Tips and ideas about our floor plan?

Hello, we are currently planning our house. We now have a 635m² plot, nice and square. There are two of us, with one child planned sometime in the future. We have received a pretty good offer that we actually like, but it is very difficult for me to look at the floor plan and imagine whether it is okay like this. It is a bungalow with 141m². Could you take a look to see if it is harmonious or if you have any ideas/criticism about what might not fit quite as well? - What I have also thought about is the ceiling height; standard is 2.5, which I find almost oppressive in a bungalow, right? Maybe it’s worth considering raising it to 2.7 or 2.6. Also, one of the children's rooms could possibly use more square meters. Otherwise, we quite like the floor plan.

Hello,

welcome to the forum.

Are you building with a basement? If not, there is a bit too little storage space. Unless one of the children's rooms is also used as a basement replacement room.

In terms of size, I find the children's rooms OK, especially since there are no sloping ceilings here. They are also well laid out. What I don't like so much is the door swing. One door leads into the hallway. That has a bit of a "side entrance" feel to it. But you could still move it to the other side.

Unfortunately, the "private area," especially the children's rooms, is not very well separated. If you have guests in the evening, the children will loudly notice it.

I also find the entrance area too narrow. When guests come, you all have to walk single file into the living room. There is no space to maneuver.

Overall, I think this layout is only really good for a couple; for a family with (small) children, I find the floor plan rather suboptimal.

Best regards
Julia

we are building without a basement, but would also build a garden house additionally for tools/storage. But I have also thought about whether a 1.5-story house might be more family-friendly. My boyfriend has somehow just gotten stuck on bungalows. but would the floor plan otherwise be harmonious? at the moment there are only 2 of us, whether and when a child comes is of course still uncertain.

...to me it also seems that two-story houses are more family-friendly...

That has nothing to do with it. It is more about a successful zoning. In this, areas are skillfully separated from each other according to functions, for example. That would mean, for instance, that children’s rooms, sleeping area, dressing room, and bathroom are located in a separate area, and within this area the children’s rooms are separated from the parents’ bedroom.

The typical catalog floor plans of bungalows are unfortunately not very successful. Here, the entrance is too small, the wardrobe for two people already insufficient, space is wasted in the living area, the bedroom is too small, the dressing room is impractical as a trapped space, and so on.

WD

Not bad at all for a standard bungalow. But of course, bungalows can be better :) Since child 2 will probably become a guest or study room (only one child is planned), you might be able to carve off 2 or 3 half square meters here and plan a built-in closet for coats in the hallway. In a bungalow, the bedrooms for parents and child are inevitably closer to the living area... Ideas to play around with: swap the dressing room and bedroom, then use the bedroom as the child's room, so it is somewhat shielded from noise in the living area. Or, or, or... just experiment with the rear rooms. By the way, the bathroom could also do with 1-2 sqm less if there are changes or if the entrance to the dressing room should be placed in the shower area. Possibly plan a long built-in closet for seasonal clothes in the hallway. But this could also work in the study if you put a large wardrobe there for this clothing. The child should basically a) have the option to sleep in the evening when the parents have visitors b) later have a retreat in teenage years. The utility room could possibly be made bigger by pushing the kitchen in a bit. Then the counter would have to be rotated. Just play around to see if it works. Because not everything is suitable for storage in the shed ;) P.S. there are also bungalows with a second level :)

Most of it has already been said. The children's room is unfavorably located, right in the middle of the traffic area. I find a dressing room as a trapped space in the sense of a walk-in closet totally okay - I don't have my wardrobe standing in the hallway either ;-)
I would put the children's room where your bedroom or the bathroom is now and the bathroom between the two children's rooms. What I also always find quite good in bungalows is when there is a door (glass door) between the "private area" and the "public area," so that this area is not only spatially but also acoustically a bit better shielded, especially when, like you, you plan quite openly. The noise level from dishwasher, clattering dishes, TV, conversations, etc. is not to be underestimated.
The hallway should also be made wider, as it feels too narrow and when more than two people are in the hallway, you get the feeling of the famous sardines.
The utility room is definitely too small. That will never be enough for you. I also think it's good when the utility room has a door to the outside, so you can take off your dirty rubber boots there or carry the laundry basket out.
Do you really need a counter if you already have the dining table right next to it? Maybe consider extending the kitchen area up to the partition wall of the living room and then either make a so-called technical room or enlarge the utility room.