Actually looks a bit "top-heavy," maybe we'll go back down from the 2.40 shown here to 2m after all.
To improve the kitchen's planning (especially for tall cabinets), we have now initially also decided against a door between the hallway and the kitchen. Especially since a sizable shaft for the controlled residential ventilation pipes has been installed in the corner of the kitchen...
Are there photos of the existing structure? The demolition floor plan looks interesting. Why didn’t they have to comply with the 0.8 H back then?
I can look those up sometime, the projecting building part on the south and west is a single-story conservatory, which probably did not trigger setback requirements in the (former) development plan.