ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization Single-Family Home, Two Full Stories, Approximately 180 m²

Hello dear community,

We are in the final stages of planning our floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on our design and any suggestions for improvement. When you look at a plan for the hundredth time, it’s easy to lose perspective...

Here is the questionnaire first:

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 776 sqm (8,356 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see blue line
Adjacent buildings: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: no specifications
Style: no specifications
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21.3 ft); building ridge height 10.50 m (34.4 ft)
Other specifications: none

Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: gable roof, 22 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of people, age: currently 2, both around 30 (planning for 4)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: as in the floor plan
Office: family use or home office: both
Guest bedrooms per year: not relevant
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: yes, currently planned
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no, only garden terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included

House Design
Who designed it: custom architect design based on our drawings
Preferred heating system: air-source heat pump with underfloor heating and photovoltaic system (KfW 40+)
What do you like most? What do you not like? Why?
Basically, we are satisfied with the floor plan. What I am still not completely happy with is the exterior appearance. I am concerned that it might look too much like a barrack.

If you absolutely have to give up on certain details / features,
- could you do without: possibly the fireplace (probably doesn’t make much sense with KfW 40+)?
- can you not do without: large upstairs hallway (because of the beautiful view), open living/dining area, walk-in closet

Why is the design the way it is now?
We had several wishes that influenced the design:

• Large hallway window upstairs
• Window seat in the kitchen (we don’t want a bar counter with stools)
• Hidden door from kitchen to pantry (not shown in the current plan but possible and already discussed with the kitchen planner)
• Garden should be as large as possible

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?

• Is the living room big enough? (just the TV area)
• Will the hallway on the ground floor be too dark?
• Is 51 cm (20 inches) depth enough for a wardrobe?
• Any other general suggestions for improvement? What do you think is bad or would you do differently?

Scale of the design is 1:100.

Thanks a lot in advance!

I don’t see any exterior views. Does the seating window in the kitchen really add value?

Were the budget questions deliberately left out? The design is not effective.

hanghaus2000 schrieb:

Does the built-in seating window in the kitchen really make a difference?

It’s currently trendy; don’t you have one?

The exterior views have not been updated yet, so the windows are not entirely accurate. However, the southwest side is as shown in the picture.
And yes, the budget question was intentionally left out. What exactly do you mean by not effective?

evelinoz schrieb:

Is it trendy right now, don’t you have one?

My brother has one in his living room, facing south. Only the dog likes to lie there without any shading. But once the sun is no longer shining in directly, it’s really nice and all the guests end up there. He also has a great view of meadows and mountains. I would definitely plan to include one if it were possible for us.

180m2 (1937 sq ft) is expensive for 4 people. Roughly 550k.

Do you have no neighbors to the southeast?