Single-family house, approx. 140 m², 2 children's rooms - What do you think of the floor plan?

Would it help if we turn the staircase around again and keep the area under the stairs open or something similar? Would that make the hallway appear significantly more spacious overall?

You could simply use a landing staircase so that the space under the stairs can still be used.

Only the "high" side facing the utility room brings a benefit to the space below. From this perspective, the direction of rotation is clear, and from the attic it is neutral.

I do not see any advantage here in a straight run - neither for the spatial effect nor the usability of the area below. In my opinion, the "spiral" fits better with the style of the house here.

I would expect a load-bearing wall as a partition wall, for which at least 17.5 cm walls are used. 45 cm is not a standard brick size at all – 36.5 or 49 or increasingly also 42.5 cm would be customary – and thus indicates a multi-layer wall structure. In my opinion, it is worth asking what kind of wall construction this is supposed to be.


I would place the door and omit the eastern door of the storage room for that.


Not a boiler at all, and a full-size furnace – so they say – is no longer used today either.

A 17.5 cm wall has now also been drawn in.

You could simply use a landing staircase so the space under the stairs can still be used.

We will also replace the currently drawn staircase with a landing staircase and insert a window there so that at least some light from the north side still falls into the hallway.

Here are the updated floor plans. The staircase will be changed as mentioned before. Otherwise, the hallway already feels more open.

We are uncertain, among other things, about the guest toilet. It has now been slightly enlarged, but does this help us? Or should it rather be made smaller again so that the door can be opened better?


We have switched the shower and toilet so that there is daylight in the shower. But is the length of the wall sufficient for the shower? For your information: we do not want a completely open shower but a shower door.


The drawn windows still come from the old design. Our question relates more to the knee wall. Is 90 cm sufficient? Or do you notice any other inconsistencies?


The front view (the carport will be placed to the left in front of the shed) seems a bit wooden to me. Very angular overall. What is your opinion? Would perhaps a round window at the top (bathroom) loosen it up a bit?


We like the other views. Although we are considering moving the fixed part of the front door to the right. That might also partially solve the problem with the guest toilet door.

We are already very thankful to you all for the critiques. We have taken everything to heart and have already considered quite a bit.

Just my 5 cents, since I’m not an expert on floor plans here in the forum.

- Move the front door towards the hallway, which might allow for a different placement of the wardrobe and to enlarge the guest WC again
- Omit the utility room exterior door. It really makes no sense and increases the costs.
- Apparently you live in the dining room and the kitchen, otherwise I can’t explain the floor plan. The living room has no patio door at all???

Overall, the ground floor plan doesn’t have any single-family house character for me. The layout looks more like a floor plan of a condominium. Am I the only one who sees it that way?!

My personal opinion: I wouldn’t even want the ground floor as a gift, and I suspect you’ll regret it in a few years.

The upper floor turned out quite well. Although I would give the T at least 1m, the space is there.

I’m afraid a landing staircase will become tight. Have the effective walking width calculated; it will now be at most between 85 and just under 90 cm (railing, partition wall, stairwell, etc.).

I would eliminate the slanted wall.

... why bigger guest WC? I would rather make it 10 to 15 cm narrower. The outward opening door, which on paper collides with the front door, will practically never happen and wouldn’t bother me.

Living room .. I think it’s good to separate living from dining/cooking. And if I want to chill on the sofa, I also don’t want to walk out to the terrace . But I would probably still put in a smaller north window. It gives the room more friendliness.

And then do the kitchen planning, then the southern kitchen window can possibly be moved slightly to the right.

We are uncertain about the guest WC, among other things. It has now been slightly enlarged, but does that help us move forward?

No, in my opinion, widening the width does not help.

We rotated the shower and toilet so that there is daylight in the shower.

But then a beep show in the bathroom? You’re occupied under the shower. A view of the sky from the toilet would be nice... I would swap it. I’m not surprised now why the toilet is getting so much space? It can do with less in favor of the shower!

But is the length of the wall enough for the shower?

No, it can easily be one meter. At least for the look. But anyway, people will see through the window.

Our question is rather about the knee wall. Is 90 cm enough?

Just measure the headboard of your beds. Or sit down to read in bed and measure how much height you need.

(comes the carport), seems a bit wooden to me. Everything very angular. What’s your opinion?

Not angular, but disharmonious. The windows are not aligned... the distances are not refined. But this also applies to the other windows on the ground floor/upper floor... the facades partly look shifted and crooked.

Would a round window above (bathroom) maybe loosen things up a bit?

No, I would hold off on that until the rest is ordered.

We like the other views.

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It seems to me as if you told the planner: we need a pantry. So the planner draws a pantry. You want to swap the toilet and shower, so he swaps the shower and toilet. But he does it without thinking. And you don’t see the mistakes because you get what you demand.
A pantry certainly doesn’t need a window facing south. Leave the pantry out and use the space under the stairs as a pantry.
The room can rather serve as storage or a wardrobe closet. You already have too few of the latter. What is drawn there is just enough for the clothes currently in use that season, but not for seasonal clothes storage.
The windows on this side need to be shifted.
The window in the bathroom is too small in relation to the dormer, that’s why it looks strange to you.
The toilet does not need that much space anymore, so the “I” in the “T” needs to be mediated. Actually, you can make an “L” out of the “T”.
I would also mediate the east side, try if the dining window can be shifted there.
Entrance: the window under the carport – pointless. Give this window light. The living room needs a patio door. Should it be a proper parlor? Okay, TV room... but even there access to the outside doesn’t hurt, after all, you also want to go outside in the evening...

I would also mediate the door to the bathroom so that the tub behind it has space.

The planner really ought to be ashamed!