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

Well, I actually expect an architect to point out to the client when a request is nonsensical, or to explain what consequences it might have. Friends of mine originally wanted a fully covered terrace around two corners. The planner also said that it would simply get dark and one covered side would be enough.

I know what you mean. However, I am constantly amazed by statements here in this forum that the payer decides, i.e. the client. This year I am glad that I did not become an architect. You would have to plan things that don’t work or paint over something the clients got from some amateur forums.

Regarding the second bathroom door: there are enough builders who are convinced of it. The same applies to the garage/house connecting door. Nonsensical or not?

I know what you mean. However, I constantly wonder about statements here in this forum that the payer determines, meaning the customer. This year, I am glad I did not become an architect. There you have to plan things that do not work or paint over something that customers have taken from some layman forums. Regarding the second bathroom door: there are enough builders who are convinced of it. It's the same with the passage door garage/house. Nonsense or not?

It makes a difference to say: "You could do it like this and it could look like this or that looks shit, find another architect (at least that feeling is conveyed)."

or it looks shitty, find another architect (at least that feeling is conveyed)".

Since you probably had this feeling as well in view of my criticism, I also do not want to respond directly to it:
It also makes a difference whether an architect presents a design that "looks shitty" (which is - as long as it is permitted by the development plan - perfectly fine if it suits the taste of the client; in a free country, one is also allowed to find hipped roof Tuscan houses with woodgrain sectional doors "beautiful") or whether an architect cobbles together a wall arrangement in which neither the feeling of spaciousness nor that of coziness arises. Then one should go – either to a general contractor lackey where this architectural quality is at least available on a medical prescription, or to an architect who, for his HOAI fee, has been fully awake during lectures on spatially shaping architecture.

I would have liked a garage and a passage door, but only when it rains every time

in a free country you are also allowed to find hipped roof Tuscan-style houses with woodgrain sectional doors "beautiful")

I think that is the tenant's envy speaking! I don't want to interpret this stupid statement any other way.

Since you probably had this feeling in light of my criticism as well, I do not want to respond to it directly: It also makes a difference whether an architect presents a design that "looks like crap" (which is - as long as it is covered by the development plan - completely fine if it meets the taste of the client; in a free country, one is also allowed to find hipped-roof Tuscan houses with woodgrain sectional doors "beautiful") or whether an architect cobbles together a wall arrangement in which neither the feeling of spaciousness nor that of coziness arises. Then one should leave - either to a general contractor lackey, where this architectural quality is at least available on a health insurance claim, or to an architect who, for his HOAI fee, has also attentively attended lectures on spatially formative architecture.

I do not question your construction-technical knowledge ......... but your manner is very often annoying, sometimes enough is enough.

Sometimes you also come across to me like a storyteller; you pick something out and portray it in a ridiculous way.

Respect belongs in a forum, which you often do not convey.

Calm down again and see certain things more positively .........

Regards

I believe that’s the tenant’s envy speaking!

I thought I had explained it: the freedom to be able to change your place on short notice without loss of value must also be worth the extra cost to you - because from a business point of view you pay that with the current construction loan costs. But it’s not enough for you as a homeowner to have to get jealous

I don’t question your technical construction knowledge

That’s nice - although I wouldn’t call it "knowledge" to quickly identify the criticism points in a construction drawing.

but your attitude is very often annoying,

Differences go both ways equally, but as a Rhinelander I think that "every fool is different" is not a bug, but a feature

Sometimes you also come across to me as a storyteller, you pick something out and present it in a ridiculous way. Respect belongs in a forum, which you often don’t radiate. Calm down and try to see certain things more positively ........

"Hipped-roof Tuscan houses with woodgrain sectional gates" simply sounds better than "Mc Mansion hell by choice". Here there is only text without tone, so you can’t put anything in the voice, and you have to "regulate" the entire expression by word choice – this applies equally to the caricatural exaggeration as well as the factual subject itself. I have respect, but I also differentiate it: between the client on the one hand – who may well have a completely different taste – and the architect, who for a fee without quotation marks should also be an architect without quotation marks. I see things positively – up to the point where I get the impression that an architect lacks the ambition to meet legitimate demands of him. My message to prospective builders is therefore: 1. If you do not have your own trained 3D design sense, don’t be ashamed, as laypeople that is your privilege! 2. You can buy that skill – from a freelance architect, but usually not from a building engineer or a permit draftsman employed by the builder. 3. with a freelance architect you pay like private patients – so make demands too that the house does more than just "work"! By the way, , in "my" rental house the architect did his job properly – unfortunately not nice on the outside, but: location, location, location ... and nice neighbors absolutely make up for a deer brown, manually operated Berry gate