ᐅ Floor plan single-family house with 2 full stories plus basement, approximately 130 m² of living space

pagoni2020 schrieb:

so that I don’t hear the noise of the vacuum cleaner as much

Hangman schrieb:

Funny, that was also my first thought: to position the house along the right property boundary

Tom1978 schrieb:

Is that 160m² (1,722 sq ft) plus the basement? For the Stuttgart suburbs, I’ve learned that building costs differ compared to, for example, Brandenburg. That’s why you should calculate €3,000 * 160 = €480,000 plus the basement, which easily adds another €100,000. So we’re talking about roughly €600,000 plus additional construction costs. But that wasn’t the question.

What I wouldn’t personally like is if people first had to walk through the kitchen to get to the living room. The kitchen always has to be spotless because guests will always pass through there first.

Also, I would skip the pantry and instead build the kitchen in an L-shape with what I assume is the desired island.
Otherwise, I find the living room quite narrow at 3.77m (12.4 ft).

hampshire schrieb:

This is a very conservative, unobtrusive design that reflects current trends, is practical and well thought out. If that suits you, that’s great.

It’s a matter of taste. It also depends on what you can see outside the window. I like as much connection as possible between inside and outside and prefer plenty of natural light; that’s why I generally like floor-to-ceiling windows.

As @Tom1978 says: skip the pantry and build an L-shape kitchen.

I wouldn’t like the toilet right next to the bathtub. Don’t worry about the symmetrical exterior windows. Then you can place a T-shaped bathroom with a separate toilet and shower where the bathtub is now, and move the bathtub where the shower is at the moment.

I agree with [USER=57267]@Tom1978 that this seems optimistic.

Despite the square floor plan, I see very little wasted space except for the typical “waste” between the cooking and dining areas. The entrance area also has some potential. A generous entrance is of course a nice feature; it’s a matter of taste.

I don’t recognize this unless children share a room or the parents move upstairs or someone has to stay in the basement...

As a guest, I feel very comfortable in a lively house with relaxed hosts. Whether there is stuff around in the kitchen or not really doesn’t bother me. As a host, I can welcome guests calmly even if it’s not spotless. Those who are also relaxed won’t mind the kitchen’s central location. (In our house, the entrance is combined with the laundry room – that sometimes causes surprises but no one has complained yet...)

11ant schrieb:

It’s fine to mention this one here. I suspect it’s a company with its own construction system (?).
What are those 9 cm (3.5 inches) and 7 cm (2.75 inches) layers below the ceilings: installation levels?
Also, the reasons behind your choice of this provider or construction system might be interesting for other readers.

ypg schrieb:

Let’s assume that HeinzLöwe doesn’t leave plates with food scraps around, but disposes of them properly on the property… then the design is a very solid one.
Personally, there are a few things I don’t like, but they are not worth mentioning because it will work. I have checked the basement height and windows for a living space, the location of the light wells, ensuring they don’t conflict with the terrace.
The lighting situation inside the house, particularly on the west side, could be improved by rotating the entire house slightly counterclockwise. This would give you a bit more garden space on the west side. Also, the house would gain a bit more character, which is somewhat lacking.
I would also make the pantry a bit more straightforward – it feels out of place in an otherwise simple design.
I find the upper floor a bit tight in terms of the corridor and bedroom closet space. But that’s the compromise of the overall design.
The shower partition wall could even be omitted.

pagoni2020 schrieb:

The staircase somehow feels out of place to me. A spacious entrance is nice, but here it feels rather cramped, and I miss the matching spaciousness in the living area. In that regard, I would allocate more of the floor area from the entrance to the living space.
Maybe you should also reconsider the often-discussed square floor plan in terms of your needs and desires.
I don’t really like the proportions between the entrance, kitchen, and living areas. So far, the layout feels somewhat uninspired rather than tailored to your wishes (which I don’t know in detail), but there is definitely much more potential.

On the ground floor, I would add a small shower to the guest bathroom. Especially when the children get older, this will be appreciated (e.g., using part of the entrance area for this). The bathroom on the upper floor could give up about 2sqm (22 sq ft) and still be a nice bathroom. Size alone isn’t really valuable there either. The current design with the door swinging into the shower area is not ideal, nor is the position of the toilet.
The children's rooms are quite large, but compared to other room sizes, reducing each by about 2sqm (22 sq ft) could free up storage space or an area for a dressing room/closet.
In the basement, you have three larger rooms, which is a luxury missing upstairs. Maybe some bedrooms could be moved there to create more open space on the ground floor.
If I were you, I would also try a more rectangular floor plan; you can find thousands online.
Windows? I’m sitting here in our partially finished “glass box,” looking outside through large windows into the greenery — we love it.

Now, isn’t it sometimes a case of the chicken and the egg? 😀. But it’s actually true that you should focus much more on your own habits and wishes; there’s no right or wrong here. I always enjoy seeing different lifestyles and habits, even if they sometimes sound funny to me. The diversity is what makes it great, which is why I keep encouraging people to find their own way, rather than conform too much to the more uniform thinking and living of other homebuilders. For example, from the start, we planned open living and like large windows; friends come over without appointments.
A visit that feels hectic to me immediately takes away my enjoyment — I would simply go to bed and let the guests carry on alone. So visits like that never stress me out.