Single-family house 11.35x9.65 floor plan and placement on the property

could you explain again what you would change about the bathroom layout, since you had criticized it.

You enter the bathroom and have a wall in front of you. That is oppressive. Also, when brushing your teeth, you are standing directly with your back behind the door. If someone suddenly opens the door, you really have to be careful not to get hit. In short: in my opinion, the walk-in shower is poorly placed there. Also, the privacy screen by the toilet - that's a single winding labyrinth. It can be done better, I think.

Here again is an overview of what remains of the garden behind the house.

Well, it's still okay. Enough space for a terrace and some flowers. You guys care a lot about the cars. For me, it's more about the flowers. So I am probably very biased.

I think that’s pretty good too!

A few things have already been said, I would completely redo the bathroom. Why the knee wall? Why not a full story?

What I also noticed on the ground floor... I would consider skipping the short end piece of the kitchen and instead of the window, put in a balcony door. Otherwise, you have to go around the island every time to get to the terrace.

Do you also want to sit at the “peninsula”? I didn’t measure how much space there is between the dining table or chairs and the island?

Is that a wall as a partition to the sofa?

I think the garden is big enough...

What just occurs to me, could both children's rooms be located on the garden side? Bedroom and dressing room have a pretty prominent position, don't they?

In the bathroom you come in and have a wall in front of you.

I just measured, it's just under 2 meters to the wall, I think that should be enough space to avoid any feeling of tightness.

If someone slams the door open, you really have to be careful not to get hit.

With the door open, there's still about 80 cm of space, which should be more than enough; if it were not enough, I would already be dead with our current bathroom.

Plus the privacy screen at the toilet - it's a single winding labyrinth.

The passageways throughout the entire house are currently planned to be at least 85 cm, rather more, which should be sufficient for free movement without feeling like you're in a labyrinth. But thanks for the criticism anyway; it always encourages thinking. It would have been nice if you also said what you think could be improved concretely. Complaining is always quick, but pointing out solutions would make more sense. Please don't get me wrong, but unfortunately, that does not help the questioners.

Why the knee wall? Why not a full storey?

That is naturally a cost question; we can clarify whether two full storeys are possible and what the extra cost would be. Honestly, I don't see any advantage to two full storeys since even with a 2.15 m knee wall, I can place cupboards with 2 m height on every wall. Of course, there would be more space in the attic.

What else I noticed on the ground floor... I would consider skipping the short end piece of the kitchen and instead make a balcony door instead of the window. Otherwise, you always have to go around the island to get to the terrace.

That is definitely worth considering; I will take another look. Thanks!

Do you also want to sit at the "peninsula"? I didn’t measure, how much space is between the dining table/chairs and the island?

Sitting there is not planned; I feel it is unnecessary and used too rarely. The distance between peninsula and table is 1.5 m without chairs.

Is that a wall separating the sofa?

No, it is a standard shelf from Sweden. That was an idea to separate the living area a bit, almost like a room divider. I had also once designed a fixed wall, but then we found it too inflexible.

What just occurs to me, could you not put both children's rooms on the garden side? The bedroom and dressing room have quite a prominent position, right?

We actually had that in the design once. But we decided against it because the kids won’t live at home forever anyway, and then we can enjoy the view of the open field in the morning.

Sitting there is not planned, I feel that it is unnecessary and used too rarely. The distance between the peninsula and the table is 1.5m without a chair.

Everyone I know who has an island with seating hardly sits at the dining table anymore. It is really cozy and I would reconsider it. It is also certainly very comfortable for homework later or for the kids to have breakfast.

Of course, it's a cost question, we can clarify whether two full floors are possible and what the additional cost would be. But honestly, I don't see any advantage in two full floors, since even with a 2.15m knee wall I can place 2m high cabinets on every wall.

I don't see an additional cost there, quite the opposite. A full-height upper floor would allow a truss roof instead of a rafter roof compared to the knee wall attic. That would be rather cheaper. Without compulsion (due to height issues), I wouldn't think of upgrading the upper floor to the attic in terms of utility by downgrading and in price by upgrading.