Small plot, small driveway - space needed to turn around

360sqm is not a size for a detached house, that is the range of semi-detached houses.

Your suggestion would at least open up the possibility to build the desired 150 sqm in a less tower-like manner. Basically, a detached row house is being planned here, your suggestion of a semi-detached house would have one less window side in comparison, but more recreational garden and less paved pathways.

Well, the disadvantages of a semi-detached house cannot be disputed either, and even if you could convince yourself - the building partner would also have to agree. So I see little chance there. I still consider dividing this mini plot into 2 garden zones to be nonsense. What exterior dimensions are you imagining for your house? And right away the question of whether you really want to live on 3 levels, just to squeeze a sandbox into the corner? With a narrow house of 8m, you would barely get about 3m of south-facing terrace. So you need a length of about 12m to design a sensible house. Or you build upwards and run up and down 2 flights of stairs your entire life. I’d rather do without the sandbox.

Last but not least, the question of the floor area ratio I and II also arises. How does it look with that?

Well, the disadvantages of a semi-detached house cannot be denied, and even if one could convince oneself - the building partner would also have to agree. So I see little chance there.

On the other hand, I just get the impression that two people here want to fulfill the dream of a detached single-family house at any cost, even if in the end nothing remains of what makes a detached house special. One can only hope that this is clear to both of them and that the rude awakening does not come after moving in.

and I planned a similar house about half a year ago. It was also a micro plot with a driveway on the southern part. Do you remember that ? (There had to be space for a piano) However, the then TE had realized that unnecessary space had to be sacrificed or greatly reduced in favor of parking and turning areas.

I’m also wondering what is so unusual about a 2.5-story tower; that is a common size, especially with 11x8 meters.

The idea of leaving the parking spaces in front is okay, but somehow the car then feels disconnected from the house. If you want to tinker with something or clean, it becomes annoying, carrying stuff back and forth, etc.

Of course, 360m2 is very little space, but it works. We have two neighbors who have it like that, and whether you have 1 meter more or less to the neighbor doesn’t give you more privacy.

has a good solution, for example, if you want a double garage; otherwise, a single one on the north side.

Maybe now even rotate the house and align it at the property boundary on the east, if no ridge direction is specified, so you get more of the western sun in the evening.