Single-family house south slope floor plan - Please provide feedback

Will the property still be filled in to become a garden area or does it slope downwards after the terrace?

Washing and drying laundry in the bathroom? Do you never hang any clothes on the line? Hand washing in the bathroom sink? Laundry baskets then stand around in the bathroom (which is not even particularly large). I would accept such a solution in an apartment but never in a house (which I can also plan according to my needs)

Well, some apartments and houses have as much personality as a hotel room. We also have quite a bit of art – and a painting simply needs a wall.

Full agreement on the subject of art, sculptures also need a place and I have nothing against spacious rooms. However, that is not the standard for a completely different house concept. Apart from the idea of the granny flat, the house shown works in my view for a family that is restrained in acquisitions and prefers clear order. A single-family house and separate children's rooms for every child are already a luxury in themselves. The size of the rooms represents modesty within an overall above-average framework. That works wonderfully if the people are suited to it. Since in this concept parents and children are subject to the same rules of play, I find that very harmonious and balanced. When I look at a design, thoughts and feelings always resonate about how such a house supports a good (family) life. This design radiates to me in particular a good feeling of life – even if some details may be less practical or generous. Other houses, where everything is practically considered, do not generate this feeling.

I only partly agree with you. What is really good is the balance between parents and child. Many have dressing rooms that are bigger than the children's rooms.

Nevertheless, overall it is unbalanced. Mini-flat, oops in the basement there is a frying pan handle left = sqm waste, upstairs you run into a wardrobe in the master bedroom (this also happens to some with 25 sqm) and with the choice of beds you are also limited. It feels like a bungalow where you are forced to shove a basement underneath, in which you just cram the perhaps necessary children's rooms, an apartment for subsidization, and a huge, jagged basement room as the leftover piece. Even the children's room gains enormously if the door can be moved 60 cm towards the pantry. Why is the pantry so far away?

What happens? As long as the children are small, the kitchen in the apartment is used more than the main kitchen upstairs. Child 1 is rocking, Child 2 needs a fresh diaper, both children upstairs because the diaper was forgotten. No, we can't go to the garden to play now, the cake has to come out of the oven in 12 minutes, etc. In the evening there is a barbecue invitation. In addition to the normal seating set, a beer bench is also used, it gets too tight at the grill, so everything goes down where there is space.

As long as the children are small, the kitchen in the granny flat is used more than the main kitchen upstairs. Child 1 swings, Child 2 needs a fresh diaper, both children go upstairs because the diaper was forgotten. No, we can’t go to the garden to play now, the cake has to be out of the oven in 12 minutes, etc.

The point is important to consider though, people think very differently here. Of course, the children can go to the garden to play. Full-time supervision is not a very long time – as long as you are not insecure or helicoptering. For us, that would have been no problem at all, we would have made garden access from the terrace and that’s it.

In the evening there is a barbecue invitation. In addition to the normal seating set, a beer bench is used, it gets too cramped by the grill, so everything goes downstairs where there is space.

There is nothing against using a nice spot downstairs in the garden for barbecuing. Then a little more has to be carried. And in the end, everyone carries something back up again. We use several terraces on different levels. Grilling outside with friends is 30m and one floor away from the kitchen. Sitting outside and drinking Caipirinhas is 3m from the beverage fridge with ice crusher. An undisturbed sun spot also has its place; in summer there are cool shaded spots for staying – it’s not just “the” terrace – the shown hillside property offers more than just a pretty garden and a play lawn..

There is nothing wrong with using a nice spot down in the garden for grilling. Then you just carry a bit further. And in the end, everyone carries something back upstairs again. We use several terraces on different levels. Grilling outside with friends is 30m and one floor away from the kitchen. Sitting outside and drinking Caipirinhas is 3m away from the drink fridge with ice crusher. There is also a place to enjoy the sun undisturbed, and in summer there are cool shady spots to stay - it's simply not just "the" terrace - the shown hillside property has more to offer than just a pretty garden and a play lawn..

We have a similar situation (hillside and many different seating areas/open spaces, sometimes with natural shade, sometimes as a large open area for a somewhat bigger crowd). What initially triggered a "Why do you need so many different spots?" quickly gave way to your description. It is simply nice (and of course a luxury) to have different places for different needs. Especially a hillside offers even more room for variety.