New single-family house in southern Germany

And so, to get the topic of floor plans properly on track. Currently, we have the following models as a basis:

Town & Country: Bodensee 129 in the version with the bathroom downstairs, mirrored for east entrance.
The mirroring results in many south and west windows in the living area. The kitchen is close to the terrace, and from the study, you have a view over the property. Due to the narrow shape of the house, there is still quite a bit of space left for the garden. If you mirror the staircase again (i.e., the ascent to the inside), you get a wardrobe under the stairs. Upstairs, by omitting the bathtub, the shower can be nicely enlarged, and behind it, e.g., the washing machine can be well accommodated. A small bonus for the photovoltaic system would be the east-west roof for a balanced self-consumption.

Weberhaus: Balance 100, also mirrored
Study in the northwest, kitchen on the east side in this case. Pantry under the stairs through an additional wall. The study is a bit small but should still fit. The utility room is also rather small; considering all the house technology, it’s questionable whether a full HVAC room would still fit in there. However, this would be less of a problem since there is still enough space in the bathroom upstairs if the bathtub is removed.

Local general contractor (see attachment)
The local general contractor works together easily with an engineer who handles the construction planning, statics, etc., for him. I gave him a rough requirement profile, and he pulled two preliminary drafts out of the drawer so that there is a basis for a cost estimate. Below, both designs are practically identical (window fronts are sometimes a bit wider/narrower but rooms are divided equally). Upstairs, they differ in that one design plans a half-story while the other has a second full story. I have attached them. Please ignore the balcony in the full-story design, as we will not build that since we have a garden. Also, the attached carport has been removed.
The design already makes the best visual impression due to the large windows in the living rooms and in the stairwell. The issue with the space for the utility room is solved here by an annex, leaving enough space for a bathroom and a storage room on the ground floor. The utility room annex also closes off the entrance area quite well towards the garage. The study is certainly the nicest and most generous of all, even though I might install a bit fewer windows there. The open kitchen/living area would be overall a bit more compact than in the other designs, which I would see more as an advantage than a disadvantage. This leaves little empty space between the dining and living areas (which I, for example, see in the Weberhaus design). For this house, we would then align the back edge almost parallel to the property boundary so that the house lies on a WSW-ENE axis. This provides a lot of light in the living room and the possibility to work in the study from the afternoon without direct sun. Due to the large windows in both directions, you can always darken the side of the study that is currently in the sun.
A big advantage here would be that we have full freedom to change the design and thus don’t pay for a deviation from a standard design but only for what it actually costs. Unfortunately, the building description is still missing, so I cannot reliably assess the general contractor’s offer (I didn’t want to disturb over the holidays; I will follow up again in the next few days).

They see their unexpectedly within reach social ascent to homeowner at risk of collapsing again if they do not limit themselves to the "core" - which conversely means leaving out two things: 1. the basement ...

Does this then mean that today almost only houses are built by people who simply want to "belong," since they give up the basement? :)

For me, the topic of the bathtub sounds somewhat dogmatic with some people, just like the washing machine must absolutely not be placed in the bathroom.

You can of course do that, put the washing machine and dryer in the bathroom. I’m just wondering whether the toothbrush can still be heard when the washing machine is spinning. And whether you’d rather want to flee from the bathroom, even though it should be a place of calm…

Dedicated rooms for the washing machine and dirty laundry or an unused bathtub really take up a lot of living space.

… Or whether dirty laundry is then also collected there or hand-washed laundry is dried there on a chic rack, which however can’t be space-savingly mounted over the tub because it doesn’t exist. In my eyes also rather a misplanning, such a rack over the tub… What a large basin with a water connection aka bathtub is good for: soaking soiled clothing overnight (or grass stains, carrot stains, blood, etc.) Wool sweaters (high quality ones) should be rinsed floating from detergent Wool blankets too. Even handmade ones… Toys like dolls, Legos, or the like can best be cleaned in a bathtub Kale… is cleaned there Washing hair if you can’t or won’t shower… not being able to shower has happened quite a few times in our household… life always presents new experiences. Body hair: also works very well in the tub, for example if you sit on the edge And incidentally children are also bathed there, so to speak soaked. With full-body peelings or osmotic baths, I don’t even have to come to you… tell me: is there actually a woman for Wilder_Sueden?

Crazy, while I’m writing my floor plan post, you guys are already doing 1.5 pages off-topic again...

That's true, although.....if you previously had a plan with 130 sqm living space. PLUS basement and now leave out the basement, then maybe there are still a few square meters left if the basement costs are eliminated

That was my idea at first too. I was accordingly frustrated when we were back where I saw the limit with a basement with the first Weberhaus offer without a basement. And even with the local general contractor, it wasn’t really cheap. Although I still hope that this is simply due to the high-quality equipment

I don’t need to come to you with full-body peelings or osmotic baths... tell me: is there actually a woman for Wild_South?

She finds typical women things stupid, doesn’t wear makeup, wears no jewelry, and doesn’t do peelings either

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What a large basin with a water connection aka tub is good for:
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Addition:
- As a temporary residence for the carp for the feast
- as a cleaning place for large grill grates
- foot (nail) care
- ...

Crazy, in the time I write my floor plan post, you are already making 1.5 pages OT again...

So accommodating a child in about 12 sqm, I consider - let’s say - daring. Please don’t forget: a child grows :)

... She finds typical women’s things silly and doesn’t wear makeup, doesn’t wear jewelry and doesn’t do peels either ;)

... sounds like a nice person. Then she doesn’t need a hairdryer either?