Yeah, and I’m thinking about the kitchen, whether it’s sufficient as is or if the current partition wall for the tall cabinets is really necessary; hence the idea regarding the pantry, to possibly save that wall. Because the access to the kitchen feels a bit awkward.
I could basically also imagine it completely open, but then with light or mobile furniture like USM-Haller furniture or similar, which can be freely arranged.
Maybe a direct outside access to the basement would also be possible... for crafts, dirt, guest access, etc., and to be able to go out directly. Definitely 1 shower/toilet in the basement.
In the bedroom area, there are too many doors/corners for my taste.
You don’t have any exterior views, do you?
With the two garages and the planned access doors, it feels a bit cramped to me, like a house-between-two-garages; but maybe that’s just my impression.
Thanks for the comments. We want a deliberate separation between the kitchen and the living room area, so that’s why the partition is there and not towards the living area. With the entrance into the living room, we basically have a reception area, and we find the additional passageway to the kitchen rather practical.
We also consciously decided against an outside access to the basement. Guests are allowed and supposed to go through the house and shower on the ground floor, where the main guest room is; guest room 2 is only for emergencies.
In the bedroom, the second door is meant to be a sliding door; the issue with the corners exists in the dressing room unfortunately in that form. We just don’t know how to solve it differently in a sensible way.
As for the garages, it can’t be done any other way, we need two, and due to the 18m width, we can only reasonably place them on the left and right sides. But it’s true, there is a need to avoid the blocky appearance here, so there is room for optimization in the exterior view.