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Why don’t you build the house Lokstedt then? The decisive advantage of its floor plan: the living room is actually more of a quiet zone than yours, as it is separated by the stairs and around the corner.

Where can I find the floor plan?

I have the feeling the OP accepts the advice that fits him; the rest is ignored. Everyone takes a bit from everything and puts it together. Why a shower on the ground floor if there is no guest room? The PC desk is being fiddled around, but all suggestions that it doesn't fit there meet resistance. I would never plan the kitchen and living room in a line; after dinner when the man wants to watch the news, the woman loads the dishwasher, the man has to turn the TV volume up to hear anything. When I’m comfortably lying on the couch, I don’t want my boys running back and forth behind my back with their friends. With 7.5 x 12 meters you have a corridor of 4 x 12 where the kitchen, dining table, and couch that stands 2m in front of the TV are. In an open floor plan, the house must be at least 9 meters wide so you can place the living room around the corner.

We also placed it in a line, and I actually find it very nice. Sure, an L-shape has its appeal, but it doesn’t bother me to see my wife in the kitchen from the living room. And I find it very nice to be able to go directly to the garden from the kitchen. The corridor-like layout is indeed a bit bothersome, but unfortunately nothing else was possible on our plot. The OP could actually consider going for a more square floor plan. The plot allows for it.

And that an open space on the ground floor is not possible with the house dimensions is simply nonsense.

Of course it's possible if you give up something else for it. Always a question of priorities - in this case exclusively your priorities. The usefulness was doubted - but you can tell us in 3 years how often you sit in your reading nook next to the stairs.

I looked at the house you mentioned on the internet. Just out of curiosity: Do you want no roof overhang, like the original? The question is completely neutral.

Are there any interior pictures from Lokstedt/Groot Architects? Unfortunately, I couldn't find any.

Actually, yes. We have a 10 cm roof overhang, which visually is almost nothing. I know there are really tangible disadvantages here regarding the protection of the facade. But I really like the modern look and ultimately – as someone else has already written here – in the north (where robust clinker bricks and slips often protect the facade) and with, for example, older settlement houses in Berlin, it's also the typical appearance to have no overhang. I know it looks completely different in southern Germany.

There are interior pictures only of the staircase, where you can still see the living/dining area a bit. Unfortunately, I don't know any more.

Why don't you just build the Lokstedt house then? Its decisive advantage in the floor plan: The living room is actually more of a quiet zone than yours, since it is separated by the staircase and around the corner.

I agree! Unfortunately, my boyfriend vetoed that because he doesn’t want a staircase as a room divider in the living area, once because of his sound system, and then because it’s too inflexible; you can never really get rid of the staircase if you want to rearrange. Although with our current idea, I don’t see much room for rearranging either. So you see, dear , it’s not just my priorities but also those of my boyfriend. And yes, we are the main residents. What our kids will end up liking, no one knows yet anyway (they’re only 3 and 6 years old).

So I do find the staircase a bit of a shame. On the other hand, in the upper floor all bedrooms are oriented to the southwest, facing the garden, and not the staircase, which is also something.

Where can I find the floor plan?

I attached it once. As well as the one I adapted to our functional areas... the Lokstedt homeowners just don’t have a cozy nook, so the workspace is upstairs in the bedroom and there’s more space for the living room downstairs...

Where can I find the floor plan?

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