Single-family house 150 sqm just before detailed planning - Feedback?

Hello dear forum members.

There are now four of us and we finally want to fulfill the dream of owning our own home. For this, we already have a plot of land and a general contractor who is building with us. In recent months, we have tirelessly pored over plans, gathered information, and we are now at the point where we have an approved building application. The "framework data" of the house are actually already clear. However, as we now approach the concrete approval of the detailed planning, doubts arise as to whether we have been brooding too long only "in our own juice."

The floor plan has caused us some headaches because the plot is only 14 meters wide and therefore the maximum width of the house is 8 meters. In addition, we would like to have a fireplace in a preferably open living area. Through large windows and hopefully plenty of light, we want to create a friendly atmosphere. By the way, the south side is shown at the top in the screenshots.

This has resulted in the attached floor plan. A challenge in any case is to have enough space for cupboards and other furniture. According to our current visualizations, this seems to fit reasonably well. To make this even better, we have already decided to reduce the widths of the windows on the south side somewhat.

We are still uncertain about the "corner" in the study. We could either place a desk or a bed there, but we could also close the wall and have a separate cloakroom accessible from the hallway. Another point is the rather large bedroom in our view – it will not have a separate dressing area, but as a large room it is also difficult to furnish.

We would be very happy if you could take an unbiased look at the floor plan and comment on it.

Many thanks in advance!
Sonja and Simon

Development plan/Restrictions
Size of the plot: 1000 sqm
Slope: No
Site occupancy index: 0.2
Floor area ratio: -
Building window, building line and boundary: Neighbourhood development
Edge development: No
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 1 full floor
Roof shape: Gable roof
Style: Classic
Orientation: East
Maximum heights/limits: -
Other requirements: -

Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Classic single-family house with gable roof
Basement, floors: 1 full floor
Number of persons, age: 4 (2 adults, 2 small children)
Space requirements on the ground floor: Living room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, guest toilet, study/guest room
Space requirements on the upper floor: Bedroom, 2 children’s rooms, bathroom
Office: Family use or home office?: Family use
Number of overnight guests per year: very few (5-6)
Open or closed architecture: Open
Conservative or modern construction: Conservative
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Carport comes later
Utility garden, greenhouse: No
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should not be: -

House design
Who created the plan: Planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?: The open living/dining room with the passage to the small study. We plan to keep the intermediate door mostly open so that we have light in these central rooms all day long. We also look forward to no longer being isolated from the rest of the family while cooking, as in our current small kitchen.
What do you not like? Why?: -
Price estimate according to architect/planner: -
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: -
Preferred heating technology: Gas

If you had to do without, which details/expansions
-Can you do without: ?
-Cannot do without: Open area with kitchen, dining, living room as well as the fireplace

Why is the design as it is now?
We sat together for a long time with the planner and also on our own to bring our various requirements under one roof. He made a great effort to combine them all in one floor plan.

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

How would you plan the study and bedroom and do you spot any "major flaws" in our floor plan?

Here is the cadastral map again with the planned house (south is at the top)

Hmm, but the floor plan does not correspond to the latest kitchen planning status (different forum ;) ). The windows in the kitchen area are not correct as shown.

And here again, I would like to point out the 2 accesses to the utility room. They take up a lot of storage space in the utility room.

In the upper floor bedroom, I would shift the position of the windows more towards the center of the house. The window on the ground floor can be adjusted. Then also change the hinge direction on the upper floor. This way, a bed with a headboard can be placed against the upper plan wall and the lower area can be used for cupboards.

Mmh, a few sticking points would bother me: 1. The path from the entrance to the kitchen is like walking on eggshells. I wouldn’t want to be the one who has to stock the fridge there. 2. The drainage from bathroom 1 would then have to go across the living room, or what is the plan there? 3. What is the corner in the study supposed to be for? It’s the size that it serves exactly no purpose. I would cut it off and rather plan the wardrobe in the hallway instead. 4. A narrow technical door is a tricky thing. Once everything is inside, ok. But woe betide if the hot water tank or the heating needs to be replaced. Then you start removing the door and tearing down walls. 5. The entrance and stairs would swap places in my opinion. Mostly to get to the kitchen faster with bags, and the existing garage speaks in favor of that too. 6. The children’s rooms are ok, but somehow hard to furnish. Either you run into the closet as you come in, or the narrow room becomes even narrower because of the closet. I’d rather try for less space but better furnishability. But that’s a matter of taste. 7. I think Kerstin’s suggestion is great. Alternatively, here’s a version with a mega window and space for dancing: 8. Why are there no windows on the side with an estimated 2m knee wall?

Quite spontaneously regarding the indication "south is at the top," I would mirror the house. With a photo of the plot, I would have to think about it a bit longer for myself. Be that as it may: I wouldn’t want to constantly go through the chill lounge when I want to get to the kitchen. I would probably place the living room more into the corner and use the kitchen as a passage to the south. Guest through the living room: matter of taste. I almost did that too.... We now have the office separately, which is also good, as I also use it as a gym and am more independent that way. Close off the corner and use it as a cloakroom. The toilet in the children's bathroom is not up to standard. It must be moved behind the 2-meter line. Well. And the location of the stairs is in the entrance dirt zone... often that cannot be changed, but I would always try to see that it is different. Here even a straight staircase should be possible.

The toilet in the children's bathroom does not comply with standards. It must be moved into the over 2 meter line.

The line is 2.3m – strangely – that confused me too.

A straight staircase would even be suitable here.

I would not see it that way, since the house is too narrow and on the upper floor there would then be an eternally long wide hallway. Unless you want it crosswise?
But I rather see the half-landing staircase – once again.