First of all, thank you for the many feedbacks and the great comments. I still owe you an answer regarding the location of the garage. The planner said the following....
The development plan does not specify on which side of the building a garage must stand. However, the Bauland Gesellschaft favored this location because the orientation of the terraces of the houses usually faces southwest and one wanted to achieve the greatest possible distance to the neighbor – which is possible if the garages are on the right side. To my knowledge, so far all homeowners who have built directly on Walkmühlenweg have placed their garages on the right. In addition, the
existing curb drops are on the right side of the respective plot.
In general, there is nothing against building the garage on the left side of the house if you prefer. However, additional costs are likely to be incurred for the modification/adjustment of the curbs.
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I would plan the sofa against the wall to the guest room and definitely add a window in the west.
I would place the door to the living area in line (left) with the front door and the terrace door. For that, maybe make the door to the living area a sliding door that runs to the left in the hallway according to the plan. Then it can easily remain open and won't be in the way anywhere. Could be a nice glass door.
Between the dining area and kitchen, I would also plan a sliding door, which could run downwards on the dining room side according to the plan. Then it might work to accommodate a small island in the kitchen; with the door as currently planned, that is difficult, especially since it will probably block the walkway quite often.
OG:
I would probably give each children's room a dormer window on the left or right of the bed.
Possibly the same in the bathroom, and therefore make the other window single-sash, so that there might be space for a shower from the window to the wall towards the children's room. I'm not a fan of showers right next to the bathroom entrance.
I generally find the space allocation quite good so far.
I like the idea of putting the front door in line with the living room door. The same applies to the sliding door to the living/dining area. From my point of view, this is also better than a double door, since a double door would again take away space for the wardrobe. It is also practical for the kitchen, even if a bit of sound comes through the door.
I still have to think about the additional dormer windows. I am a bit undecided on this. Especially in summer, the dormer windows on the south side tend to be covered more by shutters lowered down.
Solid thing – partly a bit old-fashioned and here and there quite wasteful. For example, I would find the bathroom very large.
I definitely wouldn't let anyone save on the light in the upstairs hallway. On the contrary, I would really go overboard there. The slanted dormer windows clean themselves with every rain. The small pathetic thing on the ground floor by the planner you can count as a joke. Let the sun in! When you then enter the beautiful large hallway upstairs, you immediately get into a good mood.
Yes, the small window really is tiny. If we take a dormer window for the hallway upstairs, the window must also open and close electrically, said the planner. Are there regulations for that? Maybe just take both windows. My wife suggested taking a glass door for the storage room upstairs.
Hello,
When I put the start of the stairs directly next to the front door in my floor plan draft, it was rightly criticized that you always walk through the dirty area of the front door when going upstairs. You have the same situation.
The issue with the dirty area is true. But for us, the storage room upstairs is important, as well as the shower in the ground-floor guest WC and the large wardrobe behind the guest WC. We actually want an even bigger guest WC but the hallway limits us. Another staircase would make the guest WC even smaller or we would have to give up the direct path to the utility room from the hallway.
That already looks reasonable and livable.
I agree on a floor-to-ceiling window in the west in the living room. It doesn’t have to be centered but could be placed in the corner.
Then with a double door to mediate the intermediate door Allraum/hall to the front door. Preferably a glass door.
In the kitchen, plan a nice L-shape and avoid having to fill every corner.
What is a pity, and I barely see any opportunities, is a nice 3-meter wardrobe space in the master bedroom. Maybe, since the children anyway go in one direction and are not mixed with bathroom and parents, the bedroom could have a recess next to the bathroom towards the study and a built-in wardrobe be placed there. Currently, you run into the side wall of a wardrobe in every room.
A bit boring, isn’t it? Maybe there is still a small façade surprise?
How should the sand-lime brick be? How high should the window sills be upstairs?
Knee wall 130 cm and I have to ask about the window sill.
I am considering the window on the west on the living room wall. Basically, I find it good but I just wonder if it doesn’t worsen the appearance of the exterior façade a bit? I would not take the double door from the hallway because of the wardrobe in the hallway, even if it looks chic.
The reason the master bedroom was moved to another location is due to the size. The planner took the bigger room for the bedroom. We wanted it next to the stairs also because a child in a sleeping state might take the left exit after the door and fall down the stairs.
In the original floor plan, there was a recess for a bedroom wardrobe, which is no longer possible because of the long staircase.
I can live well with the house being boring.
I would install one large sliding door instead of two terrace doors in the living/dining area.
You will never use the door behind the sofa.
Also, you can then work outside in the garden with great lighting and elements that can be wonderfully seen through the large sliding door.
I’m thinking about it.
Unfortunately, one can clearly see how lackluster the planner approaches his work and how much he does not care if something nice comes out. Walls drawn in a rectangle so lovelessly are rare – accordingly, all rooms have a rather random size. How did you word his assignment?
With you can already read which drywall sadness will follow the washbasin in this position – the downpipe apparently has not yet been considered here (it runs right through the door of the guest WC). The best thing will be for you to decide between the next two suggestions from Katja with a coin.
Just "nevertheless," I quickly sketched where the (doubled) stairway window would be better placed in this design:
I often say what the planner should do. So basically, I express what I want the floor plan to be like with an example floor plan. But I rarely specify measurements or door positions.
The washbasin/sink is far away from the guest WC though. Or am I misunderstanding something? Basically, we wanted to discuss the bathroom with a bathroom fitter.