Single-family house - city villa: Living room L or I shape?

I am missing the development plan with the building boundaries to be able to estimate whether the building area is deep enough to rotate the house. Does it fit?

If yes, then you have a good planning approach
I find the L shape better or at least a niche for the sofa

However, the arrangement should not play a role for the rough cost question.


Best regards in short

That's true, price-wise I also hope it is the same regardless of the orientation. Since there was an attempt to talk us out of the L shape, I wanted to get another opinion on it. On Thursday and then Monday, there are important appointments regarding the prices and then we hope to decide.

The trees are quite tall, but it is a row of trees that are not standing close together. This is the row of trees parallel to Leipziger Str. in the picture.

I had indicated the building boundaries, unfortunately we are missing a picture there. North and south are the boundaries to the neighbor. West and east are three meters.

You can't just rotate plans 90°, the development has to work as well.

I can't just rotate a house all the time, but in my opinion, the development is not the reason for that. Or do you mean the entrance? But I have to correct myself, I had read the plan wrong. The gray is the street, not the white. Then the L still has to be mirrored.

I can't always rotate a house, but in my opinion, the development is not the reason for that. Or do you mean the entrance? I have to correct myself, I had read the plan incorrectly. The gray is the street, not the white. Then the L still needs to be mirrored.

So entrance always facing the street? Is having the entrance on the side no longer done? Is it not so great? Should one not because...?

What do you think, which is better, L or I shape? What other ideas do you have for us?

I find the question overall difficult to answer because: 1) L or I are possible in both floor plan examples, simply by "partition wall yes or no" between kitchen and living area whereas 2) the two floor plan examples differ significantly in other ways - in that sense, you could also hang the same comparison on "square or rectangular." In this sense, I see an I-apple compared to an L-pear...

You can put the entrance wherever you want. Unless the municipality stipulates something there. But I've never heard of that.

So always an entrance facing the street? No longer an entrance on the side? Not that great? Shouldn't one because...?

These are basically personal preferences. But the plot is now more wide than deep and has the coveted south-facing side for the terrace. In this respect, in my opinion, it fits very well to either a) place the house gable-side (with the narrow side facing the street) or b) put a house with a hipped roof (square) on it. With an elongated footprint (a), you do yourself a favor by placing the entrance on the long side of the house so that the hallway does not have to be too long. However, I must warn against placing the house too far north so that the yard does not become too tight and provides an adequate portal for the house and guests.

Costs: Some home builders do not like changes to their model houses. They then like to charge a flat fee of around €3,000-5,000 for it, but there are many construction companies that offer it for free. I would avoid the former.

Regards, Yvonne