Optimize functional ground floor layout within limited space

But even then, it is better to have built a house that fits into the surroundings.

I think you had already written that at the front, and even then I wondered what you meant by that? What does that have to do specifically with not living on the ground floor? Whether a house fits into the surroundings mainly depends on the external appearance and compliance with the development plan. I want to emphasize that I have no intention to talk you out of the attic living room. That is something everyone has to decide for themselves. But why should that fit better into the surroundings?

I stand by it. In the city center, those who have to live on the ground floor do.

Here, those who have no money live in the attic. Who would want sloping ceilings everywhere and to climb endless stairs every day?

Because especially the apartments with terraces and gardens in new construction housing projects are the last to be taken and significantly cheaper than the penthouse apartment in the city. Because the risk of burglary on the ground floor feels higher. You feel like you are sitting right at the curb and have no privacy. And at the latest from half past four in summer the sun is gone. The person in a penthouse apartment can enjoy it until late in the evening.

Yes darling, but we are not talking about an apartment here. That is the big difference. A house is not an apartment. You can use all floors and no one lives above you. The backyard belongs to you alone and no one forces you to place your living rooms on the street side.

You just simply can’t barbecue in this spot, for example.

A real griller can barbecue anywhere. What is so hindering about this spot?

However, I have to say that the garden actually stresses me out. There is always something to do there and we've never really used it properly. We now also have a large terrace, but we only spend time there sweeping or pulling weeds. Last year, I think we ate outside twice.

The crucial question here is: Does the garden belong to you or do you just rent?

Strange discussion.

And at the latest from half past four in the summer, the sun is gone. The person in a penthouse apartment can enjoy it until late in the evening.

…people have been constantly complaining about the sun here in recent years and praising the nice shade because everyone feels so hot… because it is summer…

You feel like you are sitting right on the curb and have no privacy.

In the backyard? Please read the initial planning again.

The person who has no money lives in the attic at our place.

Yep, that’s how it was… only the roof terraces somewhat upgraded the top floor. Or also the direct elevator.
In the past, the riffraff lived under the roof…

And some people just aren’t garden people. I, by the way, am not either. Mowing the lawn once a week is okay, but sweeping leaves or weeding every day is too much for me as well.

That’s also okay if you don’t like gardening!
But you shouldn’t lie to yourself if you jump from one truth to another from page to page: if money is there, then you like the garden, but at the moment, garden work stresses you out.

Don’t get me wrong. There are all kinds of people. To each their own. But you can’t really give advice if the questioner comes up with strange arguments, tries to sugarcoat something, and would have a different opinion if they had money.
Noooo…!
And to clarify: I actually have different views from Katja. But this isn’t about us here.

A roof terrace does not exclude using the garden. Eating upstairs, and afterwards you go down with the children to the sandbox. And then you just have the beer fridge in the "office" or in some storage room on the ground floor.

A rooftop terrace does not exclude the use of the garden. Eat upstairs, and afterwards you go down with the children to the sandbox. And then you just have the beer fridge in the "office" or in some storage room on the ground floor.

Yes, you are right. But I think that the OP prefers to see both cars in his ground floor rather than any life back there on the terrace| ;)

Oh come on, what did I do to you? As if I were the only person in the world who depends on certain things on the size of the wallet. And I’m managing just fine with my argument so far. Don’t shoot at me like that now ;) I don’t know how to put it kindly either, but regarding living upstairs or downstairs, I didn’t want any advice. But now I definitely know that it wouldn’t be yours. So we could leave this point as you wrote it:

Jedem, wie er möchte.