Opinion on floor plan of shifted shed roof single-family house - Attempt 2

Where does the wastewater from the bathroom on the upper floor drain?

And why this "extra" hallway to the bedroom and bathroom?

Where does the wastewater from the bathroom on the upper floor drain?

And why this "extra" hallway to the bedroom and bathroom?

1. Most likely towards the kitchen drain?!
2. Privacy: without a hallway, you stand naked in front of the mail carrier

I think the two halves of the house show too big a difference. They don’t seem to fit together. This could be changed with a lower knee wall in the 2-story part or a higher one in the 1-story part.

I agree with you, but unfortunately there are also strict limits here due to the development plan. There must be at least 3 meters distance between the north and south roofs.

Kitchen: plan a terrace door (where the stove is now) for a short way to the terrace.
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Behind the kitchen door I would plan kitchen cabinets. For that, the kitchen entrance would have to be shifted.

Very good idea, that way you also get much more out of the kitchen (already implemented in the attached plan).

The windows could also be improved to bring some tension into the facade. I don’t find the “corner arrangement” successful.
From the window in the living room, you will only see the neighboring building, yet light will probably still come in the evening. Therefore, I would equip this room like the office and also further rooms with window bands (provided you like them). Advantages: light, yet no views inside and no unattractive outlooks (e.g. also north and east).

The window in the living room will certainly not provide a great view; it really only serves to gain light. To what extent would window bands be better? How would you design the window bands, I can’t really imagine it (but I first had to google what window bands are). Why do window bands prevent views inside and unattractive outlooks? And where should the light come in if the double window is removed? I don’t understand that.

Especially with the shed roof, you can bring tension with windows without symmetry.

If you have clear ideas, I would be happy about sketches (maybe just painted into my plan with Paint).

Also in the wardrobe, if the closet is going to stand like that, I would like a fixed floor-to-ceiling window.
However, I would place the closet on the south wall and switch the window next to the door, that is, arrange it at the wardrobe.

I forgot to mention this: The wardrobe disappears behind a mirrored sliding door (this is the thick black line in the plan in my first post). We deliberately placed the window next to the front door high so that the hallway next to the stairs also gets natural light.

Interior doors: leave 65 cm space to the right of the office door so that the TV fits well there. I find the seating corner good (as already said, without this double window).

I have changed that.

Arrange bathroom door and shower so that there is still space in the small hallway for a cupboard or chest of drawers.

Unfortunately, the hallway had to become even smaller because 2 sqm were added to the bedroom (for that, the bathtub had to be moved to the upper floor).

Where will your outdoor trash corner be? The covered corner of the house suggests itself here, but I would avoid it because of the entrance, which should be inviting.
Will a car be parked under the roof? I hope not, because the entrance area can then be designed really nicely as an inner courtyard.

I possibly planned the trash corner behind the garage. The carport is intended as parking space.

I would design the roof of the one-story part open, then the living area has a small stylish open space. The other rooms also benefit from the airiness. Possibly a roof window could be planned in the bathroom, then no one can look in and you have more layout options.
Your bathroom will also be for guests, so I would plan the toilet and sink in the front area so that guests don’t have to walk through the whole bathroom.

We want to leave the roof open where it makes sense. Unfortunately, roof windows are not allowed according to the development plan. As already mentioned, the bathroom was made smaller, so there are not as many layout options anymore.

Edit says: the corner variations do not provide the amount of light in the room as when windows are arranged in parallel or further away from the corner.
They only provide the width of the diagonal in the amount of light, which results from the isosceles triangle (of the two windows).

Now I only understand “Greek” (I don’t understand it at all).

Sight axis: cardinal directions, sun path, development plan, etc. are known, the desk is a must, then for example, plan desk and window so that darkening of the window is not necessary during the main usage time, the desired view outside to whatever is achieved, but the room is not disturbingly visible from outside. This applies to every room.

Phew, that’s quite a lot to consider, but you’re absolutely right, that’s what planning is all about. Do you have a concrete idea how that could look in the children’s rooms?

Conspicuously unsuccessful is that at the kitchen counter. Whoever sits there looks inside, the window door to the outside is positioned so that you can hardly look out, the kitchen window only offers a narrow visible area outside. That is only okay for reference to the person working in the kitchen but can be much better.

The counter is deliberately set like that so you can talk to the cook. In the new plan, there is a window door, and if we can get rid of the upper cabinet on the south wall, there might also be an additional window here.

By that I mean all involved. Your city survived World War II well and has many intact older houses, especially after the war, urban planning and architecture went terribly wrong, as in many other places, and it is still not over. Therefore, the planner has the not easy and possibly (but not necessarily) costly task and responsibility to deliver a harmonious, adapted and dignified plan that counteracts the weaknesses of the development plan.
And unfortunately, I can’t see that.

As mentioned before, we are also not really happy with the requirements, but we have to make the best of it now. And under these strict requirements, it is all the more difficult to make a reasonable plan. Because the staircase MUST be in the south half, there are not many options (if you also have a clear idea how it could look here, I would also appreciate a hand sketch).

Attached is the new floor plan:
Ground floor


Upper floor


I was very happy about the suggestions posted so far and look forward to more!

I agree with you there, but unfortunately the development plan also sets strict limits here. There must be at least 3 meters distance between the north and south roof.

That is of course a pity. Also that roof windows are not allowed. But if it is like that, one can probably get used to it over time. In the end, the whole area will live with it. And it is like this: what you see daily no longer seems strange, but rather pleasant.

The window in the living room certainly won't provide a great view, it really only serves to gain light. To what extent would ribbon windows be better? How would you design the ribbon windows, I can't quite imagine it (but I first had to google what ribbon windows are). Why don’t ribbon windows offer views inside or unattractive views? And where should the light come in if the double window is removed? I don’t understand that.

I would place a light band about 2 meters (could also be 3 meters) wide where the sofa will stand. Parapet height about 140 cm or even higher.
Advantage of light bands due to the high parapet: you don't have to see anything ugly outside, and from the outside there is hardly any view inside. Yet there is still light. Also, you have more options for placing furniture. On the ground floor it can even be fixed.
Since nowadays windows are custom-made anyway, it should not be more expensive than a standard window format. Perhaps a slightly more expensive window lintel would be needed, it depends on the width of the window.
Such a ribbon window can also be used well in the bedroom, bathroom, and additionally in the children's rooms.
Or also again in portrait format (fixed) for the cloakroom corner, so that it gets light.

Unfortunately the hallway had to become even smaller because 2 sqm were added to the bedroom (for which the bathtub had to be moved upstairs)

What a pity.

We also want to leave the roof open where it makes sense. Roof windows are unfortunately not allowed according to the development plan. As mentioned, the bathroom got smaller, so there are not so many design options anymore.

As a design element, it would make sense in all living and sleeping areas.

Regarding the corner windows in the children's rooms: Because of the corner arrangement of the 4 sqm windows, less light enters the room than if you planned 4 sqm (or 2 x 2 sqm) as a normal surface in the exterior walls. Personally, in order to also pick up one or more ribbon windows from the ground floor again in the exterior appearance, I would plan a ribbon window together with a floor-to-ceiling window in each of the children's rooms. Maybe in the east and west?!
Also, I would consider omitting these parapet grilles and using two-part floor-to-ceiling windows where the lower part is fixed. (Also visible in the picture)

The counter is deliberately placed like that so you can talk to the cook. In the new plan there is a window door, and if we can get rid of the wall cabinet on the south wall, maybe an additional window will be added here

I would position the terrace door depending on the kitchen layout. The kitchen has to function properly in the process later on.
I still see a few deficiencies in the arrangement...

These are now suggestions on how I would do it... unfortunately the weather is too nice right now for me to sit down at my program and design the facade with the windows.

Hello Yvonne, thanks again for the explanations.

Yes, you are right about the weather. If you still have time in the next few days, I would still be interested in your draft. Do you have SH3D? Then I would send you my file and you can simply move the windows around.

No, I work with Arcon... and that on my husband's PC, since I have a Mac. But I see that I can also work online with this SD3D on Mac, so send me your file and your email in one message... maybe I'll get to it in the evening while watching TV.