ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family house, feedback requested

Hello,

I have been reading along for some time now and finally dare to share a floor plan here.
First, here is the list of questions:

Zoning Plan / Restrictions

Plot size: 576 sqm (6,200 sq ft)
Slope: Yes, slight. According to the site plan, the top "right" corner is at 295.4 meters (970 feet), lower at 293.88 meters (964 feet), left side goes from 295.17 meters (968 feet) to 293.43 meters (963 feet)
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Building envelope, building line and boundary: Applies to house number 16

Surrounding buildings
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2 full floors required, plus optional recessed floor (setback floor)
Roof type: Flat roof, max. 5° pitch
Maximum height/limits: Max. 10 m (33 ft) high
Additional requirements: Equipment (heat pump) must be integrated, not external. Maximum of 2 residential units. Specific exterior colors required, rainwater should infiltrate (soil report says this is unlikely). Roofs must be greened. No oil or gas heating allowed.

Client requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Actually, none specified.
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 floors.
Number of occupants, ages: 4 people — 2 adults, 2 children
Ground floor space needs: Daily life (living, kitchen, dining, technical room, guest room)
Upper floor: Family (2 children's rooms, master bedroom, separate bathrooms), home office
Office: Home office, second workspace for occasional use such as a work window sill for example in the bedroom
Guests per year: Currently few.
Open or closed architecture, conservative or modern style: Either is fine.
Open kitchen, kitchen island: We are still considering. Initial wish was separate pantry like in the floor plan. An island would be nice if space allows.
Number of dining seats: Normally 4, rarely up to 8.
Fireplace: None.
Music/stereo wall: Multi-room audio with central unit in technical room.
Balcony, roof terrace: Neither.
Garage, carport: 1 garage
Other wishes: Central vacuum system, laundry chute, smart home (KNX) (I am mostly doing this myself, yes, I am a certified electrician, can program, but will also get additional help)

House design
Who designed the plan:
- Planner from a construction company: Correct, with some input from us. Based on an existing plan.
Price estimate by architect/planner: approx. 485,000 € (euros) for the house, approx. 210,000 € for the plot including basic services (survey, soil report, etc.)
Personal price limit for the house including features: approx. 800,000–850,000 € (including land)
Preferred heating technology: Heat pump

If you had to give up, which details/extra features could you skip:
- Could skip:
- Cannot skip:

Why is the design like it is now? For example:
Standard design by the planner? Yes, with minor wishes from us (wall between study and child’s room 2, T-walls in bathrooms, porch roof, conservatory, pantry)
What do you find especially good or bad about it? So far it seems to fit; apart from possibly the pantry/dining room, we don’t see major issues yet. But that’s why I’m here now.

Edit: The furniture shown in the floor plans can be safely ignored. Planners seem to like adding these.

Best regards
Ganneff

Ganneff schrieb:
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad? It seems okay so far; apart from possibly the pantry/dining room, we don’t notice any major negatives. But that’s why I’m here.

I should explain – originally, I wrote something in the post that a helpful admin adjusted, so this sentence might now be a bit unclear. So: I WOULD like to have a separate pantry if it fits well, including some countertop space to permanently store appliances that you don’t necessarily want to keep visible all the time. But I have received feedback that this might not be feasible for us, or that it would disrupt the kitchen and dining room layout. Therefore, the pantry is an option that might be dispensable.

At first glance, I notice a few things: The dining area is too cramped. No one can sit on the right side of the plan. The children's rooms are very small. However, there is an office, a guest room, and a large bedroom. Could you combine the office and guest room and allocate the space gained to the children's rooms?

Ganneff schrieb:

Number of stories: 2 full stories required, plus an optional recessed upper floor
Roof type: Flat roof, maximum 5°
Maximum heights/restrictions: Maximum height of 10m (32.8 ft)
Additional requirements: Equipment (heat pump) must be integrated, not external. Maximum of 2 residential units. Specific colors for the exterior. Rainwater should infiltrate (soil survey indicates this is unlikely). Roofs must be greened (vegetated). No oil or gas heating allowed.

It’s a pity that the zoning plan excerpt is so limited and especially does not include the building envelope template.

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motorradsilke schrieb:

The dining area is too tight. Nobody can sit on the right side of the plan.

Hrm. The idea for the dining room on the right side of the plan would be a bench (which we like) along the wall to the pantry, so not the set of three chairs shown in the drawing. But if the pantry is removed, there would automatically be more space for the dining stuff (though no bench anymore).

motorradsilke schrieb:

The children’s rooms are very small

“Very small” is relative – currently, both kids share a room of 9sqm (97 sq ft), so this will definitely be an improvement. Yes, the bigger the better, I agree.

But I can’t combine the guest room and office. I work 100% from home (this is my only workplace, and yes, it’s officially stated in my contract), so I can’t give up the room temporarily when we have guests. Also, from a tax perspective, that wouldn’t work since I couldn’t claim it as a home office.

Some space could be shifted from the bedroom, and the office would do fine with 10sqm (108 sq ft). I’d have to ask whether the wall between the children’s rooms can be moved usefully or if it’s load-bearing. I fear it’s the latter. Otherwise, only the upper room would benefit – and that is not an option.

11ant schrieb:

It's a pity that the zoning plan excerpt is so limited in size and especially that it doesn’t include the land use template.

At first, I linked the actual zoning plan, but unfortunately that’s not allowed, so it was removed. The foundation slab file is unfortunately 16MB, which is why I didn’t attach it. I could do that if such a large attachment is acceptable. (The first page of the PDF, from which the excerpt comes, is either A1 or A0 size. It’s really huge.)

I think this should be the land use template?