Single-family house 220 sqm with basement on 700 sqm plot

Well, statistics can be misleading.

It is simply a matter of today’s information. You and I can’t steal a car, earlier it was possible with two wires and a screwdriver. Today it requires a laptop, specific type software, specialized knowledge and electronic parts; which doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist, but it’s now almost “only” very targeted and comparatively rare depending on vehicle types and orders. I don’t want to sound like a know-it-all but I know this quite well! However, your car is not safe from damage, frost, marten bites etc., so there’s nothing against having a garage. And a break-in into an apartment is something entirely different, it’s easier today than before because there are more windows and no longer so many fully cluttered windowsills plus various other parameters...-

In my opinion, the door to the kitchen makes sense, otherwise all the smells spread into the house and also into the upper floor.

I have heard that more often and at the time I was talked into it because of the smell of fried fish...- . But there never was any anyway...
Right now I see once again that I was not getting it. You want to secure the stairwell against smells..., got it. With a decent hood that should be solvable. If it were that bad, then the dining room and living room would be constantly and directly affected. That separation would make more sense to me but I wouldn’t like it.
The idea of access to the back was just an idea because I got caught by it more often and was then the wheelbarrow servant for days until my arms nearly gave out (also a topic with firewood, sandbox, planter boxes and soil etc.)

You and I can't steal a car, we could back then with the 2 cables and a screwdriver. Today it takes a laptop, specific type-software, specialist knowledge and electronic parts; which doesn't mean it doesn't exist but almost "only" very targeted and compared to few by vehicle types and orders. I don't want to be a know-it-all but I know THAT quite exactly!

Uhm no, exactly and really exactly the opposite is true. Every impoverished complete idiot can steal a car today and (with very few exceptions) any! Small OBD tool borrowed, plugged in, drove off. That has absolutely nothing to do with specialization. I know what you mean, but the conclusion is wrong. We fence them here by the hundreds, but a university engineer has never been involved, almost only fully stoned dropouts with drug-related long-term damage. So much for off-topic and clearly PRO GARAGE! I hate martens

Uh no, exactly and really exactly the opposite is true. Every impoverished complete idiot can steal a car today, and (with very few exceptions) any car! Borrow a small OBD tool, plug it in, drive away. This has absolutely nothing to do with specialization. I know what you mean, but the conclusion is wrong. We process hundreds of these here, but a trained engineer was never involved, almost only heavily stoned school dropouts with drug-induced long-term damage.

so much for OT and clearly PRO GARAGE! I hate martens

We probably won’t get anywhere with this, and it doesn’t matter. If we ever meet in this or the next life, I’ll explain it to you, also why I know it. It was about the number of car thefts… a bit of googling and voilà… everyone gets this result, namely the ultra-steep downward curve. By the way… a similarly drastic downward curve for bank robberies too… or am I wrong there as well?
By the way, nobody mentioned an engineer, that would rather be a hindrance. Cleverness in the classroom doesn’t necessarily translate the same way on the street.
So… my bet to
I claim: car thefts in Germany are declining extremely sharply.
I’ll pay a case of champagne if I lose, we can gladly up the stakes or make a nice donation to a charitable cause.
Ah, I’m already thirsty…
Gladly watching on the side how every random passerby supposedly simply drives off with modern cars by the dozen in the meantime… sorry, what nonsense

Now we can shift the focus from the garage back to the house

You don't need to bet or google. I am the one who makes this statistic. On the German overall average that is of course true, that is the problem with the average. Regionally, it looks completely different.

You don’t need to bet or google

I didn’t have to, I knew it. A pity about the champagne, plus a bit of chatting around the campfire.......

I am the one who makes this statistic

That’s what I thought; same exact there.
Car theft numbers have, almost unnoticed by the public, fallen since 1994 by about 85% from 105,000 to only 15,000 in 2018.
Our individual sense of security has, however, become significantly more sensitive, unfortunately also the coarseness and criminal energy of the respective fellows, even with such greatly decreased case numbers. THAT has completely changed, which is therefore not necessarily good news.

oh yes garage......somehow it seems quite nice but whether for reasons of efficiency and also cost it might be possible with a double garage? Electricity, possibly water, lighting, items.....all created twice, which would otherwise be enough once, up to various accessories. Personally, I would probably find the look too car-heavy and especially the already mentioned missing access to the property for pending and recurring work, firewood, plants, etc. would be missing for me.