Place house, garage / carport on the property

We are also building on my parents' property, and I know all too well the discussions that arise from that. And I also know the situation where you have to be glad to have any land at all to build on because there is none left on the market. So you just have to swallow one or two frogs. That's why I recommend the interim carport.

Even a carport wouldn't solve the discussion issue because it is just as "opaque" as a garage. And since we planned the front door between the garage and the house, we can't just leave out the garage. That would just look strange.

Then just live with the weird appearance for a few years. I would look for a (temporary) solution that satisfies both sides.

Apart from that, I agree with Kaho that a living room in the NE is not necessarily brilliantly planned (our pantry and guest WC are located there).

Apart from that, I agree with Kaho that a living room in the NE is not necessarily well planned (in our case, the pantry and guest WC are located there)

So what is in the NW for you? For us, the toilet and office are completely oriented to the north, but I simply don’t have enough space on the south side to fit dining/cooking and the living room, especially if we want a kitchen island.

For me, it was also essential to have the kitchen in the south. Of course, I could swap the living room and kitchen now, but I really wanted to keep the paths to the garden (vegetable and herb bed is planned directly outside the door) and the terrace as short as possible.

Then just live with the weird appearance for a few years. I would look for a (temporary) solution that satisfies both sides.

The solution is simple now: we keep a 6m distance to the property boundary and only then start with the garage. That way, the house stands in terms of setback distances exactly as before the mirroring. However, we will still do the mirroring to move the terrace away from the street.

Living room then in the northeast (can it get any worse?) and terrace changes to the southeast, etc. Honestly, who are you trying to tell what here? Do it if it’s so great for you. But we certainly won’t tell you that this is a good solution, because it isn’t.

And that’s not to say I don’t appreciate your opinion Katja, but I also don’t see any way to optimally supply all rooms with light without throwing other premises overboard (distance to the street, entrance area, straight staircase, ...).

without throwing overboard other premises (distance to the street, entrance area, straight staircase, ...)

Ultimately, building a house is always a matter of weighing the premises. Often it is difficult to abandon a working plan and redesign because something contradicts it, as in your case. However, one should not make the mistake of being satisfied with something just because it would be easier to "just" quickly mirror it.

I have to agree with . My first thought about the idea of "mirroring" was also ... no, that’s not possible. But then I took a closer look and follow the argumentation

That’s why the living room area is deliberately oriented to the north to give the kitchen and dining area the south side, where natural light is much more important to us than in the living room. If I mirror all the rooms, I don’t have to plan everything anew, do I? The kitchen and dining room remain oriented to the south, and whether the bedroom upstairs lies in the northeast or northwest is personally not important to me. The children’s rooms are also oriented one to the southeast and one to the southwest, so both rooms simply swap places.

or had already thought it through that way. A proper retreat living room really doesn’t need the sun or the light so much. And I also agree for the other rooms. I still don’t like the combination of tall cabinet wall/pantry.