Relentless criticism wanted! Floor plan 160 sqm

Money is usually finite

That is exactly why I would want to get value in return: I pay the architect his fee, and in return he designs my house so that I can implement the "remaining" budget completely into built square meters that bring me something: space, where it needs to be and/or where it creates a sense of space.

The alternative, that the general contractor builds a significant part of the square meters where they are useless and/or ugly (toilet without a bowl and washbasin, but with a shower; or a ballroom with a lost double bed in the corner in front of the balcony door) and that by accepting this, the planner’s fees not separately stated are then considered settled, is not, in my eyes, a fair deal.

The construction costs of the useless and/or ugly square meters would more or less be the price for the services of the rummage-sale architect - I find that more expensive than a classical HOAI-compliant fee of an architect whose studies were not in vain.

Bargain bin architects

Bargain bin-architects

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Write a longer post about it and have the admin pin it, instead of mentioning every time that one should go to a qualified architect.
First, there are also general contractors who are architects themselves and thus design thoughtful individual solutions, and second, these are well-invested euros not only for you as a non-building owner, yet building owners really have to weigh these euros as well.
Many here build with general contractors for cost reasons, often accept a few drawbacks, settle for the standard floor plan, but have cost certainty in return.

This is exactly what the main forum is for these building owners.

I also often mention going to an architect, but rather in the case of problematic plots where we cannot assess the critical points of a plot at all.
Or the demands are extremely high and the willingness is not there to decide whether apple or pear, when one actually wants an organic kiwi.

Otherwise, I’m soon feeling as if I’m back in the old green forum. They still have these grumbling whiners...

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Caught. Of course, the correct spelling is only with the hyphen

Firstly, there are also GUs who are architects themselves and thus design well-thought-out individual solutions, and secondly

... also those whose employed or contracted architects are really good and ambitious. But in the specific case of the OP, the architect of the GU was probably a grab at what unfortunately is missing here in the WC

Otherwise, I soon feel like I'm in the old green forum here.

But that would already be quite a nasty comparison. I find the proportion of destructive complainers significantly higher there.

fit into the standard floor plan,

That could already help here, too: not trying to work a dozen sources of inspiration into one floor plan.

Again about the orientation: The great view is the main focus for you. That is fine. However, with this north orientation, the living room will probably be quite dark. If you want to keep it that way, you could let significantly more light into the west side between the kitchen and the bay window. Then you would at least have sun in the living room in the afternoon.

Have you mentally furnished the living room? It seems to me that it will be difficult.

The problem here is the relatively narrow building window due to the triangular plot. If you don't want to invest 50,000 in corners, edges, and slanted walls (outside), then you have a slim house, especially if you also want to fit a double carport in the building window. The slim building window is not necessarily the problem, but the desire for a generous 40 sqm. And try to do that... it ends up being a corridor-like room, even if you place the kitchen in the top right corner. I roughly sketched the plot with side measurements of about 30 x 24... and that would really be tight! A 3-meter setback area on the west actually doesn't allow a terrace, a balcony, or an external staircase... I don't even know what the designers were thinking there? Exceptions? On the east side, I also don't see 3 meters, more like 2 meters to the street... hmm. Well, I'll keep trying

I roughly sketched the plot with the dimensions of about 30 x 24... and that would really be tight!
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Well, I'll keep trying

Oh, I hadn’t read anything exact about the building envelope so far, have you? As long as no precise information comes, that would be too annoying for me.