Suggestions for the floor plan of a single-family house about 175 sqm, gable roof house

By the way, we also removed our staircase from the contract and are very happy with that. The only important thing is that the plan allows for sufficient space and that the staircase builder is scheduled into the construction process as usual.

Please say that this is a joke. The box where you found this idea is called "Things you never do" for a reason! Not you at all. Stay out of it. The stairway is supposed to be planned by the architect (including detailed planning!!!), and hopefully by one without quotation marks. If a general contractor (GU) is involved, the stairway is part of their scope of services, and if necessary, a mutually agreed stair builder should be commissioned as their subcontractor. You N-E-V-E-R award a stairway separately in a GU house, Mrs. Sophie!

I don’t even know how this recommendation came about back then. There is a subcontracted stair builder, but I think it was said at the beginning that if we possibly plan an open stairway, we might run into limits, although we don’t want a cantilever or anything like that now. Faltwerk, for example, should probably be manageable by all stair builders? Basically, we would prefer not to hand it over from the hands of the GU and will reconsider their subcontractor!

No, the dirty laundry goes through the chute, and you don’t exactly have to carry it back out washed while roasting.

When would be the perfect time for 4 people in this, as we have noticed, cramped kitchen, where no one eats, just stands in the way, cooks, fetches a drink, needs a rag or whatever, to run back and forth with the large laundry basket through that airlock multiple times without getting annoyed and running into each other? Midnight?
No, it’s not a drama – just a little pill to swallow.

Please say that this is supposed to be a joke. There is a reason why the box where you found this thought says "Things you never do"! Not at all. Stay out of it. The architect is supposed to plan the staircase (including detailed planning!!!), and hopefully that is one without quotation marks. If a general contractor (GU) is involved, the staircase is part of their scope of work, and if necessary, a mutually agreed staircase builder is commissioned as their subcontractor. N-E-V-E-R do you contract a staircase separately in a GU house, Mrs. Sophie! At least only a fool plans their house around furniture that will only have four years of remaining useful life there. Most first-time homebuilders come from apartment living on multiple floors – a transition that only rarely happens without changing furniture purchasing habits. Therefore, previous habits should not be extrapolated into the future. Not for five cents me, I tend rather to consider that practical.

No, the dirty laundry goes through the shaft, and you don’t exactly have to carry it back out washed while roasting.

I find that access to the utility room is not the problem, but there is too little space in the utility room to properly wash the laundry. My wife usually has two laundry baskets standing there, where should they go? Especially because the builder has small children, a lot of dirty laundry accumulates, as a father of three children I think I can judge that well. :)

I mean I told the architect a dimension of 200x100 cm for the dining table and the couch at least 2.90 m wide. Would that relax the dining area a bit?

They seem to be 80 x 240 cm to me. The problem with four people is that not only you sit there in the evening with guests, but individual family members independently. When kids sit there with friends, you might want to do the household chores... then it’s already quite tight at an occupied table to rush back and forth several times there with a mop bucket and so on. There are dozens of such examples during a multigenerational stay in this house. It could become a constant annoyance. One has to be aware of that. Regarding the sofa and kitchen: at the moment it might be enough. But I know myself that over the years, for example in the kitchen, even a tidy or especially a tidy one, space will eventually not be sufficient. Annual decluttering is not enough – over time you HAVE more, you want it more comfortable, you change eating and preparation habits. It only takes a child to develop an intolerance, and suddenly you need an extra shelf/cabinet for alternative products. You are not planning a pantry now either, so one or two cabinets for supplies, kitchen appliances, and a freezer unit should be planned. And the argument "we manage without it at the moment" – then I say: then stay where you are now. Plan your 60 cm units for pots, dishes, glasses, cups, supplies, basic groceries, fridge, oven, Tupperware, appliances, and stuff: that adds up to several meters. The same applies to the sofa – truly annoying if the terrace door can’t open anymore just because you want to place a side table or floor lamp there.

What bothers me most is still the access to the utility room through the kitchen or living areas.

No, the dirty laundry comes through the chute, and you don’t exactly have to carry it back out washed while frying.

… in a heating room just over 7 sq m! There are also vacuum cleaners, mop buckets, a toolbox, and plant fertilizer stored there. Probably yellow bags and waste paper are temporarily stored until they are carried outside. …. we also have two laundry baskets plus a collection thing plus a small wall spider for hand washing to dry there, in a separate room that has 4 sq m.. ….