ᐅ Bungalow Floor Plan for 3 People, 130 sqm – Looking for Opinions...

Evolith schrieb:

Yes, that’s more than enough. You just have to be a bit creative with the furniture and occasionally rearrange it. I often move my son’s furniture around depending on which part of his Lego collection he’s playing with. There’s also a certain minimalism involved. If my son wants a large Lego set, he has to think about where to put it. Does he really still need the big Playmobil castle?
In my daughter’s room (the smaller one), there’s a mid-high loft bed with a book box and a cozy mattress (70cm x 140cm (28 inches x 55 inches)) underneath. Apart from that, there’s a horizontal Kallax shelf (4x2), a desk, a play kitchen, a dollhouse, and two Kallax shelves used as a wardrobe. Still, she has plenty of space to move around and build.

You have to remember that rooms aren’t seen through our eyes, but through children’s eyes. For them, 10 square meters (108 square feet) feels large. And as they get older, they need just as little space. Every step can feel like too much 🙄 My husband’s older child pulled the TV cabinet close to the bed so he only had to move minimally. And I don’t believe that children actually need a sofa in their rooms later on.

https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/grundriss-bungalow-160-170qm-mit-keller.38758/post-491251

I once took pictures of the kids’ rooms here. Now, in my daughter’s room, the bed is raised, the "bed" in the back right has moved under the bed, and the desk is now by the window.

Evolith schrieb:

Yes, that’s definitely enough. You just have to be a bit creative with the furniture and occasionally rearrange it. I often move my son’s furniture around depending on which part of his Lego collection he’s playing with. There’s also a certain minimalism involved. My son wants a large Lego set? Then he has to think about where to put it. Does he really still need the big Playmobil castle?
In my daughter’s room (the smaller one), there is a mid-height loft bed with a storage box for books and a cozy mattress (70cm x 140cm (28in x 55in)) underneath. Besides that, there’s a horizontal Kallax shelf (4x2), a desk, a play kitchen, a dollhouse, and two Kallax shelves used as a wardrobe. Still, she has plenty of space to move around and build.

You have to remember that rooms aren’t seen through our eyes but through children’s eyes. For them, 10 square meters (about 108 square feet) is large. And as they grow older, they actually need just as little space. Every extra step is too much 🙄 My husband’s eldest once pulled the TV cabinet next to his bed so he had to move as little as possible. I’m not convinced kids need a sofa later in their rooms either.

https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/grundriss-bungalow-160-170qm-mit-keller.38758/post-491251

I once photographed the kids’ rooms here. In my daughter’s room, the bed is now raised on blocks, the "bed" at the back right has been moved under the loft, and the desk is now by the window.

Zweithaus schrieb:

The idea is to have access to the terrace between the kitchen units and the island, and a sliding door to the living room to allow variation between open and closed living spaces.
The living room should remain on the west side to take advantage of the views.

Another idea would be to extend the main house with a pitched roof on the upper floor to add children’s bedrooms and a children’s bathroom, while keeping the rest of the rooms on the ground floor. The question is whether the space for a large staircase is worth it, and if the costs won’t increase disproportionately for the roof extension and plumbing to the upper floor.