Newly built semi-detached house 155 sqm - orientation & floor plan accordingly

I would simply agree with the opinion of your neighbors. Have you already said which half of the two is yours?

How busy or frequented is the street anyway? Car noise is really annoying when you want to relax quietly on the terrace, and sitting between parked cars would not be my first choice either. Likewise, having a south-facing terrace is not so desirable nowadays. Much too hot. We are currently planning to build a second terrace on the north side ourselves. In addition, you can protect yourself much better from curious eyes behind the house. Hardly anyone likes to sit on a display platter.

The fear of darkness in the north can be counteracted with larger window surfaces. (Yes, light does come through north-facing windows!) I like to plan a sunroom with some light from above for a complete north orientation. That is often the most beautiful room in the whole house.

With 355 sqm, you can’t be too generous with paths and parking spaces and paving everything. You want to see a flower somewhere at some point. That’s why I would place the house as close to the street as possible and have short paths.

I partly don’t understand your questions, so simply from top to bottom

Why is the staircase much too small for you?

Not for me, it seems to have uncomfortable minimum dimensions. Have the architect give you the step and riser length. Anything under 19/26 is stupid, especially since with this stair shape the steps also taper in the middle.

Why would you move the entrance to the front?

Because it’s annoying to have to go around something you want to reach quickly, here the entrance to the house. Visitors will probably knock at the terrace door – that’s what happens in our ETW.

If you find the entrance generous, do you think it could be smaller?

No, then it wouldn’t be generous anymore.

So that on the south side there are first 2-3 meters of the neighbor’s house and the neighbors in the north will first see our house?

What do you mean?

Why does the north terrace benefit from the small size of the garden?

Because small can be cozy.

And you would put the kitchen in the south or swap it with the living room, since you only watch TV in the living room in the evenings anyway, right?

We already said that: because the kitchen needs daylight and the kitchen is the center of everyday life.

I somehow find that "uncozy", but I absolutely can’t think of any other solution to do it better..

There simply isn’t always an alternative.

Because I prefer to have my main place of residence in a quiet area. Hence the inquiry whether one knows the neighbors (especially in the north). They might be having a party every day.

The original poster wants a playground and kindergarten for his child and others. So why should he be the one to ensure that a quiet zone (here in the north) is disturbed? Can't one just maintain peace instead of "drawing noise toward peace"?

Did you plan a terrace roof in the south?

Yes, glass pergola with awning

Why not? You can always build up to the building boundary.

I thought that was basically the premise with this designation of the green space, but then I’m wrong

Because it is silly to go around something you want to reach quickly, here the entrance to the house. Visitors will probably knock at the terrace door – that’s how it is with our detached house.

Understandable, how would your floor plan look then?

What do you mean?

If you go to the rear building line, you first have 2-3 meters of the neighbor’s house in view to the left (to the east side) when you go out of the house onto the terrace in the south, and not the open space through the neighbor’s garden to the south. Likewise in the west, here you also look from the terrace onto the neighbor’s house. Thus, the east neighbor’s house shades the terrace of one half in the morning. We took a closer look at this again in the renewed consideration, because this does not happen with a building on the front boundary.

I would simply join the opinion of your neighbors. Have you already said which half of the two is yours?

You mean the opinion of the other half? We would take the east half.

How busy or frequented is the street? Car noise is really annoying if you want to chill quietly on the terrace, and sitting between parked cars wouldn’t be my first choice either. Also, nowadays having a south-facing terrace is no longer so desirable. Far too hot. We ourselves are currently planning to build a second terrace on the north side. In addition, you can protect yourself much better from curious looks behind the house. Hardly anyone likes sitting on a display tray.

The street is a quiet residential street without much through traffic. With a parking space and carport in front (+ fence or bushes), you would also separate yourself from the street, at least visually.