Newly built single-family house approx. 220 sqm, 2nd design city villa

I rather believe that it almost doesn't matter and the child can be satisfied either way or not.

Of course it doesn't matter! My parents had the opportunity and I thought it was great. My sister did too. I wouldn't have become a different person in the smaller room either. I just think that with 220 sqm there's more available for the kids. The hallway on the upper floor is huge, there are 2 balconies and tons of seating areas (when are you supposed to use them all?). Especially in this house, I think 20 sqm for the kids is appropriate. Kids spend more time in their rooms as teenagers. At least I wanted a lot of privacy as a teenager and not to sit on the sofa with my parents. I'd rather retreat to my room. And I actually wouldn't buy such a huge house (because of resale considerations) in which the kids are treated poorly. If possible, I would always give the kids the south or west side.

You cannot describe the behavior of children in front of the camera as normal. Everything new, lots of unknown people, the hustle and bustle, and then there is the only familiar one sitting there.

The budget, I believe, was sufficiently available. I do not remember the whole thing as a pipe dream.
It is unbalanced

So I count three balconies if I also consider the exterior views: one above the entrance, one above the terrace, and the small one by the dressing room. I would immediately remove the one above the entrance, the others I would at least think about carefully.

The ground floor is so much better!

The lounge area in the bedroom is a nice idea, but I fear you will hardly use it. Downstairs there is a huge living room, why should you sit upstairs in the bedroom? And then walk down to the kitchen for every glass of wine? Honestly? Why? Play this through in your mind and subject it to a reality check.

A second option for watching TV? I would rather assign that to the children's rooms. That might be an idea, since they are already teenagers. Have you thought about giving them not only an extra bathroom but maybe also a small day room with a kitchenette? A school friend of mine had that and I thought it was great! And you have the teenage crowd who want to quickly cook a pile of noodles, not in their own living area.

Why does the roof have the two gables facing south and north? That’s pretty expensive for space that apparently you only want to keep for fun. Either you integrate it into the living concept (bedrooms for the kids via stairs from each children's room up there would be an idea) or save yourself that.

Have you thought carefully about the terrace in the north? Why?

You cannot call the behavior of children in front of the camera normal. Everything is new, lots of unknown people, the hustle and bustle, and then the only familiar person is sitting there. I think the budget was sufficient. I don’t remember the whole thing as a pipe dream. It is unbalanced.

That's not what I mean so plainly, but I do believe that a child often has a completely different perception than an adult (who thinks). And when the child runs to the elephant, it forgets the size of the room. I wasn’t arguing for small rooms, just stating that I read/hear a lot about what is made for children without being sure that it is perceived the same way by the children. The example with a show like that was just a simple example.

To be somewhat constructive, we have a similar size (just under 200m2) and similar requirements for the rooms. Access to the property is also from the south. I am not allowed to share the floor plan (mostly my design), as the homeowner does not want that. But I can share how I would roughly rearrange it today, after about 3 years in the house...



Today we have, as in your design, a straight staircase that starts near the entrance area. I wouldn’t do that anymore, since there is always dirt in that area and the little stones don’t really look good on a beautiful wooden folded truss staircase.

By the way, the children's rooms are almost 20m2. It would also be nicer to have both children’s rooms facing south, especially since the north is quieter in our case, but the closed-off parents’ area was an important requirement of the builder.

Currently, we would also integrate the staircase on the ground floor into the living/dining area; with small children, there is little noise coming from above. But maybe the decision would be different with teenagers...

So we don't need to discuss the space in the parents' bedroom anymore, it was already removed again on page 4.