ᐅ Looking for design ideas for a semi-detached house floor plan.

V4 wanted a different staircase and failed

V5

V6

First floor

Maybe someone else has a suggestion for improvements?

Regards, Yvonne

P.S. I neglected the orientation... southern light actually comes from the north here, and I also swapped the windows on the north side in version 6...

For small bathrooms, I would avoid building walls – they make the space feel even smaller – better to use a glass partition.
Otherwise, I like V5 and V6 the most… or V1, although the entrance layout there seems somewhat awkward.

BeHaElJa schrieb:
For small bathrooms, I wouldn’t build walls – that makes the space feel even smaller – better to use a glass partition.
Otherwise, I like V5 and V6 best… or V1, although the entrance there seems a bit awkward.

I thought tichu really wanted a T-wall, which is why the feature with the wall was included.

The more elegant solutions have the entrance at the front.

Finally, I have time to respond. We have finally received an offer from Helma: 400,000 EUR all-inclusive.
Thank you very much for your efforts! Here are a few initial thoughts:

V1: I am bothered by the corner leading to the utility room (which is too small), the toilet and cloakroom are too small, and the viewing angle from the sofa to the TV is not ideal. The use of space is unsatisfactory. Upstairs, the bathroom is larger than the bedroom. I spend more time and move more frequently in the bathroom than in the bedroom. It seems that a large bedroom is important to you.
V2+V3: Not an option because we want to separate the living area from the staircase.
V5+V6: Entrance is not on the side, but it could be an alternative.

I think the living, dining, kitchen, and staircase areas appeal to us very much, as does the upstairs. Therefore, improvements are mainly possible in the areas of the utility room, hallway, cloakroom, and entrance area (as before).
My problem is that I cannot imagine how the entrance area will feel with the different layouts.

I will soon share various layouts (like you did) and hope to receive constructive feedback on the advantages and disadvantages.

Tichu78 schrieb:
Upstairs the bathroom is larger than the bedroom. I spend more time moving around in the bathroom several times a day than in the bedroom. It seems a large bedroom is important to you

Hello Tichu,
You are mistaken here: I did not design the semi-detached house for myself, but according to your specifications!

I tried to make it clear to you that your requirements contradict each other or simply don’t work when you restrict the demands on a semi-detached house as much as you do...

Tichu78 schrieb:
hmm, honestly I wouldn’t want to live with that. There are compromises I accept, but I do not want a skylight in the bedroom ... I’d rather have no window at all

This basically determines the room layout upstairs; a bedroom also needs a door to the corridor, so this arrangement is the only option since you also don’t want a south-facing bedroom.
I don’t design any niches or tiny corners of rooms that nobody can use—and hopefully neither will the architect responsible for you.

Since you insisted so strongly on the side entrance and it’s obvious here that the distribution of square meters and living quality is better with windows on the side if the entrance is at the front, you should reconsider your requirements and conditions for the house!
I asked you to write down your requirements (as one does with an architect), yet you omitted important information, for example that the staircase should be separate from the living area...

Regarding your requirement for the WC, from memory described as "small but nice": you criticize the size at 2 square meters (our last WC was 1.2 square meters), and for a closed cloakroom 1 square meter definitely suffices (without seasonal coats; with them more like 2.5 square meters).

You should take your own advice regarding your post on living room size (a parallel topic), essentially: sometimes fewer square meters are more, if the layout is right.

In my designs I definitely did not reinvent the wheel, similar or comparable layouts have been built somewhere before. But they work—and, in my opinion, better than your versions!

Fundamentally, it can be said that the staircase location (and shape) is best where it currently is.
You should have a house calculated with an attic conversion or at least with a permanent staircase upstairs. That would make a lovely child’s room—possibly plan it now so the upper floor can be arranged accordingly (although, due to your bedroom placement, you limit the bathroom even if you had an attic or other options).
To make the house bright, windows facing west are important, which benefits the house.

Regarding your question whether I need a large bedroom: no, we drastically downsized (moving from an end-terrace house to a detached house), but still:

You need space for ironing, and where works better than in the bedroom?!
And nothing is worse than bumping your head or foot every morning.

Best regards, Yvonne