Well then:
But it’s no use if you realize that everything somehow feels cramped.
Yeah. In my opinion for a 2-person household, it’s too tight. For 2 people. Unless you like saving. Whatever the reason. For 4, I find it insufficient.
Okay, the man can retreat to the basement to do his thing. Or the woman, she can go iron. Is that really intended?
The living area also lacks floor-to-ceiling windows that would allow a view of the planned beautiful garden.
Completely exaggerated expectations. A shower toilet would be enough. For me, the space is totally wasted.
I would create a storage room on the ground floor, for example where the mini WC is now.
We find it sufficient this way, besides, our hands are somewhat tied if we want to build "even" bigger. After all, we want to pay everything off within a certain framework and still afford other things; it doesn’t help if everything gets taller, bigger, further and costs 700,000 € (just the house) or more. For some that’s okay, for us not.
It’s okay for the man to go to the basement when a third or fourth child comes (this suggestion came from him).
Where exactly in the living area should the floor-to-ceiling windows go? A single-leaf terrace door would still be possible in the kitchen, but for us that’s not practical. Where the sofa goes, floor-to-ceiling windows don’t work, or it’s pointless if the sofa stands in front of them. The other sides face the street or the garage and are also not suitable.
You can also look out the window into the beautiful garden.
The two WCs on the ground floor (as stated in the opening post, a must-have), we have our reasons, but everyone has different ideas.
We have enough storage rooms and when we were younger even more since the basement also offers three large rooms, storage space.
Regards