Single-family house with approximately 160m2, basement + ground floor + upper floor with knee wall

Was everything actually written Will separate laundry washing from building services Ground floor bathroom is not accessible Pantry makes no sense I also don't like the kitchen Budget is not sufficient with KNX

[*]Does anyone else have comments on the planning? [*]Improvement of the entrance area on the ground floor: hallway/stairs/technical shaft and bathroom? [*]Other suggestions for improvement?

The design gives the impression that you live oriented inwardly into the house. The windows seem rather small to me, especially in the study and the kitchen, and in the living room their backs are turned to them. I would not like to live in this house; it would be too little light and too little contact to the outside for me.

The consideration of being able to live on one level at a later time while avoiding triangular steps determines the north side of the ground floor and leads to your question marks regarding the entrance area. Consider how you can arrange the ground floor bathroom and study in an apartment-like way for later single-level living. For this, you have to move the stairs, which requires corresponding changes in the basement and upper floor. More light upstairs can be achieved with skylights.

For 1-2 days of home office, two studies appear generously sized.

I find the cost estimate optimistic.

I would also not like to live there. I find the outside entrances or exits far too few. To the outdoor area, I would open as many rooms as possible. There is also the defensive entrance. It is inconspicuous and does not say welcome. Neither to visitors, nor to yourself.

Thank you very much for your feedback!

Check how many steps you can build over so that there is still about 2.10m headroom for the staircase. Accordingly, move the wall of the storage room.

I will try that, good advice!

The hatch for the technology should be moved to the hallway and accordingly straighten the whole bathroom wall.

I’m not sure about that, I would like to look directly at the rising cables and I was worried that the hatch in the bathroom would cause drafts.

I would also straighten the wall of the study.

Do you mean the one facing the hallway or the one to children’s room 2?

I would also straighten the wall of the study.

In the bathroom, I would make the window the same size as the one next door.

I’ll have to check that, at the moment it is parallel and the same size as the bathroom window downstairs.

I find the pantry in the kitchen too small and therefore nonsense.

Yes, I’m not completely happy with it either, but it is not supposed to be a pantry, rather a small storage room / broom closet.

I would probably reduce the guest toilet a bit in favor of the wardrobe.

Yes, I will try that, thanks!

I would add another window to the study. Otherwise quite cute.

Do you mean the study downstairs? The window to the back doesn’t work because there is the garage in front. Or do you mean the study upstairs, two windows facing forward?

How many m2 is it? Roughly calculated with the given room sizes, you are beyond 200 m2. In Baden-Württemberg, you have to expect at least €2,500 per m2 for slightly upscale equipment. Additionally, you must consider garage, outdoor facilities, incidental construction costs, and equipment. It’s totally crazy right now. We are just about to start building and have current offers. At first glance, the budget doesn’t fit. If you do KNX properly and not just to control lighting by phone, it will be more expensive because you need several sensors, programming and software... Plan sufficient LAN cabling, especially on the ceilings for the APs.

I don’t know the exact m2 with the knee wall and basement. I think it should be under 200. But you’re right, if you add outdoor facilities and incidental costs, it gets tight. KNX should be done properly and will probably be a bit more expensive. Thanks for the tip about the LAN cables.

Even at the risk of being wrong again: Floor area ratio 0.3 results in about 110 sqm for you, i.e., your house footprint. Garage, driveway, terrace? By the way, the terrace also requires boundary distance, so the animation doesn’t quite fit.

What really counts towards the floor area ratio? The developer included it like this so far, but I’ll ask again. The terrace has at least 1m distance to the south boundary in the drawing.

Normally, you can build up to 100% of the floor area ratio, but only up to 0.8 with ancillary facilities. A terrace normally belongs (like the above normally) to the main building, so the floor area ratio is exceeded by exactly this terrace area. Normally, it also has to comply with the setback area. Normally means: if it’s different, it’s stated in the state building code or in the development plan.

Yes, according to the development plan you can build up to 100%. But the terrace would then be included in the floor area ratio. Garage and driveway aren’t?

Apart from that, I agree: - pantry bothers me - WC with RBM shower isn’t barrier-free - kitchen isn’t really a highlight, more like a replica of an 80s kitchen - straighten wall between study/children’s room 2

The pantry is actually a storage or broom closet, but it’s not very nice, that’s true. For the shower, we wanted a shallow tray that is recessed into the floor and only slightly raised. We don’t like tiled showers because of all the grout lines. For the kitchen, we actually wanted an enclosed kitchen to avoid smells and noise in the living room. That results in this layout along the wall. How could it be designed more modernly? Suggestions welcome! The wall between study and children’s room 2 is pushed slightly into children’s room 2 so the study is symmetrical to the gable.

The boundary garage seems to have too much wall height.

It’s a bit higher so that the VW bus fits, which we don’t have yet.

Everything has basically been said. I would separate laundry from the utility room. Bathroom on the ground floor not barrier-free. Pantry makes no sense. Kitchen doesn’t appeal to me either. Budget won’t cover KNX.

Laundry is located in the multipurpose room front right. I still need to change the name to just “technology”. Thanks for the tip. Maybe some tips on what could be done differently in the kitchen? Yes, the budget also seems a bit tight now, we’ll see. Thanks!

Sorry, I looked it up again. You are allowed to build 50% more and then you get the factor 0.45, which corresponds to 164m2.

Here I don't know, I would like to look straight at the rising cables

What do you think, how often will you still look at the cables once they're installed? We didn't even install a flap, but sealed it completely. Believe me, those are wasted square meters in the hallway.

Do you mean the ones facing the hallway or the ones to Children's Room 2?

To the hallway. The office does not become significantly larger due to the bend, but the hallway looks like a labyrinth, restless and ugly.

You mean the study downstairs? The window at the back, doesn't work because the garage is in front.

Oh sorry, I hadn't thought about that anymore.