Do you also have measurements?
Because in your initial planning with the garage, it depends on every half meter how much space you have for turning and maneuvering.
We ourselves have such a situation, only with a driveway 5 meters wide. Altogether, we have 10 meters width in front of the garage door....
Unfortunately, we need a wide garage at least 6x6 with 2 parking spaces.
Nobody needs a garage unless you want to keep company cars with MPs on the property overnight. Otherwise, a carport or a bare parking space will do.
Whether it is allowed that close to the street is questionable in my opinion anyway.
However, I also believe that it is precisely NOT allowed to be placed within the sacred 5 meters.
Garage. According to the state building code in Baden Württemberg, a 9.00m garage is allowed on the boundary up to 3.00m wall height.
That applies to boundary construction within the building envelope. The street strip outside the building envelope is, to put it simply, doubly protected so that the visibility of the street course remains generous and cars can stand in front of their garages without blocking the street.
So you are moving on shaky ground with your planning, which can be very annoying if it later turns out that you are not allowed to build there.
But in my opinion, the yard is too narrow anyway to move around comfortably and safely with the cars there.
That will annoy you every day.
Yes, the view is not great. Sure, the neighbor’s garage is there as well.
Is it that ugly? Then you can put plants in front of it. It offers a protective wall and you can still create a small biotope, a seating area, or whatever here. It is also a garden after all.
Alternatively, we would have to move 1.50 m further south and make the garden smaller.
The garden... the garden is also in the other three directions. It does not only consist of “behind the house” or “in front of the terrace.” A garden is created by connecting areas with plants and seating areas or other elements.
We didn’t want the kitchen in the south so that we have a nice big living room; I tend to prefer the kitchen not directly visible from the sofa.
But then, unfortunately, the kitchen will be very far from the terrace. In everyday life (when the terrace plays a role due to the weather), one has more the connection kitchen/garden table because the garden table on the terrace replaces the dining table in the dining area. Family members walk this route dozens of times a day—whether they want to or not. Also the children: fridge/sandbox.
Everyday life or the evening at home in good weather simply does not involve sitting on the sofa. A large living room is okay, but actually more space is needed in the everyday living area, and since you probably have other things to do during the day than move around in the living room, one should reconsider some things.
Also this statement:
The idea was dining area in the southeast (morning sun), living corner in the southwest (evening sun)
I want floor-to-ceiling windows in the kitchen. The 3-D simulation with my neighbor’s garage shows that depending on the season, from about 8:30 am the sun can shine directly into the kitchen, you get light in, we could also give up some of our west zone and set the house back 3.50m or even 4.00m.
I am always amazed when I read something like this: 8:30 am great sun. Unfortunately, we also have our kitchen in the east (for other reasons).
But we don’t get any benefit from it. We can also see the sun in summer when we leave the house between 5:30 and 7:00, but then we are at work. Means: the sunlight entering the house can only be enjoyed after 4 pm. And as already said: in summer life then takes place outside and/or in the kitchen. Therefore, a west kitchen would be more advantageous. And in winter it is dark anyway after work.
Weekend: sleep in, breakfast in bed (possibly with children), ... the fact remains that you actually spend more time in the kitchen in the evening than in the morning. Only in TV commercials do you see breakfast as it is still mostly imagined.
@kaho674 : Kitchen in the west was an idea; the argument against it is that although you have a nice view, no sun comes in, and then you have a rotated arrangement with the living room in the south.
but it brings the fact that we lose space in the south.
What would be the alternative, for example? Rotate the house...
I’d say: the house has to adapt to the driveway and parking situation on this plot, whether you want it or not.
And then you have to start looking at whether you should change something and live with it. You almost always have two options, and binding yourself with “actually we would have…but...” or “then the garden will be smaller” is a corset that tightens more and more. You should try option 2 with the goal that the corset loosens again. Because you have less quality of life from the 1.5 meter wide lawn if it means on the other hand that every evening and morning you all have to cruise back and forth on your yard for 5 minutes.
Therefore, I would see the garage as boundary construction, but to be accessed from the front. That makes happy.
Then there are 11 meters in front, leaving 19, which you can well divide on the length between house depth and plot.
If you are afraid that the “10 meters of garden” won’t be enough because the terrace also takes up space, then you can also plan a corner terrace in the southwest or let the sight lines run diagonally. Diagonal is more than straight.
Either you plan the house now as you already have it,
Or you think about your daily routine, whether you really have the coffee table in the afternoon in the living room like in the 70s or rather the shared time in the kitchen and dining area. Where is daylight used more and when?
Personally, I would mirror the house then, be happy in the office on Saturday morning and in the kitchen in the afternoon.
Also advantage with small children: in the west there is enough space for the children, who can be quickly supervised through terrace doors in the kitchen.
I think Katja already implemented it that way.
I like the floor plan itself. The faux pas are already mentioned (bedroom wall), that’s all.
However, I would loosen the symmetry a bit, especially on the south front. Also consider that the shadow of the balcony/terrace roof falls to the east but swallows a lot of light in the middle of the house in winter.
You could swap the rooms, i.e. the gallery, upstairs if necessary. However: you come up the stairs... there is the gallery... nice and bright... nice... simply nice... beautifully sunny... invites you to dry laundry there... in advertising you would now turn back time and of course say: (forget the laundry)... invites you to enjoy a sundowner there.