Single-family house, approximately 160m², Bauhaus style; first draft according to our wishes

If the floor plan allowed a view from the front door directly into the living room, I might understand the vestibule, but as it is, there really are hardly any "insights" for the mail carrier. As a cold air lock, it has no effect nowadays anyway; the front doors are airtight enough.

In the upper floor, I would consider whether a separate parents' area is really necessary in a 160m2 house, especially since the bathroom is a family bathroom anyway. A layout with a dressing room, bedroom, and bathroom all directly accessible from the hallway is almost inevitable. Personally, I also don't like the bend in the wall between the children's rooms; if you give the hallway another 30cm, you might be able to do without it—but it's a matter of taste.

but as soon as more than one person comes home at the same time you will curse if you built it like that

A narrow windbreak acts like a person bottleneck system

As a cold airlock it no longer has any effect today,

Nevertheless, the thing catches wind and is therefore not called "postman privacy screen" without reason. By the way, the postman is long gone by the lingerie party time at our place, even on days with Motorwelt and Telekom bills.

The hint to replace the planner seems to me to be too drastic a step that would not personally suit me, especially under the premise that this office only has one other planner. I find ketchup and mayo good enough as long as it can qualify for a Michelin star.

Hello Notstrom,

the lower floor plan based on the Rensch-Haus (which I really like in terms of layout on the ground floor) is already clearly better. However, I can understand the people here that the vestibule and especially the upper floor are not optimal. Since you have already gone through several rounds and the planner basically only managed to do what he just had to paint over according to the template - maybe changing the planning office is an alternative after all. With so much money you are investing, it should be as good as possible.

Perhaps the upper floor could also be designed smaller? A balcony could be created above the living room, and there doesn't necessarily have to be a room above the terrace either. However, the staircase might have to be shifted again.

In any case, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that you make a big step forward soon.

Best regards

Just for understanding: Why is that impractical? Do I understand 11ant correctly that in his/her opinion the passage to the bedroom is simply too narrow?

Good point, so either I will make the bathroom bigger or I will remodel it.

What do you mean by that? Why is it unusable with size and door opening? We especially want the vestibule because:
- Taking off shoes, leaving dirt "outside," maintaining "privacy" (postman, ...)

There is no right or only or.
We, the users, point out to you where there might be issues and problems. Your task is to understand this and then possibly do it better or differently. Some criticisms, however, are a bit exaggerated or far-fetched.
If doors get in the way, then you will probably be able to mentally walk the path from the entrance to the stairs. Then you will also notice that an open door can be disturbing.
Most users here are building owners themselves and have developed the feeling to think from 2D to 3D.

I recently saw something similar at Fingerhut-Haus. Maybe there is a detail there that you like.

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Thank you very much for all the feedback we have received now. It actually moves us to thank the architect for his efforts and then say goodbye to him. Of course, the whole project has lost at least another two months because of this, but what are two months anyway in such a project?

If the floor plan allowed a view from the front door directly into the living room, I would understand the vestibule, but as it stands there are really hardly any "insights" for the postman. As a cold air lock it no longer has any effect nowadays anyway, the front doors are tight enough .

Yes, you're right. With the current status, the wall by the stairs would indeed block the view, i.e. the doors would be obsolete.

Upstairs, I would consider whether a separated parents' area is really necessary in a 160m2 house, especially since the bathroom is a family bathroom anyway. A layout with dressing room, bedroom, bathroom all directly accessible from the hallway is almost obvious. Personally, I also don’t like the kink in the wall between the children's rooms; if you give the hallway 30cm more, you might also do without it - but that’s a matter of taste.

What do you mean by "separated parents' area"? The access from the bedroom? Actually, we don't really need that.

Since you have already gone through several rounds and the planner actually only managed to do what he just had to trace over from the template – maybe changing the planning office is an alternative. With so much money you are investing, it should be as good as possible.

We will actually take care of that now. Are there any ideas where we can find good architects/planners who can "feel" our wishes? I think that is what wants to get at.

I recently saw something similar from Fingerhut-Haus. Maybe there is still a detail that you like.

Fingerhut-Haus? Can I find that somewhere?