Opinion on floor plan - 2-story single-family house

With 3 children, the shower on the ground floor will be in frequent use.

Otherwise, I find the floor plan somewhat unfavorable.
- many angles and projections (shower on the ground floor), children's rooms on the upper floor.
- dark floorboards on the upper and ground floors
- narrow, long bedroom, intensified by the location of the door in the corner and the possible furniture placement areas. This also depends heavily on the windows.

I would remodel the entrance area on the ground floor:
- Remove the door to the garage (unnecessary if it becomes a carport).
- Shower/WC in the top right where the windbreak is now (also cheaper), possibly at the expense of the size of the utility room
- The living room a bit wider, the guest room shifted slightly to the left, with access from the right. This way, the staircase can also move a bit to the left and the passage on the upper floor to the dressing room becomes larger.
- Combine windbreak and hallway.

Is there a load-bearing exterior wall on the upper floor standing on a non-load-bearing wall on the ground floor?
Are storage options planned, or are the skis and inflatable boat stored in the heating room?
Whether the 25 square meter extension on the ground floor makes sense or if a basement could be realized cost-neutrally is another question: Get rid of the utility room and windbreak, the WC can share space with the pantry, the guest room and bathroom on the upper floor narrower, but the hallway wider. Just roughly thought out.

Where is the current version? The one from page 1 is crap...

Where is the current version? The one from page 1 is rubbish...

As far as I understand, THIS is the current version, and the constructive criticism is not being acknowledged at all :(

With 3 children, the shower on the ground floor will be in frequent use.

That's nice, after all, it is there to be used, not just to look good.

Otherwise, I find the floor plan somewhat unfavorable.
- many angles and projections (shower on the ground floor), children's room upstairs.

As already mentioned, I have slightly improved that.

- dark floorboards upstairs and downstairs

This is intended to be brightened by high-placed light bands in the bathroom (and possibly the dressing room) upstairs, and as mentioned above, the passage between the hallway and the living/dining area will be closed off with a double glass door.

- narrow, long bedroom, exacerbated by the location of the door in the corner and the possible furniture placement options. That also depends on the windows

I would remodel the entrance area on the ground floor:
- remove the door to the garage (superfluous if it’s going to be a carport).

Here I have to repeat myself :)rolleyes:). I had written that the doors between the garage and the living area and the ones between the hallway and the kitchen would be removed.

- Shower/WC in the upper right where the windfang (vestibule) is now (would also be cheaper), possibly at the expense of the size of the technical room
- Make the living room a bit wider, shift the guest room slightly to the left, with access from the right. This would also allow the staircase to move a bit to the left and the passage upstairs to the dressing room to become bigger.
- Combine windfang and hallway.

Is there a load-bearing exterior wall upstairs on top of a non-load-bearing wall downstairs?

Yes, you are right there. Thanks for the hint. But I think the architect would notice that. ;)

Are storage options planned, or do the skis and inflatable boat stand in the heating room?

Yes. However, you eliminate that in the next sentence with your shrinking and shifting tactic. Besides, there is an attic. (By the way, we own neither an inflatable boat nor skis.) ;)

Whether the 25 square meter extension on the ground floor makes sense or whether a cellar could be realized cost-neutrally

(definitely _no_!)

is another question: away with the technical room and vestibule, the WC can share space with the pantry, the guest room and bathroom upstairs narrower, but the hallway wider. Just roughly thought out.

ypg: That is not correct. I have already written at one or another point that it is worth thinking about how to solve things differently. But you also have to see that different people have different needs and that not _one_ floor plan fits everyone. That is why, as a consultant, and that is how I see the forum community here, one should also listen to _why_ someone plans something the way they do.
Can someone please still answer my question about the stairs? How much space should be in front of the first step?

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I have reformatted your answer, which was difficult to read as it was. Taking individual quotes and responding accordingly would be clearer :)

But it doesn't fit anyone.

BeHaElJa: Those are really very convincing arguments you are putting forward! Very constructive! Thank you! :)