Optimal use of a narrow building window

You are planning with 45cm thick exterior walls! On top of that, there is also plaster! If timber frame construction is not used here, then I don't know. If not here, then where??

We have already decided on this contractor. Here it is the case that we pay a one-time amount due to the redesign and can now plan as we like. Basically as a planning flat rate. As mentioned, the basis is the house shown in the initial post. That means the number of windows, rooms, etc. are included in the price. However, the shown house had one less room, which we have now added.
Regarding the floor plan design, we are somewhat freer. Of course, we cannot move thousands of walls now, but if some are removed, the general contractor wouldn't care.

The standard equipment with the contractor is already quite decent. We already liked many things in the model house. This was among other things the reason for the decision to go with this builder. Here we have already had some special requests included in the offer (ground floor fully tiled, remote-controlled shutters on all windows, TV and LAN sockets in all living/sleeping rooms).

It was quite clear to us early on that we want to build solidly, so this is not an option for us. We have anyway already committed to the contractor.


Yes, the exterior walls are 45cm and it will be built solidly. How thick are wooden stud exterior walls? 30cm?
As said, the contractor is fixed and this thread is about an optimal or good room layout.

Yesterday we also looked again at various narrow floor plans and experimented a bit more. Regarding the windows in the living area, we want to have as much light in the room as possible, but there must also be some space for furniture. Especially TV and sofa need some space. Also, the dining table for 6 people has to find a place somewhere.

Our sofa is quite large. It is about 3.15m x 1.40m. That needs space somewhere. And putting it in front of the window is somehow awkward, right?

Here is a picture:

We have an L-shaped couch and a grand piano is also deliberately placed in front of a 3/4 window (which has about 40cm sill height and the window I believe is 155cm tall), so you can still put something on the windowsill and also have light if, for example, you want to read. We generally have a lot of these 3/4 windows, we also don’t like those "Schießscharten"...

If the sofa has a visible backrest, I see absolutely no problem placing it in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, not directly against the window itself, as one might do with a wall, but with about 30 - 50 cm distance I find it absolutely feasible and nice. You don’t have to be able to open every window. The TV can also be arranged differently than between two windows. So you don’t have to place all windows that high.

Our wooden exterior wall will be about 36 cm thick (including installation layer), if I remember correctly. But if you are already fixed on this BU, then that is obsolete.

I just can't understand how you want to create here:


a parking space for 1 car, 2 motorcycles and other things (don't forget the kids' bicycles, etc.). You have to put all that somehow one after another and constantly maneuver back and forth - right?

The 3 meters towards the top of the plan end at the property boundary - right? And the house is only allowed in this probably 760x1260 cm large area, which you have fully exploited? This 3-meter clearance area towards the bottom may not be used?

The plan is to build a carport 3m long and possibly 7m long on the property boundary (at the top of the plan). I already tried to sketch this in the initial post:



We have no other option here to place a carport. We are currently still in discussions about moving the house 1 - 2m further south so that we can build a somewhat wider carport. Currently, the house is planned with an external length of 12.4m, meaning we have a width of 3.2m to the neighbor (above).

We have 2 cars, which will then be parked one behind the other. It’s not ideal, but there is no other way. One car will probably stand in front of the carport because a small shed is planned to be attached to the back wall (on the left in the plan) inside the carport.

In the long term, a larger garden shed is to be built where the motorcycles can be stored. We would have enough space to the back (towards the forest).