Single-family house with staggered floor, southwest location in Bonn

For the wardrobe on the ground floor, I would take some space from the dining room. No one needs that space anyway.

Thank you yes that could be well considered

what do you mean by sections? Well, I also noticed the red lines. What does that have to do with it?

The thing with these red lines is to represent the position of the imagined section lines in the floor plan. There are obviously six drawings of the building in cross-section here, and these lines show their placement in the floor plans. Drawing a single-family house with six "snapshots" of its cross-section – or more precisely here, at least sixteen through the entire group of houses – reflects an unnecessary complexity of the building bodies, which, based on experience (more proportional than linear!), significantly impacts the construction costs – that’s why I spoke of a "warning sign."

is a smaller office with more specialized projects

I guess someone who worked in a larger office on projects like those I described and has become self-employed but has not yet unlearned the ingrained ways of thinking.

The architect doesn’t know our furniture and we haven’t talked about it yet.

That is more of a diagnosis than an excuse.

We are planning with a general contractor and therefore assume that before construction starts we will receive a more or less fixed cost estimate that will form the basis of the general contractor contract.

Fixed price? – you can’t be serious. My counter-thesis is that the factor before the standard equipment square meter price will exceed one point four even. Mind you, I mean for all square meters – including those that are essentially just fluff or empty calories in terms of living quality.

The red lines here are meant to show the location of the imaginary section lines in the floor plan. There are obviously six drawings of the building in cross-section here, and these lines show their placement in the floor plans. Drawing a single-family house with six "snapshots" of its cross-section—more precisely, actually at least sixteen through the entire group of houses—reflects an unnecessary complexity of the building bodies, which, as experience shows (rather proportionally than linearly!), has a strong impact on construction costs—hence I spoke of "warning signs."

I don't understand what this is supposed to explain. What kind of complexity of the building body? I just don't get it.

I guess someone who worked in a larger office on projects as I described and has become self-employed but hasn’t yet washed out the ingrained ways of thinking.

That is more a diagnosis than an excuse.

Well, nothing can be done, what am I supposed to try to justify now, it leads to nothing anyway.

Fixed price?—are you serious. My counter-thesis is that the factor before the usual outfitting price per square meter will even exceed one point one. I mean this, mind you, for all square meters—so also those which, in terms of living value, are fat rolls or even empty calories.

What would be so bad about a general contractor and a fixed price?

What kind of complexity of the building mass? I just don't understand.

Complexity here means the seventy-something corners at which this design deviates from a cube or any other linear body, all of which do not come easily, and which apparently even require the planner themselves to draw them out once.

What would be so bad about a GÜ and a fixed price?

Apart from me being ultimately extremely surprised about it: nothing.

Complexity here means the fifty-seven corners at which this design deviates from a cube or any other linear body, none of which come for free, and which apparently even require the planner themselves to draw them once.

Is the design really that complex? It’s not a cube, but otherwise more like a "linear body" with all exterior walls. I count 9 outer corners. I’m not counting the door. Is it really that crazy?

I’ll also have the architect explain it to me.

Other than that I would be ultimately very amazed: nothing.

We are curious. He supposedly had 2-3 general contractors on hand and we have already seen draft contracts, etc.