On which of these floor plans can we continue to build?

If a room is supposed to be added at the back, how does light get in then? Glass roof? And does enough light come through that?

You make the carport nice and wide, as much as possible. And you position it further down on the house than the garage. The room (for bicycles, junk, garden tools) only starts at the end of the house wall if possible and extends into the garden.

Ideally, the carport is wide enough so that the cars always stand far enough to the right of the house that car doors can be fully opened and you can get out comfortably. Then you could also get past there with a bicycle. Access to the "storage room" from the front would then logically be on the left.

You don't get direct west sun that way either, but you can still capture indirect daylight with west-facing windows.

If you really want west sun in the house, the storage unit for cars has to be on the east side. From a lighting standpoint, the more charming option, but harder to drive into.

Edit: I just saw your drawing above here: Would it also be okay for you to have only cars on the left and bikes and garden stuff on the right?

So it would be an option to put a carport on the west side and the bulky thing on the east? Only you should keep the possibility open on the east side that a car can also be parked there. Because if a carport can be pulled further forward, then a second car cannot park in front of it.

I told you.

I keep wondering how people with a semi-detached house get their bicycles out of the rear part of the garage?

Legitimate question: it doesn’t work.

I read the whole thread and honestly don’t understand some problems. The solutions are obvious here.

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The carport still lets in daylight, so you can relax more towards the west, which in turn eases the lighting situation in the house AND the driveway situation. So carport instead of a 9m garage. Because conditions demand it. Done. It’s a two-liner. What’s the problem?

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But all of this only works if the house is narrower than 10m. Because if I can’t park a second car in front of the carport, then I have to park the other car on the east side.

Yes! And? It’s the best solution and you’re making it a problem.

I ask you to take your time today to read everything carefully and draw it! Play through the routes. Garage is a bottleneck. A 10-meter house results in a bottleneck. A 9-meter-long garage is a hole and useless. Everything that benefits the property, you rate as a problem.

Just saw your drawing above: Only cars on the left and wheels and garden stuff on the right would also be okay for you?

Would also be OK. But with a 10 m wide house, it doesn't solve the problem of the narrow driveway.

Everything that is beneficial for the property you consider a problem.

I rather see my house rules here, which see their garden getting narrower and narrower.

I don't have a building window in mind right now. But:

- House narrower, but longer, makes driveway and carport wider.

I rather see my house rules that see their garden getting narrower and narrower

When weighing between house and garden (if only one of the two is possible), the average person should prefer the house. You can do so much in gardens that you can't do in houses, so the part with the restrictions (house) should have priority when optimizing (because it can hardly be improved afterward).

Speaking of priorities: I see them as insufficiently clear in this thread. Ideally, all problems should be somehow addressed. The top problems should be solved as best as possible and the rest becomes the bitter pills you just have to swallow. But for that, it must be clear what carries more weight: the house OR the garden, comfort in the driveway OR the light, a convenient parking situation OR... (I don't know where else one could park a bit further away).

You have to take a side, otherwise after 300 posts you end up nowhere!

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And yes, you would have to move away from your 10 meters width! That means: You would have 12 meters width, but rotated by 90 degrees
And all problems are minimized!

By now I think that if we stick to the 10 m wide floor plan, it would be best to place a carport on the west side, in such a way that a small car (we currently have 2 small cars) can still be parked in front of it, starting about 1-1.5 m from the front, so that you have about 9 m of parking space in length.
The bicycles and other stuff will go into a garden shed or whatever on the other side of the house, arranged so that a car could still park (although tight) in front of it.

I understand your ideas very well, but I am not the sole decision-maker.
My wife already sees the 16x12 m garden (minus 3.5 m deep terrace) as small. However, this size is as large as some two semi-detached houses put together.

(ich weiß ja nicht, wo man sonst noch etwas entfernter parken könnte).

In the new development area there are still 4 parking spaces and another 8-10 in front, although these are already quite full today from other residents.

Du hättest 12 Meter Breite, dafür um 90 Grad gedreht

8x12 also means more expensive than 10x9.