Thank you first of all for all your contributions. I will try to respond little by little.
1. We designed the draft from #19 ourselves, which is why the non-overlapping walls noted by are present – after all, we are amateurs. According to one of the construction contractors, this would not necessarily be a problem at least in solid construction, and the load-bearing walls apparently do not have to lie completely on top of each other. But I am happy to be proven wrong. It was also noticed that the utility room looks large but actually isn't that big, but we thought we would use the available storage space; a drywall partition can always be added later. We also discarded the tower made of washer & dryer in the later draft with which this thread was started (it's already difficult to stack the devices due to the sloping roof), but we did not follow up on that. ’s objection regarding accessibility exclusively through the bathroom is justified. Considering that, I would change it again and reposition the utility room. However, it was so suitable under the sloping roof, also due to the currently planned omission of a bathtub (please no discussion on this for now, I have already read the general opinion in other threads, but right now we have bigger issues to resolve).
However, the approach of @11ant to plan the upper floor first and then the ground floor is certainly a better option than just rotating a stairwell.
I have already tried that several times, but have failed.
To bring the many requirements downstairs (generous living, working, technology or utility) into harmony, I would consider movable walls and how different configurations ideally meet each requirement more or less. This also makes much better use of the hallway space. If the idea seems too crazy to you, still play with the configurations. It frees the mind and allows room for new ideas. Sometimes something comes out that is quite obvious but not yet thought of.
I will gladly give that a try!
And I have to ask: is this always the same planner/architect or are there different ones?
All drafts shown here are from us. I have sent you via email the planner’s draft, which was too large and which I didn’t want to publish here before.
I would be interested in the roof design. How will the roof be executed in the utility room? Or will there be asymmetry with the gable? Or will the roof be extended further down at the NE at the back?
The plan is for a central gable and the roof to be extended further down at the NE at the back, since a lower knee wall of 1.4 m in the utility room would add great value for storage. At the same time, with a larger roof overhang in the planned direction downward towards the street, there would be an option to roof the entrance area, or at least that is the idea. The pipes for the utility room are still not simple; in the draft from #20 they are right above the technical room. But since the utility room will be reconsidered in its positioning anyway, this is more of a point that still needs to be thought about during repositioning.
I would be bothered by the lack of a wardrobe. The 1.80 x 40 x 1.80 in the existing building probably won’t be enough for all seasonal clothing for a 3-person household?! Although the guest room is also called a storage room. If you actually become four, it could get tight.
The wardrobe area is indeed small. I would probably plan a Pax with 1 m (meaning 100 cm x 60 cm x 236 cm) instead of the 1.80 x 40 x 1.80 and place the previous one by the stairs into the hallway if it is wide enough. Still not much wardrobe space, but enough for everyday use and seasonal items would have to be swapped.
I would swap the living area with the kitchen in this draft. Remove the partition wall and possibly extend the inner wall in the living area a bit.
I’ve attached a plan adapted in Paint. Did I understand the changing of the walls correctly?
The dining area is very compact. That could get tight.
In width or length? A table for 12 people probably won't fit because of the living room’s partition wall. We have about 4.2 m width from the exterior wall to the kitchen island.
2. Positioning of the house
We discussed the positioning all day today. It is definitely decided that the garage/carport will be on the street. We have also realized that positioning the house far north on the plot is not ideal. Many thanks at this point to for the sketch and inspiration, and also to . What we didn’t like about the south garden and terrace was also the openness towards the street. 12-15 meters distance sounds like a lot, but when standing on the plot it looks different (even if this is nitpicking). We cannot really warm up to a primarily north-facing terrace, at least not so far. Our idea would be to plan the house as far east as possible/narrow in north-south direction in order to design the main part of the terrace in the west, possibly cornering to the north for hot days. This also raises the exact positioning of the garage – placing it next to the house would push the house further west, placing it in front of the house could overlap a bit, but then the house would be quite central on the plot and reduce the contiguous garden area. We still need some imagination here and will experiment a bit. We definitely don’t find your suggestions to position the house in the south as unlikely anymore as we initially thought. I can well live with the idea of additional seating areas in the garden as suggested. Raising the house by 2-3 steps, as suggested by in #21 is probably not possible because of the development plan, otherwise that would be a good option for more privacy.
Ground floor floor height max. 0.5 m above street level
3. Orientation of the gable
One reason for the chosen orientation of the gable was the view and wide panorama. We see the advantages of the rotated ridge; the west orientation would also be sufficient in my opinion for the children’s rooms. Would a dormer for the south-facing children’s room be completely out of the question?
That shouldn’t be the problem, quickly here….
That looks really good! Thanks for the inspiration with the gravel; that’s a good option even for a shorter driveway.