ᐅ Your thoughts and feedback on our floor plan?

After having commented on several floor plans here and occasionally sharing details about our own, I’ve decided to finally share ours as well. I know it’s not perfect, but it works perfectly for us (5 people). We considered the utility room as a trapped space and debated it back and forth; the only alternative would have been to make the office smaller, which we didn’t want to do.

Thanks to our architect and his preference for having enough drains in the house ;-) we now have the option to convert one of these drains into a laundry chute. This means we no longer need to carry laundry downstairs, and carrying it back up will naturally be done from the living room, where I also fold the laundry. We can also access the utility room directly from outside — so when we bring in groceries, we don’t have to go through the front door and hallway. Under the staircase on the ground floor, there’s a storage room for cleaning supplies such as buckets and brooms, plus a small built-in cupboard that will probably be used for shoes.

The hallway on the upper floor is lit by two glass panels above the bathroom doors and by a skylight from the attic.

The attic itself contains two additional rooms accessed via a steep staircase (85 cm x 230 cm (33.5 inches x 90.5 inches)) plus a small corridor. One room will be the kids’ playroom, and the other will remain a storage room.

I haven’t uploaded the original floor plans here, but only the drawings I created. Now, here are some key details:

36.5 cm (14 inches) Poroton bricks
Knee wall height 1.50 m (4 feet 11 inches)
Roof pitch 42 degrees
Air-to-water heat pump
Decentralized ventilation in the bathrooms and utility room
Entrance faces north, kitchen and terrace face south, carport is on the west side, and the main garden is on the east side.
The house measures 8.99 m x 12.50 m (29.5 ft x 41 ft) or 13.75 m (45 ft) in length.

Now feel free to start with your critiques. However, nothing can be changed anymore, as the house is already built ;-)

That would be a great idea, Manu! :-D It might help even more than just discussing the planned floor plan, as you only really get wiser once you actually live in it.

Wastl schrieb:
I’m curious whether you will have enough light in the guest/office room on the ground floor. With the carport in front and only one window, it might end up quite dark.
Basically, it’s a bit pointless to give suggestions or criticism since your plans are already finalized. It would be more interesting if after moving in, you share your personal “that didn’t work so well, this works great” stories about your floor plan, as that would help others.

I also think it’s a great idea! We can discuss a lot, but experience is what really matters! 🙂

If the house is already built, I would much prefer a photo over this old image 🙂

Ok, I'm considering creating a construction diary and then posting the link here. That way, I can delete it again if I want.
Does anyone have a tip on where to create a simple and free one?

I use Google's Blogger (blogspot.de). It’s pretty self-explanatory 🙂 and it’s linked here as well.
Why would you want to delete it later?
I think a diary or journal is great; you can always refer back to it.
I can always track what happened and when. And there’s no better archive for snapshots.
Plus, it has an outward effect—so if you show it to your builder, they’ll work twice as hard 😀

Best regards, Yvonne