The plot has almost the same orientation as ours, possibly even a few degrees more "eastward tilt." With that arrangement, you have to be aware that from around 5 p.m. no more sun will be on the terrace. Fortunately, we had enough space to the north-northwest for a second terrace, which is used a lot especially in spring and autumn. Sure, the plot is small (though rather large by Munich standards) and it gets more difficult, but I would take a look if you can move the house a bit further south to make the 3m garden to the north usable.
Thanks for the experience. Unfortunately, we can’t make the northwest part usable as there is a fairly high brick carport from the neighbor towards the west and larger trees towards the north... Possibly, we will widen the terrace another half meter to the left to catch 1-2 more sun rays in the evening that don’t reach around the edge of the house.
What would bother me most is the arrangement of the kitchen. At the island, you stand with the door at your back and then every time you wash something, you run in triangles. You need advice from a professional — also whether the chimney including fireplace makes sense there. Upstairs, the chimney in the children’s room would bother me again. Besides residual heat and lack of space, a chimney always makes a bit of noise. Therefore, I would banish it to the hallway. For the other children’s room, I am missing the dimensions. I wouldn’t go below 3m depth, better more. Rather, I would take a bit of depth from the guest room. The door in the attic bedroom opens into the slant. I don’t like that. On the other hand, I see hardly any attractive alternatives, so a door stopper will probably have to be installed. Outside, I miss storage options for bicycles and stuff.
The arrangement of the kitchen is not really decided yet; we will have to go into detailed planning. But yes, certainly not easy with cooking on the island and the sink at the window. I think what you identified as a chimney is the drainage from the attic bathroom. The chimney is located at the entrance to the living room and accordingly in the guest room behind the door upstairs. Child 2’s depth is just about at almost 3m, so it might be worth considering taking a few centimeters from the guest room, but then there is again a corner in the previously straight wall in the guest room. The attic bedroom door does not bother us personally. Bicycles fit in the double garage; initially, only one car will be parked there.
Edit: I would definitely plan a laundry chute with 4 floors.
It probably also fell victim to image resolution or similar. It is located on the ground floor near the wardrobe and in the upper and attic floors in the bathroom, down to the basement utility room.
Bathroom: you have to be aware that even if you are not 1.90m tall, the floor space visually gives area but with a pitch of 45 degrees is not walkable. Life takes place in a strip. So if two people use the bathroom, there are tight spots: one sits on the toilet, the other cannot just reach the shower. It would be advantageous to move the toilet under the slope and box it in. Adjust the roof window in the middle. Then the toilet moves under the slope, and the area in front is freely walkable, without the occupant/user needing to watch out for the slope.
Thanks first for sketching and the ideas! We exclusively use the bathroom alone, except maybe occasionally for brushing teeth. Nevertheless, it is probably a bit more comfortable if you can jump straight into the shower without fearing collisions with the toilet. I fear, however, that won’t work with the roof window; the setback in the east and the resulting roof shape significantly limit the space for relocation. If you reduce the height, it might fit, but then the bathroom might get a bit dark... We have to take a closer look to see if it might work with the window — and weigh whether the lack of headroom at the toilet is worth it for us :)
The dormer in the west: I would also arrange that centrally.
We will definitely take that on board; I didn’t even notice that it doesn’t end flush with the wall. There really is no reason for that. The dormer would benefit from being shifted slightly down. Or, if we stick with the original variant, it would help the wall (or the tricky situation in the bedroom) to be moved slightly upward (although then it would no longer lie directly above the corresponding upper-floor wall structurally).
I would also place the bed under the slope and box in here as well. Go along the room diagonal.
That’s an interesting idea; we will discuss it. The advantage is definitely the freedom of movement around the bed. The disadvantage would be the door directly in front of the bed and the somewhat smaller perceived room due to the boxing in.