Newly built single-family house, approx. 180 m², for 4 people, without basement, RLP, KfW 55

The hallway doesn't have to be dark; there are also doors with glazing.

Best regards
Sabine

I wanted to say this earlier, you can fit your front door with glass, and you do have enough width. Just add a side panel of glass there. That can easily be another 1 meter or 1.5 meters wide.

Thank you for your help.

We are now planning further with an open living area (kitchen open to the hallway) and an airy kitchen (2.40m half-island on the wall partition to the hallway, 3.00m tall cabinets on the wall to the office).

The wall of the dressing room on the upper floor will be moved slightly towards the bathroom to gain a bit more space between the cabinets.

The door in the utility room to the garage is currently up for discussion again. We’ll see.

But a question about the location of the utility room: currently, it is not directly on the exterior wall, meaning the utility lines run a bit under the garage. The suppliers would probably agree to that. Do you see any problem with that?

due to noise disturbance: We have a bungalow, meaning the kids hang out right by the living room. We built very open, but still installed a door to the hallway. That is necessary because when my husband watches (he has hearing difficulties), it gets loud. I can hardly hear it in the bedroom with the door closed. So two doors in between. As soon as there is another floor in between, it gets even better. Feel free to plan a door to the hallway with a large glass window, and you'll get enough light in. If the hallway is made a bit rounder by, for example, a corner staircase, that is completely sufficient. When my son is sitting at the top of the stairs at my parents' and calls down to us, we quickly miss it during a normal conversation. No wall and door can withstand massive metal music provocation from teenagers.

due to noise disturbance: We have a bungalow, meaning the kids are right next to the living room. We built very openly, but still installed a door to the hallway. That is necessary because when my husband watches TV (he has hearing difficulties), it gets loud. I hardly hear it in the bedroom with the door closed. So two doors in between. As soon as there is another floor in between, it gets a bit better. Just plan a door to the hallway, then with a large glass window and you get enough light in. If the hallway is made a bit rounder by, for example, a corner staircase, that is completely sufficient. When my son sits upstairs on the stairs at my parents’ and calls down to us, we quickly miss it during a normal conversation. No wall and door can withstand massive metal music provocation from teenagers.

Which form of "corner staircase" do you exactly mean?

The staircase that goes around the corner. Um, how do I describe it. The staircase starts right next to the front door, going sideways, and then turns 90 degrees after about 5 steps. This creates a rounded hallway at the top, from which all the doors can lead away. My parents have the basement stairs underneath it. If those were removed, it would create a really nice, large entrance hall with plenty of space for the wardrobe and a cupboard.

But a question about the location of the utility room: at the moment it is not directly on the exterior wall, i.e. the connection lines run a bit along under the garage. The suppliers would probably go along with that. Do you see a problem there?

If the supplier doesn’t see one, then who should? – by the way, I have no problem with having paving stones instead of a concrete floor in the garage.