Single-family house on a south-facing slope at 900 meters above sea level

Where has the prep kitchen gone?

3 entrances on 3 sides of the house at that height—someone must love snow removal.
I would arrange the basement differently; maybe Kaho will come up with something. One entrance from which you can go to the practice and the hobby room. Also, reduce the corridor and give the laundry its own room. With 5 people, so much laundry accumulates. Things need to be sorted; the machine doesn’t always run immediately, stains have to be soaked. Washing machines in the bathroom are something for rental apartments.

On the ground floor, do you really want such a narrow pantry? Cabinets drawn there will also fit in the kitchen.
The guest bathroom should be revised again. If you plan to take in a parent, backward approach to the toilet is a problem for people with disabilities or foot problems. Some find it easier to approach sideways. In this area (the heating chimney is in the way here) a barrier-free bathroom fits.

Upstairs, only the washer/dryer in the bathroom is annoying.

Overall better and a bit smaller, right?

Hello haydee,

thanks for the feedback. We have banished the prep kitchen. It will be located in the new functional building of the summer toboggan run.

Regarding the entrances and snow removal, I agree with you. However, patients of the practice need a separate entrance.

When we come from the garden (from gardening or the children from playing), we do not want to have to go through the practice entrance. So, a separate utility entrance on the garden side. Also, the slope falls in such a way that it is shallower on the west side than on the east side.

And at ground floor level, a house entrance is of course required.

All of the above points have led to this variant. But I will definitely plan enough space for snow removal with the snow blower. The average Erzgebirger usually has two, not just one.

If anyone can make a concrete optimization suggestion for the basement (narrower corridor, etc.), that would be great! Who or what is Kaho?

My wife wants the washing machine and dryer upstairs... where the laundry arises and where it is folded and sorted. I comply with her wish.

Ground floor: the pantry could of course be bigger. Where would you get the space for that?

Barrier-free guest bathroom: I would now assume that a person in need of care always has someone to help when showering or going to the toilet. Of course, I gladly accept measurement suggestions—preferably concrete ones, so I can pass them on to the planner.

So again, THANK YOU for the constructive input!

The separate practice entrance definitely makes sense. And if both of you have grown that tall, then the children will probably be like that too, so the ceiling height will fit as planned.

There is always a residual risk that I might overlook something - but with high probability, if I don’t complain about a point, it means I find it okay :-)

My wife wants a washing machine and dryer on the upper floor ... where the laundry accumulates and where it is folded and sorted. I am complying with her wish.

And where is the dirty laundry stored? Where is the bra dried?

Kaho is a user who creates great plans. The bathroom on the ground floor does not work with wheelchair/rollator and helper. Google "nullbariere." Take a compass and mark 1.5 m turning circles everywhere on the ground floor. If the wheelchair is to be pushed, correspondingly more. Entrance, bathroom, living room, dining, sleeping, balcony. Bathroom shower should be 1.5 x 1.5 m. Next to the washbasin, space for the helper. Next to the toilet there should be space so that the wheelchair fits in and one can transfer to the toilet (whether that is still possible in old age). I understand wanting laundry upstairs and wouldn’t want to miss it. Where should the laundry be sorted? Where dried? Where ironed and folded? I would remove the children's bathroom. You have 3 bathrooms for 5 people but not a single room to properly wash laundry. Pantry remove it and put in cupboards. Same or even more storage space, better movement space. Basement. Cancel storage, make technology bigger, then the workbench fits in. The storage is so small that you cannot put shelves in. How about hobby, WC, work1, the corridor for the children’s entrance becomes working new, work 2 becomes hobby, and the entrance doors lie next to each other. Children directly into the hobby room. Patients into the anteroom.

Hobby, WC, Arbeit1, the hallway for the children's entrance will be redone, Work 2 becomes Hobby And the entrance doors are next to each other. Children directly into the hobby room Patients into the anteroom

I do have the suspicion that your thoughts work like that, but I can only follow them to a limited extent :-)

Kaho is a user who creates great plans. The bathroom on the ground floor does not work with a wheelchair/rollator and helper. Google "nullbariere". Take a compass and mark 1.5 m turning circles everywhere on the ground floor. If the wheelchair is to be pushed, accordingly more. Entrance, bathroom, living room, dining, sleeping, balcony. Bathroom shower should be 1.5 x 1.5 m. Next to the sink, space for the helper. Next to the toilet there should be space so that the wheelchair fits and one can transfer to the toilet (whether that is still possible in old age). I understand having laundry upstairs and don’t want to miss it. Where should the laundry be sorted? Where dried? Where ironed and folded? I would remove the children's bathroom. You have 3 bathrooms for 5 people but not one room to properly wash laundry. Pantry: remove it and install cabinets. Same or even more storage, better movement space. Basement. Paint the storage room, make the technical room bigger, then the workbench fits in. The storage room is so small that you can’t put shelves in it. How about Hobby, WC, Work1, the corridor becomes the children's entrance. Work is new, Work2 becomes Hobby. And the entrance doors are next to each other. Children directly into the hobby room, patients in the anteroom.

Thanks for the detailed feedback. I also can’t fully follow your ideas... Just to keep in mind: The house is to be built on a hillside. Accordingly, the embankment slopes down on the gable sides. The view to the south (practice room window) and west (large sliding door dining-living area) is really great. To the east there is a neighboring house. I personally don’t really need windows there.