Very first floor plan draft of the ground floor

that I already have the finished rooms in my head with pool table in the basement, pantry with wooden shelves, nicely lit straight staircase,...

If you already have positive images of your basement in your head, then you probably can only get them out by building it. I just couldn't follow the argument of using it as an alternative TV room.

Cozy basement rooms are priced roughly like living rooms; a possible "discount" for the lack of a green view is not convincing. And you can't spontaneously retreat to the classic ice cave basement to watch TV because the other guests have arrived; you have to know a few hours in advance for heating reasons. In the classic basement, you also have to heat against the utility space architecture; otherwise, it feels "cooler" despite sufficient heat. And the party basement from the times when I was young, in my opinion, rightly belongs to the cemetery of history.

I actually belong to the faction "when in doubt, rather with a basement," but when I read that the geological predisposition of the property tends rather against it, I prefer to warn against probably trading a relatively low "efficiency" in terms of living enjoyment for the building costs here.

Anyway: I am curious about the architect's draft when it is finally available. If you post it here, we will have a better basis for discussion than we do now.

That's how we do it. The first appointment is in week 44. I haven't received any feedback yet on the other inquiry with another architect...

Ps: I know that we are a bit stubborn and want exactly what we set our minds to... Sometimes it's not that easy

Ps: I know that we are a bit stubborn and want exactly what we set our minds on... Sometimes it's not that easy

No problem, you are paying after all...

There is already the third plan by now. Here is our current status.


Will probably complain about the pantry again

That already looks quite nicely developed, down to well-thought-out details like the laundry chute.

But hopefully the terrain will be adjusted differently than drawn, otherwise you would need an off-road vehicle for the first two meters of the driveway.

I would make the part in front of the terrace as drawn and have the part in front of the door and gate rise evenly from the street.

Copy the ground floor onto the aerial view of the property.

I would still shift the kitchen linearly to also get the straight wall like on the upper floor in the ground floor and basement. That doesn’t harm the terrace but avoids a lot of structural effort. You don’t have to give up the design of the kitchen as a visually separated building element for that.