ᐅ Planning the Floor Plan for a Semi-Detached House on a Small Plot, Bauhaus Style

Bertram100 schrieb:

What do you mean by limited space? I find the house quite large for two adults. I also think the open space is a bit unnecessary and would personally prefer more usable space in the attic. But that’s a matter of personal preference.

As with almost all new builds, I find the hallway too narrow. I would have the front door open outward. This is rarely planned nowadays here in Germany, but it does have some advantages.

When swapping with the storage room, I would consider whether it’s practical to go to the toilet first, then put on your coat, then go outside — that could get inconvenient in the hallway.

It looks like the dining area is almost entirely made up of windows? That would be problematic because the sun would always shine directly in your face, it would get warm quickly, there’s a risk of spills, and there’s no wall space left for furniture.

ypg schrieb:

At first glance, a very nice design. I would feel comfortable there. I wouldn’t change anything. If children are moving in, I would leave out the small air spaces—they look like laundry chutes at that size and seem a bit silly. They also have the disadvantage that sound and drafts travel between the floors.
I’m in favor of the first one.

kbt09 schrieb:

Hmm ... left half
Ground floor option 1 and 2 ... why is the utility room on the ground floor if there is a basement?
Ground floor option 2 ... dining area is too narrow for a properly usable dining table, less than 3 m (10 feet) wide.

Attic floor in both options ... where is the space for clothes in the sleeping area = master bedroom?

Why is there a minimal offset between the two halves in option 2?
Where will bicycles, etc., be stored?
For a proper approach to a TV wall, try swapping the living and kitchen areas.

hampshire schrieb:

Nice design. I like the roof terrace by the bedroom. It’s a real blessing when the kids become teenagers. Even on a small plot, everyone can be outside without getting in each other’s way.
The air space by the front door side is not an issue for noise from bottom to top since there is a door at the vestibule. (The noise mainly travels through the open staircase.) Whether you want to hear everything happening at the entrance door is a matter of personal taste. Will the front side have a continuous band of windows matching the height of the air space? That could be an absolute highlight, especially together with a hanging sculpture. Of course, the air space is ultimately an expensive luxury without much practical benefit. Definitely close off the garden-side air space and enlarge the room on the first floor (1st floor).
I would rather design the kitchen island as a peninsula.

11ant schrieb:

To summarize: 1) we are talking about a completely different building and project than in 2019. 2) I at least missed a. whether you want to occupy House L or House R, and b. where the profile of the co-builders/buyers/tenants (?) of the other half is. 3) House L is 80cm (31.5 inches) higher than House R. 4) otherwise, both houses are largely—but not entirely—mirror images of each other. Many “modules” of the floor plans are the same in both houses. A recurring theme is planning plenty of poor workmanship pockets. 5) Variant 1 only has the height offset; in Variant 2, the two halves are also shifted in depth (three eighths of a meter). 6) In Variant 2, House L also recesses behind the carport, which it does not in Variant 1. 7) In Variant 1, both halves have equally sized children’s rooms; in Variant 2, those in House L are significantly larger. 8) The roof terrace of House L is only much larger in Variant 1 and considerably larger in Variant 2.

Without further explanations, much of this is still hard to understand. Overall, the design (not only because of the void spaces) seems very outdated, as if it dropped out of a time machine—similar designs I saw a lot of about forty years ago. Both design variants raise the question of what kind of special arrangements for access roads are expected here: the parking situation works properly only under the (doubtfully approved) conditions of almost entirely border-adjacent crossing possibilities as well as access on a curve. Given the general trend to approve only about 2.5m (8 feet) of access width per house (and access roads on curves usually not at all), I mark both with big question marks.