ᐅ Access from the garage to the utility room

erazorlll schrieb:

I also posted our floor plan here

A floor plan layout for the garage/laundry room, where it fits very well. I admit I haven’t followed how the thread developed since then.

What are we usually discussing in 9 out of 10 cases here? An 8.5 m² (91 sq ft) laundry/utility room that combines technical equipment, laundry, and pantry all in one. It’s also supposed to serve as a buffer zone since it’s constantly raining here when we come home. My house, my car, my extra door to the garage/utility area – that’s all it is. A status symbol.

Here is a simple picture of our floor plan.
The X marks the spot where the treasure is buried. That’s where the door should go.
E is the main entrance, and the green area indicates the garage. At the back of the garage, there is a storage room with a door leading to the terrace.

Of course, there is a reason for everything: a "mudroom" because of pets or children with wet boots, a closed kitchen due to strong odors, direct access from the garage to the house because of hail and rain, bulk shopping, and much more.

The more you focus on these details, the more you start to believe that you can’t do without them or that you would make a mistake by leaving them out.

Sometimes, however, you overlook the consequences, such as the costs, the loss of parking or storage space, a possible additional entry point for burglars with a secondary door, and all that just to save a few meters of walking.

We also had this idea at the beginning, but in the end, in my opinion, it’s unnecessary because the front door is just a few meters away. Somehow, we don’t want to design the house to be overly optimized to the point where you don’t have to or can’t operate anything manually, where you don’t walk a single unnecessary meter, and everything is controlled automatically just to save as much time as possible, so that I can get to the gym faster and finally get moving again.

SebastianH. schrieb:

Here is a simple image of our floor plan.
The X marks the spot where the treasure is buried. That’s where the door should go.

...this is exactly what has been discussed and mentioned here:

erazorlll schrieb:

In my opinion, it really depends a lot on the layout of the garage and the house. If I have the garage right next to the main entrance and a roof above it, then I can go straight from the garage into the front door.

ypg schrieb:

What are we discussing here in 9 out of 10 cases? An 8.5 sqm (91.5 sq ft) utility room that combines the technical room, laundry room, and pantry. It’s also supposed to act as a buffer zone, because it always seems to be raining when we get home. My house, my car, my extra door between garage and house—that’s all it is. A status symbol.

And why are your interior doors consistently placed in the corners instead of the middle of the room? This makes furnishing really inconvenient. You can also see this in the awkward kitchen layout...

Nice-Nofret schrieb:

And why are your interior doors always located in the corners instead of the middle of the room? That makes it really difficult to furnish. You can also see that in the cramped kitchen layout....

The door in the kitchen will be removed, so then only the utility room and bathroom will have doors "in the corner." I would find furnishing in the bathroom/hallway area more challenging if the door were in the middle.