Single-family house northeast slope 230m2 gable roof

In my opinion, a distant view is literally a higher pleasure than a view of the lawn.

Well, lawns are totally out anyway! The trend is towards natural meadows and ponds, nesting boxes, hedgehog shelters, ant hiding places, butterfly shrubs, lizard shelters, bat caves, and so on, as well as especially food shrubs and trees of all kinds. Then it also works out with the "neighbor" and the view is captivated by the colorful activity in your own garden.

Well, that also comes across much better from the stands.

Well, but that also hits much better from the stands.

No no: "In the thick of it, instead of just watching."

I am an advocate of the kitchen belonging to the garden. However, there is also a great view here. Have you ever thought about placing [Essen/Kochen] on the ground floor and having a living room upstairs as a retreat with a view. When the kids are older, the young people can put a pizza in the oven at 12:30 AM and you have your peace.

If you look at it now, only the granny flat actually has its own separated domain. The tenant practically runs straight through your house all the time.

It is not planned to rent out rooms to outsiders. A separation of the building into one apartment on the upper floor and 2 small apartments below would also be structurally feasible afterwards with little effort. Provided the entire building is to be rented out.

Say quickly again, why are you planning everything yourself? Is there no good architect to be found for the million-project?

We originally tried that. It didn’t work back then. For now, we are planning ourselves. That’s the current status. Maybe an architect will come into play again in the future.

What I also wonder: I see no reason why the living rooms shouldn’t be classically connected to the garden on the ground floor and all the bedrooms be upstairs?

I don’t see a big problem there. Access to the garden is also level on the upper floor to the west. We definitely need two levels on the slope. Advantages of the current arrangement are the 5m room height upstairs and the better distant view.

You really want the granny flat. Who was it intended for? The nanny?

For example, for a child studying locally. For a nanny. For the caregiver you might need sometimes. Etc.

Ever thought about putting the dining/cooking area on the ground floor and a living room upstairs as a retreat with a view?

That would also be a good idea. But I find implementation difficult in this particular case. As a layperson, I wasn’t able to sensibly realize such a floor plan.

That would also be a good idea. However, I find implementation difficult in the concrete case. As a layperson, I couldn’t implement such a floor plan sensibly.

We originally tried that. It didn’t work back then. For now, we are planning ourselves. That’s where we currently stand. Maybe in the future, an architect will come back into play.

What future would that be, i.e., what would have to be the trigger to ask a professional again; and could a lack of insight be underlying here, that the professional perhaps, exactly because he has expertise, apparently does not sufficiently appreciate an aspect you consider important?