Our floor plan design for an affordable house

I'm out of tips, yes. I understand [Mündigkeit] differently. For me, [Mündigkeit] also implies being willing to listen to something from those with experience. For example, that architecture magazines are very nice to look at but don't necessarily represent real life.

Don’t worry, I do listen to those with experience. Especially to experts, architects, and civil engineers who have detailed knowledge but allow for very different design concepts and tastes. I won’t get tired of repeating this: the thing about openness is primarily a matter of taste!!! Newly built apartments in Berlin basically all have an open kitchen-living area, so it’s rather mostly what people of my age want. Maybe it really is also a question of age. Another architect couple we know built a very similar floor plan with a half-spiral staircase for themselves two years ago. Kitchen, dining, living, working along the entire length of the house. And they have three children, two of whom still share a room so far. They would do it the same way again anytime. So they are experienced both in private use and professionally as architects and also have a similar taste to ours. I like to rely on these experiences, especially regarding the detailed design of the floor plan.

And sure, there is "haute couture" architecture that is hardly livable. But our floor plan definitely doesn’t go that far. Often there the bathtub stands free in the middle of the room or something like that, which would be too open even for me.

Ms. Schnute, out with it now! Do you have [O Beine]?

I will not get tired of repeating myself

Me neither... but slowly it’s getting boring here to always read the comparison of apples and oranges.

The thing with openness is mainly a matter of taste!!! Newly built apartments in Berlin basically all have an open living kitchen, so it is rather what people my age want.

If you were attentive enough, you should know that you don’t have to tell me what openness means. Our house has fewer interior walls than your plan, our open space has 55 sqm (without office and without hallway)... but I am honest and don’t have to sugarcoat to others how awesome it is. Yes, it’s great, but it has its downsides, and that even just for 2 people. But I have already written all that. However, you here continuously only respond to the supporters, while one of them is a penny-pincher but advocates closedness only for himself, while the other supporter himself has your dimensions but already complains about tightness. And those who are honest with themselves and with you, you doubt. You only react to concerns and honest words with “we are different” and only have your film in your head, now even judging it by age (yes, has everything closed) and actually call it maturity now. I am actually out now - you can gladly withdraw with your architecture magazines... I have to admit I’m chuckling a bit how stars before the eyes and this “have to have” eats up all reason.

Another architect couple friends built a very similar floor plan for themselves 2 years ago with half a spiral staircase. Kitchen, dining, living, working over the entire length of the house. And they have 3 children, two of whom still share a room so far. They would do it the same way anytime again.

I bet they built bigger

Yvonne, why always the nagging. You are in disagreement. Period. She says exactly what her musts are and where she is variable. I don't talk about her musts at all. They are hers. It's their money. I only talk about the variables. And remind her of the austerity diktat, because their budget is tight for the house. Whoever doesn't want an eave doesn't want it and accepts a dirty facade. That's how it is. Karsten

She says exactly what her musts are and where she is flexible.

... and completely forgets the music history in the process... just simply does not address the problem or the hint at it.

Mrs. Schnute, now out with it! Do you have bow legs?

Me neither... but slowly it's getting boring here, always reading the comparison of apples to oranges.

Yes, I'm getting tired too. , thanks, I think there's nothing more to add. So now to other topics:

I have attached the planned speakers here (after consulting with my boyfriend). In our old apartment, we had the sofa against the wall and the speakers directly to the left and right next to it, so practically only 2.20 m apart from each other. My boyfriend found it quite annoying because it was always super loud on one side. He says "the more diffuse, the better," which is why he probably prefers the speakers to be placed much further back than the sofa. I have inserted them in the floor plan as the small blue-green boxes. They will be mounted relatively high on the wall with small shelves or placed on the about 2 m high shelves that are supposed to stand there. They can be angled downwards, so the height is not a problem.

I don’t really care, I would actually find a clean soundbar the nicest, but I also claim a sewing corner with two machines for myself, so it’s only fair.

And, I just had an idea how to make the space under the stairs accessible despite the wardrobe. I don't want to interrupt the wall unit there with a gap and a door, that looks strange. But we will simply leave a gap in the wall next to the stairs and then design the door as a cabinet door aligned with the rest of the wardrobe cabinets. That means we have to build or rebuild the wardrobe cabinets ourselves, but well, we already have some experience with that... I'm excited!! (In the floor plan it is a bit wrong, the door is still in the wall, but that is just to remind us and the planner that there must be a door opening in the wall).