw something original that isn’t so old-fashioned?

I have often read that the design is very old-fashioned. That it’s because of the slanted wall. We also tried a 90-degree corner. But in our opinion, space is not needed in the hallway and the living/dining room harmonizes better with the slant. The rooms thus feel more connected. That is probably a matter of taste?! Why does the house still look old-fashioned? My better half prefers not to have a flat roof and can only tolerate the flat roof at the kitchen. What else characterizes a modern house that ours lacks? We are not architects and had not dealt with this topic until half a year ago...

Move the stove away from the island and make the island a pure work island. You spend less time at the stove than you think. Better to have a small sink on the island, that is more helpful.

If we rotate the bedroom furniture here, the bed is directly under the window, we would like two windows for cross ventilation. see above, maybe we’ll rearrange the bedroom after all??

Haven’t you planned a controlled residential ventilation?

Just asking around... how often do you ventilate (at all/crosswise) when you have a controlled residential ventilation?

We have not planned controlled residential ventilation, as we consider it unnecessary in a single-family house. We do not yet have enough points on the positive side to justify the 20,000.

I no longer want to live without [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung]. But aside from that: is there always someone at home with you so that it is ensured the house is ventilated at least twice daily? If not, then definitely a [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung], new houses are so airtight that otherwise you risk mold. I wouldn’t want that.

Otherwise, here is a list of my arguments FOR a [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung]: - no more puma cage in the bedroom in the morning (and we had that in our apartment despite the window being open) - I work all day in the home office without having to compulsively open the window every hour for fresh air and then have a cold office again - no loss of heat because I no longer have to ventilate and let cold air in - we do fondue or raclette and set the ventilation to level 3 and already two hours later the smell is gone. If I remember how it was before – you still had the smell in the house for days - I am deeply relaxed because I don’t have another task on my daily to-do list (namely ventilating) - also definitely a gain in the guest bathroom...*ahem* - We don’t hear our [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung], only on level 3, but you only have that when you have guests, and then it’s not so quiet that you don’t hear it

I was admittedly skeptical too. The argument that you then don’t always have to ventilate in the bedroom was actually contrary to my preferences because I liked a cold bedroom! And with [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung] you have a temperature equalization throughout all rooms. You can certainly achieve a certain temperature difference, but max. a slightly cooler room (we don’t have heating on in the bedroom and you can notice that), previously our bedroom was COLD. And I loved it. And then snuggling under my thick down comforter – as I said, that was lovely. I was told my desire for cold and fresh air would be taken care of with the [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung], because the brain stores that cold = fresh air. I didn’t want to believe it. But that’s exactly how it is. Our bedroom is no longer cold, but tempered, and I don’t find it unpleasant. We only sleep with our summer blankets now, that’s enough. And yes, I miss my big down comforter because it was so cozy. But it definitely would be too warm. But otherwise? It is much more pleasant in the bedroom with [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung]. We often keep the window closed and still always have good air in the bedroom. In summer, when the nights are nicely cool compared to the day, we open the window despite the [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung], because a summer night is just so beautiful. Why shouldn’t we enjoy that with [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung]?

Therefore, we started planning ourselves, or rather engaged an architect. We are currently somewhat disappointed with him. We are planning more ourselves now, which is noticeable...

Of course, I wondered how an architect could have managed to disappoint so much that his design should even fall behind our own DIY attempt. In the opening post, I then found what was probably the architect’s design and noticed significant similarities to the current status – I would even say, aside from adding a few more scratches here, there are hardly any changes.

We also think the pizzazz is missing here. However, we haven’t come up with anything better yet.

The pizzazz is now in there, extra sharp hot hot hot. Unfortunately, though, in a highly "efficient" ratio between the thousands spent additionally and the “grade” for a deliberately attempted but unsuccessful touch of flair. The visual effect of a not quite closed drawer is paid for with additional structural and insulation expense equivalent to the difference between a basic soap-only bathroom and a wellness bathroom.

That the design of the (main contractor’s?) architect doesn’t blow you away is very understandable. But the reaction to “carve” at his design with a jeweler’s screwdriver is, in my opinion, “not the royal road.” Under your conditions, several randomly stumbled-upon hits from the hundreds of floor plans available online for replacement villas should at least “fit” better. If you invest the disproportionate amount of money for the bay window – which amusingly serves no purpose other than to create too much distance except in the kitchen – into highlights like marble, inlays, or gold accents, you get much more value for “the eye is also fed.”

I also consider a window door for bringing in groceries to be a questionable idea: you either have to place the groceries outside there first or inflate this element into a side door, which doesn’t come cheap in terms of burglary protection. A pre-installation for a later two-part division also seems illusory to me. The generation “about 30 today” will mostly build new when retirement approaches. I will spare us detail criticism of the floor plan: you have fundamentally gone off course conceptually so that attempts at correction on the “decimal level” are not meaningful.