Our floor plan design for an affordable house

To my knowledge, this is the situation:

Thanks! Oh no, I don't really like the orientation either. Was that already a topic in the previous posts? Is the ridge direction predetermined? What are the over 3 meters between the house and the carport for? Parking space? Can't the house just be rotated 90 degrees so that the living areas face south? It could just about work despite the stupid dashed line, whose purpose I don't understand for such a large plot. I have to admit that I'm a layperson when it comes to reading plans, but I don't see any restrictions that mean the house has to be placed exactly like this on the plot and not otherwise. Looking forward to some enlightenment, even if it doesn't help the OP. It's just private interest and serves my personal education.

what is Badspray??

A all-rounder, e.g. "everything is fine in the bathroom and toilet" 2 x bathroom cleaning stuff... Clearly wishful thinking: unfortunately, over the years we already have quite a few things: limescale remover for sanitary fittings, toilet gel, Sagrotan and Viss (among others for the yellow under the toilet rim) Then there is also a jar with a homemade mixture of baking soda and citric acid, but that doesn't really work either. The Corega tabs are better for that. Oh yes: two cloths, a wall eraser and a ceramic eraser. And a cloth for drying. It's not like I have no ideals about getting by with little. But if one thing doesn't work, you buy something else. And throwing away something that's almost full, although it's still good for something else? Nope. And there we have the issue: it automatically accumulates more and more - whether you want it or not. What was still acceptable in youth no longer works in middle age. It's like personal care: our cabinet under the bathroom sink is full of things you only need if you have complaints or are sick

What is still acceptable at a young age no longer works in middle age. It's like personal care: our bathroom cabinet is full of things you only need when you have complaints or are ill

You are so right! We just bought (after a brief dispute about which room there would be space for it) a cabinet solely for medications and medical products. It also contains the first walking aids, hand straps, heat pads, infrared lamps, etc. But okay, the OP still has time for that. Until then, the children's rooms are free for it. OT: The cabinet might have been heavy! Now we are already too old to carry the cabinet for our ailments into the house.

I am actually quite interested in the wall thicknesses.

Well, do we now dust off the basics of spatial planning, light, winter sun, and all that crap, or do we just let the owl die stupidly in its cave? Considering the fact that you are so different and know everything, I tend to go with the latter.

Exterior wall: 35.5 cm, load-bearing interior walls on the ground floor around the staircase/study and living area: 24 cm, load-bearing wall between kitchen and utility room: 17.5 cm, all others 11.5 cm.

Otherwise: thanks for the kindness. And no, I really don’t understand why the mirrored orientation then makes more sense. Instead of sharp comments, an explanation would really be nice.
That the living area is oriented south, we’re probably not mistaken there. And yes, now one can decide whether southeast or southwest. Kitchen is now southeast, living room southwest. Otherwise I’d have morning sun on the couch and evening sun in the kitchen? Doesn’t sound very sensible to me. So maybe for explanation, in case that’s the misunderstanding: southwest is of course at the top of the plan! (Otherwise north is up, maybe that’s why the confusion?)

Oh....
I thought that recently too but forgot to write it:
Many think they are so different, their wishes cannot be understood by others. But it’s no witchcraft at all, and most here want openness and generosity, space, airiness, and sun in the rooms.
Just like the nitpicking: “how often can you read, I am different than others, I want to hoard, store and fold laundry according to Marie Kondo.” As if “we” don’t do that?!
At least the new builders who deliberately build without a basement know where it can pinch. And when I now apply folding techniques to my laundry and regularly declutter, it only has the reason that there is simply not enough storage space. For example, I would like to have one more meter of closet, then I wouldn’t have to fold. It’s not like I enjoy doing it or that time moves differently.
Unfortunately, the utility room has to serve many purposes here. Already too much... but 8.5 sqm are different for Schnute than for most here.

Folding shirts Marie Kondo style doesn’t take me more time than folding and stacking them before (and completely tidying up the drawer every 3-4 weeks, because everything gets chaotic), but it’s not really about Marie Kondo here. Except for the T-shirt folding technique, I honestly don’t know anything about her. I just don’t enjoy having a lot of stuff. It overwhelms me simply. I have about 20 T-shirts in the closet, but I really only wear 10 of them regularly. I already find that annoying. When I have to buy a new one, I am actually overwhelmed by the selection and would prefer far fewer options (really!). No idea if many others feel like that or not. If yes, then we just come to very different conclusions. And otherwise, the first restriction is: small house because of small budget, the second restriction is: I still want it to be nice and not just be surrounded by huge wardrobes. And since the four of us already live on much less space with all our stuff and toys, the storage and organization situation is hardly going to get worse. That’s my naive conclusion. But honestly, I am slowly getting tired of the whole storage topic.

Even though it goes beyond the core topic, allow me – as a man – to ask: what is “badspray”??
Is there a miracle product I don’t know? That you spray in the bathroom and everything is clean? Why am I then always on all fours with vinegar cleaner, feeling the wife’s controlling glances on my neck?

Yes, it’s just vinegar cleaner as spray after all.

I’m curious. How much space is there between kitchen and sofa?
With a table, you should calculate 2.5m width (incl. chairs) – and then you also have to be able to comfortably walk around it. So 4.5m between kitchen and sofa would be certainly optimal. Then it should fit. Same for the length – you have 4.15m, there should be about 1m on each side – so you can have a table about 2m long.

It’s about 4.15 in both directions. I was thinking of a 2 x 0.9m table plus chairs to the back about 60-70 cm. The walkways around are all at least 1m on the floor plan. Between sofa and stairs 1.20m. Between dining table and window (fixed glazing) somewhat less.

What is a seating window? How are you planning to realize that? Will there be a bench in front of the window?

A windowsill that is wide enough to sit and lounge on, so to speak. Google it, there are many examples. Our windowsills will be about 20 cm deep, then in front of it a 20-25 cm deep shelf (the brown longish thing in front of the window), on top a wooden board, and then we have a seating window. That’s the plan.

Can someone tell me how the house is placed on the plot? In the first post I see the entrance in the east – but I don’t see a north arrow. My posts so far only referred to the floor plan itself. I liked the last one, even if I would probably mirror the stairs so that you go upstairs from the dining area (although it wouldn’t look so nice at the top). Now I’m wondering why the long house should be placed like this on the plot.
It would be nice if someone could tell me the actual orientation and location of the house including the post number. I must have missed something.

Thanks! Oh no, I don’t like the orientation very much either. Was it already a topic in previous posts? Is the ridge direction predetermined? What are the over 3 meters between house and carport for? Car parking space? Can’t you just rotate the house 90 degrees so that the living areas face south? It might just fit despite the annoying dashed line, whose purpose I don’t understand with such a large plot.
I have to admit I’m a layman when reading plans, but I don’t see any restrictions that mean the house must be placed exactly like this on the plot.

I’m looking forward to enlightenment, even if it doesn’t help the OP. It’s just private interest and serves my own education.

Oh, thanks for digging out the site plan . We initially thought of square (prefab) floor plans. My architect friend said, however, that it’s better to orient a long side towards the garden and the sun, both for energy and for cozy living reasons. Makes sense. There’s no development plan, so the ridge direction is not prescribed. You are not allowed to build beyond the dashed line, because behind the slanted property boundary lies a nature reserve. We want to leave enough space towards the front property to keep an extension option open later (mainly for our parents, if they can no longer live alone, sketch see post #158). And why you would rotate it 90 degrees you really have to explain to me more precisely. Yes, it’s true that at the sun’s zenith the light comes exactly from the upper left corner in the kitchen, so you have afternoon and evening sun in the living area, which is where you mostly use the living room. But if I rotate it now, I’d be facing the neighbor and no longer the garden, which is also a not to be underestimated argument. And evening sun in the study at the PC I find rather disturbing? In the...

That was just me with the rotation by minus 90 degrees, so that the living areas are in the south and not in the west. My question is answered with your comments though.