The floor plan proves to be poor during the shell construction

An architect once told me, “In the shell construction phase, even castles look like underground garages.”

Our site manager is trying to calm me down all the time too :)

Congratulations on the house
It is not optimal on the ground floor, but certainly not terribly bad. Of course, in the dark season, there may be a lack of light; in summer, you are happy about that. Summers are supposed to get hotter anyway.
You decided to build that way, and the reasons are still valid. Everyone who builds a house has probably had a "if ..., then ..." moment at least once. Recall the reasons for the decision in your mind and mentally arrange your house. Look forward to moving in.

You have a lot of window area in the living space and a lot of light comes in during the day.

You won’t miss the window in the living room that you don’t have, at the latest in the height of summer when it’s hot outside but still bearable inside the living room ;)

I can understand your fears very well, we also built for the first time and I sometimes had sleepless nights out of fear of doing everything wrong.

Eventually the realization came that there will always be something that could have been done differently or better. Don’t let such things spoil your joy of the house, once it’s finished and painted, the world looks completely different :) promised!

Thank you very much :) I hope it turns out that way

Congratulations on the house It is not optimal on the ground floor, but certainly not terribly bad. Of course, in the dark season there may be a lack of light, but in summer you are glad. Summers are supposed to get hotter anyway. You decided to build this way and the reasons are still there. This would have, if ..., then ..., I think every builder has at least once. Recall the reasons for the decision in your mind and mentally arrange your house. Look forward to moving in.

My husband keeps listing the reasons to me, but somehow it doesn’t convince me like it did back then. We will not put a garage there for now and see how it goes in the first year. Fortunately, we can still change something after moving in. What do you actually mean by the ground floor not being optimal? I am aware of the utility room being too small and the wardrobe being too small. No southwest orientation of the living room is also due to the circumstances (huge building next door). No pantry was a conscious decision because otherwise the kitchen area would have become even tighter. Is there anything else I’m overlooking?

My husband keeps telling me the reasons, but somehow it doesn't convince me anymore like it used to. We won't put up a garage there for now and will see how it goes in the first year. Fortunately, we can still make some changes after moving in. What exactly do you think Eg is not optimal? I am aware that the utility room is too small and the wardrobe too small. No southwest orientation of the living room is also due to the circumstances (huge building next door). Not having a pantry was a conscious decision because otherwise the kitchen area would have become even tighter. Is there anything else I'm overlooking?

The only thing I noticed is the utility room, as you already said. But you can live with that. I don’t even find the wardrobe that bad. It always depends on how you organize yourself. We don’t need that much space in the wardrobe. Jackets and stuff for the other seasons we put in closets when we don’t need them. And you have a large dressing room anyway. I also wondered about storage space, but as I said — huge dressing room. Nobody has that many clothes. Surely other things can find a place there too. In our first house, we hardly thought about storage space either and we managed just fine. I don’t find the missing pantry a problem at all with your big kitchen, for example. You just plan a nice tall cabinet with pull-outs, you can store so much in there. And I would really worry less about the orientation. Many people live here in the new building and they all say the same — shading, or you’ll bake in the living room in summer. We once had that in our KFW55 house where we didn’t know about shading yet. And we suddenly had 28 degrees in the living room with a south-facing terrace in May, even though it was only 21 degrees outside. Just because of the sun blazing through the windows. :D

The only thing I noticed is the utility room, like you already said. But you can live with that. I don’t even find the cloakroom that bad. It always depends on how you organize yourself. We don’t need that much space in the cloakroom. Jackets and stuff for the other seasons we put in closets when not needed. And you have a big walk-in closet anyway. I was also wondering about storage space, but as I said - huge walk-in closet. No one has that many clothes. Surely, other things will find a place there as well. In the first house, we hardly thought about storage space and still got along great. I don’t find missing a pantry a problem at all given your big kitchen. You just plan a nice tall cabinet with pull-outs, you can fit so much in there. And I would really worry less about the orientation. Many people live in new builds here and they all say the same thing - shading, or you’ll just roast in the living room in summer. We had that once in the KFW55 house, where we didn’t really know about shading yet. And suddenly in May, it was 28 degrees in the living room with a south-facing terrace, although it was only 21 outside. Just because of the sun blasting through the windows. :D

I tried to distribute storage space a bit in all other rooms. Behind the door in the office will be a full cabinet. The kitchen was planned with two pantry cabinets. The walk-in closet is big so that everything fits. I hope that will be enough. I’m actually also a person who tries to avoid the sun when it’s warm. My son (6 years old) heard my worries for the first time yesterday and said: “Mom, you like shade, why do you want sun now? I don’t understand that” :) :)