I am a bit torn - before our construction I would have said that two stories is definitely better than one. Now I have been dealing with houses from outside and inside for a year. Two-story often becomes a box, single-story often the Nikolaus house (exceptions prove the rule, but I can only afford that to a limited extent ) We also built with 1.6 m knee wall (we had to build single-story). The rooms feel nice; tiles are in now - I don’t know if I would have really liked two stories that much better. I will get back to you after furnishing