Relentless criticism wanted! Floor plan 160 sqm

Hello everyone!

We are going around in circles with our floor plan design!
I’m starting to feel dizzy – the little one is growing and is more excited about a carousel in the garden... Although our ideas are quite concrete, we can’t find the optimal solution.
We are therefore looking forward to your feedback in general and maybe some solution proposals for our questions below.


Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 670 m2
Slope: yes, maximum height difference 3.5m
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Floor space index: 0.5
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 1.5
Roof shape: gable roof 30-40 degrees
Style: modern
Orientation: free
Maximum height/limitations: 10.5m

Clients’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: modern gable roof
Basement, stories: basement plus 1.5 stories
Number of people, age: he 38, she 37, he 1, another she planned
Room needs on ground floor: kitchen (semi-open or around the corner), storage room, small shower bathroom, wardrobe niche, guest room (min 12 sqm), living/dining room (min 40 sqm)

Room needs upstairs: 2 children’s rooms min 15 sqm, parents’ bedroom with dressing room, if possible with connection to bathroom, bedroom separated from children’s rooms by hallway or bathroom
Office: as family room/guest room
Guests per year: guest room is a must-have J
Open or closed architecture: rather closed (kitchen with sliding door/or separated by half wall?), staircase definitely separated from living area
Conservative or modern construction: classic but with modern elements (windows? light strips, shallow roof pitch, no big roof overhang, color scheme gray/white)
Open kitchen, cooking island: semi-open, a small bar is a must-have
Number of dining seats: table for 6 permanently, for celebrations we are 17 J
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: facing north because of great view
Garage, carport: carport with 2 parking spaces

Additional wishes/special features
- canopied front door (L shape), front door with narrow side panel,
- platform staircase with risers,
- entrance should be on the east side
- the largest window areas (floor-to-ceiling, possibly sliding door) on the ground floor we imagine at the northwest corner of the house (despite sunlight, because of the view)

House design
Who created the plan: planner of a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?: All rooms were incorporated in the floor plan
What do you not like? Why?:
On the ground floor: the solution with pantry, guest bathroom, and wardrobe niche.
Also, the living room is somewhat too small for us.
Upstairs: we think the sleeping and dressing area is somewhat too large and the bathroom a bit too small (we wish for a T-layout)

If you had to give up, on which details/extensions
-could you give up: bay window, platform staircase
-could not give up: guest bathroom with shower on the ground floor and guest room on the ground floor

Why is the design the way it is now?

We mixed many designs (prefab houses on the internet)
Which wishes were implemented by the architect?
Entrance from the east side, large windows facing north or northwest, all rooms incorporated in the floor plan

What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?

Is the lighting upstairs sufficient? In your opinion, would “loophole” windows be possible? Or are skylights necessary? Is the bathroom too small for a T-layout? Do you find the sleeping-dressing area significantly too large?
We would like a small terrace in front of the house to catch some sun now and then. Do you think an exit from the kitchen makes sense or could be implemented? (The slope is not as steep as assumed in the picture)

How would you solve the area of the guest bathroom, wardrobe corner, and pantry? The shower bathroom is too small, pantry too large? (Actually, we would have found it great if guest room, guest bathroom and wardrobe niche were all together in one “corner of the house”. But it doesn’t have to be)
How would you enlarge the living room? We might do without the bay window to the northwest and instead have one facing north? What do you think?
How would you canopy the front door? Addition? L shape? Carport probably only in a few years…

Thank you!

Uiuiuiuiui. That mercilessness potential is really enormous. At the latest in the bedroom it becomes obvious even to laypeople, but otherwise this is not a floor plan, rather a highly loveless jumble of walls.

Von wem stammt die Planung: Planer eines Bauunternehmens

... I would have recognized that myself anyway

Wir haben aus vielen Entwürfen (Fertighäuser im Internet) gemischt

... Frankenstein-like combined, I would say judging by the result.

Alle Räume wurden im Grundriss untergebracht

... thus the diagnosis summarized euphemistically. Has this been merciless enough so far?

große Fenster in Richtung Norden bzw NW

Why exactly there?

The blacked-out area on the site plan suggests a previous floor plan draft. Would you like to show it? - I "fear" it was at least relatively more successful.

Especially when you want to fit many dream houses in at the same time, you need an understanding – and contradicting! – architect. If you come to a general contractor’s drafter with the same starting point, you get at most such a failed chimera out of it.

3.5 m is decent

Why don’t you use the basement as living space?
It has direct garden access.

Is there a plan with contour lines?

Otherwise, I’m with 11ant

Three things that immediately catch my eye:

1) 4 windows or translucent doors in the bedroom. It would be too annoying for me to always close them before sleeping.

2) The shower on the ground floor is a crime.

3) In the picture of the house, you can see so many different doors and windows that the combination simply looks chaotic.

Without a detailed site plan, it will be difficult to assess. Do you have something precise with a few elevation points and dimensions? Otherwise, I would have expected something like this:

What immediately struck me: The bathroom on the ground floor doesn't work like that, does it? Where are the toilet and sink supposed to go? A pantry without direct access from the kitchen is not a pantry to me, but a storage room. Do you really want the kitchen to be like that? I see long walking distances and dead corners. How is the wardrobe niche supposed to be furnished? I don't think it will work. The bedroom is huge, but the bed is squeezed into a corner. Does it fit with real measurements? The left-side sleeper will have to squeeze past quite a bit. How are the wardrobes supposed to be arranged?