ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family house with two unresolved issues – design inconsistency due to access through the children's bedroom?

baustei schrieb:
Cost estimate: Turnkey, including planning services approximately €900,000

What exactly is included here?
Just the house?
Earthworks?
Landscaping?

baustei schrieb:
On the ground floor, the living / dining / kitchen area seems small compared to the overall size of the house.

It’s all a matter of perspective. Based on the raw square meters, it probably fits, but...

baustei schrieb:
We would also appreciate any other feedback

A good design should start on the upper floor.

When I begin there, several things stand out that I wouldn’t do in a project of this scale.

1. The WC door poses a significant safety risk.
(If there is no second toilet in the wellness bathroom—I don’t see one—it seems questionable. Also, a WC without a window is not ideal.)

2. The layout is very convoluted and fragmented.

3. I am not sure if the space requirements have been properly addressed or if they even exist as stated. I see three rooms I would immediately question: Gym, office, guest room. If any two of these three rooms could be combined, it would create much more flexibility, reduce fragmentation, and save a lot of costs.

4. Even if that is not possible, there’s still the question of whether these rooms are well arranged and properly distributed across the floors.

5. Then there’s another point: is such a layout even allowed to be built? Many municipalities require the main utility connection to be at the street. Having the main connection in the garage is often not permitted. And whether it makes sense to run utilities through or over other spaces is another question.

Meaning:
Unfortunately, I would recommend going back to the start and:
- Reassessing the space requirements (see point 3) and the room distribution (point 4).
- Planning the technical connections at the street.
- Based on this, start redesigning beginning with the upper floor.

I’m confident the result will be much more practical for everyday living.

I agree with the previous posters and suggest creating a cross-sectional drawing to better assess the planned loft areas in the children’s rooms. This would also help to plan where the access points to these lofts will be located.

Papierturm schrieb:
What exactly is included here?
Just the house?
Earthworks?
Landscaping?

The 900,000 include:
- planning
- earthworks
- kitchen, sauna, fireplace, terrace
- no landscaping

Papierturm schrieb:
1. The bathroom door is a serious safety hazard.
(If there is no second toilet in the wellness bathroom, which I don’t see, I also consider that to be a questionable decision. A toilet without a window is not ideal either.)

What do you mean by safety?
We are currently considering making the staircase a U-shape... then:
- you don’t walk into a wall when coming up
- you can place the toilet between the stairs and bathroom or integrate it into the bathroom

Papierturm schrieb:
2. The layout is very convoluted and fragmented.

Could you explain what you mean by that?

Papierturm schrieb:
3. I’m not sure whether the space requirements have been implemented well or even if they are necessary as planned. I see three rooms I would immediately question: gym, office, guest room. If two of these three functional rooms could be combined, it would allow much more flexibility, reduce fragmentation, and save significant costs.

You have a point there.
What is actually the case: we often have guests staying for about a week. At the same time, one or two people sometimes need to work from home.
What also often happens: one person is working while another is exercising… So, in the best case, the office and guest room could be combined, and the gym turned into a temporary office. How would you use the space freed up upstairs then?

Papierturm schrieb:
5. Then comes the next point: is the house buildable as planned? Many municipalities require that the utility connection must be at the street. Having the utility connection in the garage is often not allowed either. And whether building over utility lines is sensible is another question.

This has already been checked.
Connection at the front. Initially, the utility room was located inside the house (where the guest toilet is now).
Guest toilet in the guest room at the expense of the living room...

ypg schrieb:
Apart from the fact that even amateur designs can be quite good – there’s no need to present such a poor execution and to hide behind an alleged third party, i.e., a professional. Or maybe this professional simply doesn’t know better.
I admire those who stand by their “design.”
The location of the staircase next to a sofa is neither functional nor is the space beneath it. An external cold storage room, which is already very narrow, is also covered by supply lines apparently from a very narrow garage.
The chimney is located in the middle of the room, which is disruptive upstairs. The kitchen is too short at 5.91m (19.4 ft), especially considering the placement of the table. The pantry has more cabinets than the small and thus not functional kitchen. Walls appear inconsistent, sometimes present, sometimes omitted.
The living area is a walk-through space, which is not practical for a household of four people.
The windows on the lower side of the plan are far too large for structural stability, or else this house becomes a million-dollar project. The intended exits are quite peculiar.

The upstairs hallway is dark. The window is practically useless. A separate toilet has many disadvantages. Intended privacy is not achieved; rather, the opposite during getting ready (washing/toilet use). And on top of that, there’s no window or washbasin…

- This is actually not an amateur design but a preliminary version currently under discussion, however with a professional planner involved.
- Where exactly do you see a sofa here? The main intention was to gather feedback on access to the children’s rooms.
- Chimney --> fireplace and hearth in the living room. The latter should be recessed, which is not yet visible in the plan. See image below.
- The kitchen also seems too short to us – we are open here for ideas to solve this.
- The pantry is unfortunately drawn inaccurately here. The kitchen consists of a countertop approximately 4.2m (13.8 ft) long plus a large freestanding island. Through the kitchen you enter the pantry/storage room.
- Upstairs hallway: four skylights from the roof.
- We are currently reconsidering the toilet, possibly changing the L-shaped staircase into a U-shaped one. Then the toilet could be placed directly next to or inside the bathroom. In your opinion, what are the disadvantages?

kbt09 schrieb:
I agree with the previous commenters and suggest creating a sectional drawing to better assess the planned loft spaces in the children's rooms. It would also be useful to plan where the access points to these lofts will be located.

Oh, so according to my orange line, there will somehow be an access to the gallery.

And in no part of the gallery (wall separation between the adjoining units?) will there be a headroom of 2 meters (6 ft 7 in).