From the "architect"??? - I decidedly dislike the following in terms of spatial feeling: when you turn sharply shortly after entering the dressing room (almost as if slipping through a wormhole into another galaxy), you surprisingly stand in a bulge that provides space for a double bed. Formally (bed fits in, the path to get there too) it’s perfectly a "bedroom," but architecturally it’s clearly one that you would at best wish on the (evil) mother-in-law. What does the architect do for a living again? – I still consider him a permit drawer, i.e. a civil engineer who thinks of the specialty store for bathroom mirrors and roof battens when he hears "Bauhaus."
Dear 11ant, all due respect for your rhetoric and eloquence, but: how can we bridge this architecturally mother-in-law-recommended room layout in the upper floor? I mean, I find your comments worth reading and partly amusing, but we really can’t benefit much from your experience here.
Stairs: not a landing, but mirror and slightly extend the start in the hallway (2 steps). Gives more comfort.
I would even omit this cross wall between stairs and dining area.
Oh, we hadn’t noticed that at all – good point about the start. Why not a landing staircase?
I also find that better with you.
The bedroom probably ended up this way to have the passage to the bathroom. I would omit that. You don’t need a bathroom with 2 doors. It’s also impractical.
Just to understand: why is that impractical? Do I understand 11ant correctly that in his/her opinion the passage to the bedroom is simply too narrow?
- I don’t know how strong the desire for a T-shaped bathroom is, but I would skip it. We decided against a T-bathroom with similar dimensions. The bathroom feels bright and spacious that way. If I consider that I would have a shower and a wall of similar depth in front of my sink, the "large" impression would be gone. Between bathtub and sink you’ll have at most 80cm. Think about it, you won’t be able to comfortably pull out drawers under the vanity cabinet at all.
Good point, so I will either make the bathroom bigger or remodel it. 80cm between bathtub and sink actually bothers me – I just measured the distance in our current bathroom – it’s 90cm and I don’t find that distance bad.
- The vestibule is simply unusable because of its size and door opening. You have to think of something else.
What do you mean by that? Why is it unusable because of size and door opening? We especially want a vestibule because:
- take off shoes, keep dirt "outside," maintain "privacy" (postman, ...)
In the rest of the floor plan, there are simply too many corners/edges and niches? Why? Isn’t all that probably more economical?
Do you have examples?
Oh, by the way, if you are planning a centralized controlled residential ventilation system, then ask your architect where he wants to run the ventilation ducts from the technical basement, because you must leave 70cm x 25cm of space for the installation from basement ceiling/ground floor floor to upper floor ceiling. So good luck searching.
Solution upper floor: There is still an installation level in front of the bathtub = even less space for the T
Solution ground floor: Plan a children/guest WC that is 25cm narrower than now
Good point – noted.