An entrance on the "EG" is something that fits on a hillside at a street on the mountain side. Here, however, you walk all around the house – on the way out the exodus from Egypt, on the way in the journey to Canossa. Quite nice for castle actors, rather annoying in everyday life. The Zalando delivery person would prefer to leave the package at the neighbor's.
At which point in the two (identical?) "ground floors" is the entrance now, or has it moved downward?
The staircase now almost perpendicular to the hillside direction – whoever likes that...
The entrance would be in the east, the niche in the north would be the cloakroom. The staircase should rather fit the shape of the house, no matter which way the slope is facing, right?
Doesn't the terrace now also take away the last bit of light in the basement?
Foyer on the ground floor is too big. The area around the stairs – WC looks like a leftover piece.
I don't like the upper floor at all. Children's rooms are different sizes. I find the small children’s room too small for the total living space.
You allow yourselves almost 24 sqm for sleeping + dressing. Just for storing clothes and sleeping. The children have 14 sqm and 17 sqm respectively for sleeping, clothes, playing, meeting friends, homework, learning.
I don't like the geometry of the upper floor, especially the hallway.
Don't be mad at me, but the floor plan just looks like a stringing together of wishes connected by an awkward hallway/foyer to me. Which results in some houses having similarly sized living rooms with much less square meters that are more ergonomically livable.
Also keep in mind that earthworks cost money. Every shovel of excavation must be hauled away. Every cubic meter for filling must be brought in. Every outdoor stair step must be kept free of snow and ice.
My parents-in-law have a long outdoor stairway. Every winter there is a chain hung up to prevent anyone from falling. The postman rings the bell at the bottom of the stairs, children, children-in-law and everyone who has to enter the house in winter takes the path through the basement.
My parents covered their outdoor staircase with a huge glass roof to protect it from the weather. Effective, visually unusual, costly.
True, the basement would have no daylight. But that wouldn't be bad since, with this floor plan, no independent apartment would be built anymore. I agree with you about the foyer. But if you look at the paths, the layout wouldn't be unwise. Groceries from the basement → pantry; Coming up from the basement → cloakroom; Living room to WC;...
Honestly, we really like the upper floor. Yes, the dressing room is large. Bad? The children's rooms have a decent size of 14 and 17 sqm.
As for excavation, the current plan would involve the least amount of excavation. Additionally, some earth can be used for filling in the south.