Our floor plan design for an affordable house

By the way, the lines to the utility room also cost a lot of money. I think the rule of thumb is about 1000 per meter? That varies a lot though – but you do have gas, right? Just draw the existing utility connections on the street into your plan.

I have drawn the lines in green on the site plan. Nothing is laid yet, as the street is 36 m away from the property. Everything still needs to be connected. But at the driveway of the property, they should arrive approximately there.

We really want to leave the orientation as it is, we are sure about that.

However, I would really like to ask for your opinion on two things:

[*]Design of the stairs: Whether landing or quarter-turn, we still don't know on the ground floor where to put walls around the stairs. The wall on the left makes sense, as it creates the wardrobe niche. Of course, one could also extend it further under the stairs (especially with the spiral stairs). Between the stair runs or in the middle, there will only be a half-height wall as a railing. Also a wall towards the study? Or not? Or from here access to the space under the stairs? Or a wall with an opening? Or, if we leave the wardrobe niche as in the current sketches, a door to the wardrobe so that the space under the stairs can still be used? We actually need the wall in front of the left stair run for a cupboard. Or put it somewhere else (wall to the utility room) and make the area under the stairs accessible from there? We are really still absolutely undecided and can't quite visualize the various options either ops:. I hope you understand my somewhat confusing descriptions of the walls and can give me tips (preferably exactly for one of these two stairs, landing or quarter-turn in this orientation).
[*]Windows: The window situation and the facade views are still causing us some headaches. I have attached them as the current plan looks. I find the entrance side and the northwest view somewhat unfinished. I actually quite like the others personally. However, I have the feeling that we generally have quite a lot of windows for this relatively small house. But where to cut back? The opening to the garden is very important to us, so there are the French balconies there which we definitely want to keep. Small, widely scattered windows on the other facades look really silly, though, so I tried to combine some of the smaller windows into "bands," to put it very non-technically... however, you don’t actually need that many in the hallway upstairs. It just looks really weird from the outside otherwise. Also, if you want a window at the stairs and place it according to the landing or the middle steps at mid-height between floors... does anyone perhaps have a bright idea? I'm kind of stuck.

We do indeed want to keep the orientation as it is, we are sure about that.

Which one now? It would be appropriate to put it on the current drawing... I read a few hours ago that you posted it several times. Do you actually know that you are not the only discussant here?

Also another wall in the study? Or not?

You are now starting with questions that have long since been answered. Read everything through again and gather your information.

The opening to the garden is very important to us, as I said, therefore the French balconies there,

Those two things have nothing to do with each other, opening to the garden means floor windows on the ground floor. On the upper floor completely different factors count, for example light, which you get less through French balconies than through normal parapet windows.

What? French balconies? Does the smart aleck know how much they cost?

Which ones now? It would be appropriate to put them on the current drawing... I read a few hours ago that you posted them several times. Do you actually know that you are not the only discussant here?

You are now starting with questions that have long been answered. Read everything again and collect.

One thing has nothing to do with the other, opening to the garden means floor windows on the ground floor. On the upper floor, completely different factors count, e.g. light, which you get less through French balconies than through normal parapet windows.

Uhm, if it's getting too much for you, feel free to stop discussing... I'm grateful for every comment, but no one has to feel obliged. I thought the orientation was clear after the helpful illustration by (post #214)... I have also described it several times in words. In any case, it should stay exactly like this.

And yes, I know that there was already (I think even from you) the suggestion to place the wall between the stairs and the study. But I like to gather more opinions, also regarding the other walls around the stairs as well as the accessibility under the stairs (that hasn’t been addressed yet, as far as I remember).

And why do you get less light through floor-to-ceiling windows (= French balcony) than through smaller parapet windows? I don’t understand. It’s the same glazed area in the same place, and even more?

What? French balconies? Does the smarty pants know what they cost?

I know, about 550-560 € per double window, so a total of almost 1,500 for what is now in the floor plan.

Uh, if it gets too much for you,

I'M OUT! Sorry for your open questions. But since I assume that you are here for my ... and still have expectations through questions, somehow also dismiss advice as ridiculous, I'm turning back here. That's enough The three dots stand for a wrong quote choice.

I'M OUT!
Sorry for your open questions. But since I assume that you are here for my ... nevertheless have expectations through questions, but somehow also dismiss advice as ridiculous, I'm turning back here. Enough
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No hard feelings, , I thank you for the time you took and your suggestions, even if they may not always have been to my taste. Otherwise, I think that sometimes comments come across differently in the forum than they were actually meant or get an undertone that was not intended. It's always the disadvantage when you are not face to face and can't read facial expressions and such. Sorry if something I said also came across badly.