Single-family house 145 sqm with garage without basement

I know you can manage with just a shower, but with 2 kids you might want to reconsider ;)
Otherwise, I agree with my predecessors and you:
I would also make the hallway on the upper floor wider, and I think too many windows in the living room also make it feel too "airy".
Do you throw all your clothes in the dryer? Otherwise, the question is: where do you hang the laundry? :)

Regarding the kitchen, I would reconsider whether having 4 seats is 1. necessary and 2. if all 4 really need to be next to each other (if the kitchen is indeed planned that way). The dining table is right next to the island, and having 4 chickens on a perch is not very communicative—I find it better if people sit opposite each other. Also, you should think about swapping the sink and the stove since the coziness for those sitting down can really decrease when something is being fried. I don’t find grease splatters and heat very pleasant ;)

My husband wants the door between the garage and utility room primarily because he always comes home from work very dusty/dirty. That way he could park his bike in the garage and change in the utility room, so he doesn’t carry any dirt into the proper house entrance.

Another point for the door is that then we would only need a sink in the utility room

We would only have to sacrifice some of our wardrobe. We will definitely discuss that again.

Well, then :) But basically, it would be a double door.





This way you would have just as much wardrobe space and a walk-in shower. The window would of course have to go ;)

Regarding the laundry:
A dryer in the closet is out of the question. In our small utility room on the upper floor, we have real sauna air, but it also had to be a condenser dryer because of the controlled residential ventilation. Since you have a ridiculously long hallway, which you somehow need to emphasize so it doesn’t stand out unpleasantly, it can be even longer :p:
One possibility might be to extend the hallway to the outer wall at the bottom of the plan and place the washing machine and dryer at the bottom of the plan in the hallway and disguise them with doors (like Americans always do). The bathroom would have to give up 2 sqm, but it shouldn’t stand out negatively. Pay attention to soundproofing! I would avoid having the washing machine and dryer directly IN the bathroom.