Place house, garage / carport on the property

By the way, I would not place the living room window on the side in the center of the wall, but about 70cm away from the TV wall. You actually don’t place windows in the center when viewed from the inside. It doesn’t look good and is difficult to furnish.

In post 1, property with unmirrored version is included.

but why does the pantry have to have a window? You are probably planning a ventilation system too - right?

That was a big point of discussion. Personally, I wouldn’t need a window because of the ventilation system. But my better half absolutely wants one in there. Also, you need about 60cm more space if you swap the pantry and the tall cabinet wall, which we don’t have.

Oh, as a supplement to the question "pantry window", also why a pantry when you still have a basement?

We simply don’t want to go to the basement for every little thing. Our kitchen is already packed full now and outside the apartment, we have a storage room (awkwardly cut old building) where we actually store what would otherwise go into the pantry (potatoes, onions, containers for recycling, olive oils, kitchen appliances that are not used that often, ...) and I don’t want to go to the basement each time for that, especially since we don’t have wall cabinets and therefore everything would have to be stored in the kitchen units.

Garage opening to the west would also allow for creating a west terrace in the entrance area.

First of all, thanks for the work.
Turning the garage to the west would, of course, be the optimal option for the garage, but in our opinion it’s suboptimal for the front door (I’d first have to walk around the garage or through the workshop area, which is probably not always perfectly tidy) and doesn’t look good from the south view either.

Well ... view is a thing. The doors currently on the south side of the garage could be omitted, and a door could be added in the storage area near the house entrance. Although I would rather keep the southern right door (shifted slightly to the left) because it allows more direct access with items like a lawnmower, etc.

View .. A nice wall view with wooden elements or plants, etc. should be easily created from the then southern garage wall.

Great, Kerstin. Thanks

We don't have any baseline happiness measures?

And does that fit like this?

Well ... the view is a matter of opinion. The doors that are currently in the garage on the south side could be omitted, and a door could be added in the storage area at the house entrance. However, I would rather keep the southern right door (moved slightly to the left) because it allows more direct access with things like lawn mowers, etc.

I just mirrored the view myself and overlaid the garage wall from the north view. I actually don't find it that dramatic and will discuss it with my girlfriend tonight. It would solve the problem of wasted space and the garage door, as well as save a lot of paving.

Maybe the workshop room could also be moved to the side instead of the back.