Single-family house layout planning - first planning draft

The sauna thing is definitely an approach, putting the sauna in the basement.

Regarding the sauna in the basement, I am biased because I know it from the 70s and 80s and have never seen an implementation that I find appealing. But maybe it’s different in basements today.

As for the windows, I would like it if you would consistently choose double casement windows and also have the patio doors on the ground floor be double casement. I would also like a second window in your bedroom.

I think the relatively large hallway/vestibule is great because it conveys a feeling of spaciousness and openness right when entering the house. Among other things, my husband occasionally uses the term "dead space," which I, however, define as "space," and having space is refreshing and pleasant; in my opinion.

I would also like it if the pantry door opened towards the "cooking" area, because then there would be room for a double casement door between the hallway and the "all-room" (that’s what I’ll call your kitchen/dining/living room combination for now).

I would prefer the front door to be wider, since there would be space for it, but that depends on the sizes of the other doors and windows and the dimensions. It probably should all harmonize or create a contrast. :)

Regarding the sauna in the basement, I am biased because I know it from the 70s and 80s and have never seen an implementation that I find appealing. But maybe it's different in today's basements.

That's why the internet is full of used saunas.....which languish in musty gray basements. You really should create a nice area around it and maintain it that way, otherwise the sauna will eventually just appear for sale online. Often, it is also used as additional storage space for dog food, bags of clothes, etc.....All already seen :D

With 4 people in the house without any storage rooms/space on the ground floor and upper floor (you cannot sufficiently count the anteroom of the garage in this setup), your hobby should be at most stamp collecting, because the cellar will quickly turn into storage room 2... ;)

Regarding a sauna in the basement, I am biased because I know it from the 70s and 80s and have never seen an implementation that I find appealing. But maybe it’s different in today’s basements.

We have a finished "wellness room" in the basement with > 30m2. Sauna, wellness shower (behind partition wall), hammock, rowing machine, TV, lots of decorations, pictures, lights with light/shadow effects, ... Both the hallway leading there as well as the wellness room and the adjacent room are finished to "living space standard" and also have underfloor heating. So far, I don’t see any "cluttering tendency" and the room is used regularly (daily). But who knows how that will be in 20 years. From my grandparents, I also know that the sauna in the basement was only used as a storage room (bungalow from the 70s). But even that is not in the "musty" laundry basement, but right next to the guest room with guest bathroom – also finished as living space. Maybe from 60+ a sauna is really used less or not at all anymore, but then it’s almost more practical to have the "storage sauna" in the basement rather than in the main bathroom ;-) .

hm.., when you look at the bathroom: the bathtub is 170 x 75? The shower is 90? And all this planned without wall installations and platforms? The sauna is "in the way." Ok, that is being criticized. But look at the rest: do you want to shower in a 90 glass cabin? Bathe in a saving tub in a 2-room apartment? Without a platform for a sponge or something? If you draw everything nicely, you will notice that the sauna also ruins the space here - just as I already criticized with the pantry. I'll put it like this, as it is: an architect or someone who plans spaces in houses hasn't looked at this yet. And if we want to expand the list of interesting faux pas: door to the office ... and the start of the basement stairs is blocked by a wall. The door is incorrectly placed by you. But that's why you're here, to eliminate the mistakes :)

Pantry door to the garage to be painted. Costs parking space.
Door pantry/living room often bang together.
Kitchen in the bay window looks like an emergency solution. Lots of dead space, unfavorable route to the dining room. Would swap living and kitchen.
Possibly a different staircase. Cloakroom, windbreak, hallway very large.
Would also not squeeze the sauna into the bathroom.
Why is the carport in the south completely separated from driveway, garage, entrance

Thanks to you too for the feedback ;)

The thing with the door between garage and pantry also seems more and more pointless to us. I think it will be removed! We have already included the idea/approach of swapping kitchen and living room in the discussion as well.

You could put the carport directly in front of the house at most, but we want to build with an exemption procedure (child benefit) and would therefore indicate the carport in the construction plan and possibly build the carport at a later date.