Our floor plan design for an affordable house

but it is the task of the old ones to set boundaries for them, even if it hurts

It does not hurt, but rather gives the brats a sense of being noticed by the old ladies.

Many people planning a house only consider their small children they have at the moment. They put them to bed in the evening and then have a relaxing TV evening. Visitors for the children are only around during the day, so no one disturbs in the evening. But that changes at some point, and then several times in the evening someone goes to the kitchen, opens the fridge, makes popcorn, quickly puts a frozen pizza in the oven at 10 p.m., makes tea, gets water from the utility room, looks for pens in the study, etc. Meanwhile, the doorbell rings and guests come for the teenagers; food is fetched from the kitchen for the guests again, and late at night the friends leave. It is definitely quite different than with small children or even just as a couple of two. One should at least have thought about that beforehand because there will be no exciting movie night or relaxing on the sofa when someone is constantly walking past the sofa, and surely not everyone likes to lie on the couch in "Schlabberklamotten" while the big kids' friends walk past.
Kind regards
Sabine

Nordlys, 5 hooks for two people means 10 hooks for 4 people. With children, the storage needs are a bit bigger than for an older married couple – even if you have a lot of visitors. When the children are still small, the dirty clothes from outside are added (and I don’t want to put those on a sofa when the kids come back straight from a mud puddle). Then maybe two extra hooks for that – so we’re at 12. In addition, the ever-changing toys etc.

I also believe that you can limit yourself and the OP has to do that given the financial situation, but there are some things where nothing helps, they just are. And children take up space – also in terms of storage.

What bothers me a bit in all variants is the large dressing room. A dressing room is great if you have the space. But here I would choose the conventional version of a bedroom wardrobe and invest the additional space rather in the obviously urgently needed little sewing room. Then you can really make a small chamber that has a door and the sewing machine doesn’t disturb anyone. You can just leave the stuff lying around and if the passion for sewing should ever fade, you can use the room for another hobby or simply as storage.

It doesn't hurt, but gives the brats a feeling of being noticed by the old ladies.

If children have to disturb in the evening because of that, something is probably wrong. My parents' neighbors determined the width of the house based on the precast concrete parts for the ceiling. It was supposedly much cheaper than pouring on site.

I can only agree with , the children grow up and things change. There comes a time when you first have to count the shoes in the morning to see who is there. I once lived in a house with a staircase practically in the living room. And the bedroom was beneath the teenager's room. Sometimes you could only cover your ears. That could also happen at 2:30 PM when the teenagers woke up along with their urges. Then the noise practically echoed through the whole house. But a person's will is their kingdom after all; personally, I like floor plans with a separate chill-out area. However, the original poster wants something different. It has to suit her.

@ypg We don’t have one (yet), maybe someday. The rooms are definitely already available

See! And you don’t even have to agree with the OP that we are all exaggerating so much, when you yourself currently only have the piano placement problem.

You hear alternatingly "the dryer," "the child," "the flush"… Yes, that’s how it is. You hear each other.

Building everyone their retreat, that’s castle avenue,

May I remind you, Karsten, that you are happy to scrub the fish and potatoes in the separate room, namely the holy utility room? Or your wife gets to do that.

May I remind you that you deliberately keep your kitchen separate from the living area so that you don’t disturb each other?
May I remind you that you consider yourselves lucky to be able to keep the kitchen door or living room door closed sometimes because the cooking fumes or the noises from the kitchen could disturb you in your shared circle of friends?
And may I remind you that you even installed a fixed staircase in your bungalow so that all the clutter can quickly disappear to the large attic?

I don’t read everything from everyone to remember things, but in discussions about open-plan living or separate kitchens, you’re the first to treat closed-off spaces as sacred.

One should at least have thought about that beforehand, because with an exciting movie night or relaxing on the sofa, it won’t work if someone is constantly walking past the sofa, and surely not everyone likes to lie on the couch in “sloppy clothes” while friends of the older kids walk past.

We have it that way. But there are only two of us. When I have my women visiting, my husband quickly disappears upstairs. No, he likes women. But we don’t like it when the man sits in the background.
And it’s often borderline with the arrangements. I love my house and our openness. But now I would rather have just turned the stairs and put an intermediate door from the hallway into the main room. Of course, a Pinterest-style intermediate door in industrial style, gladly self-built... it can always be open, but if I want, I can close it.

You just have to swallow the bitter pill if you have family that still has to grow up and eventually shows up with their own family, that not everything you always find so chic can be implemented.
And to be honest: not everything that can be quickly implemented at Ikea or looks so practical is bearable en masse in a small house. You might do some things but everything as they present it in a small one-room apartment is just too much unorthodox.

But since I just wrote it: wouldn’t a bungalow be more feasible ? You wouldn’t need scaffolding, could do even more yourself, and would have attic space that you could later convert into a living area.

What bothers me a little bit with all variants is the large dressing room.

That’s supposed to be the sewing room, right?