ᐅ Urban villa floor plan 185 m² – Requesting feedback!

ALLuki83 schrieb:

House design
Who created the plan:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect
- Do-it-yourself

So? Who created the plan? I hope not an architect or specialist planner.

The arbitrary and thoughtless planning already starts with the façades. Window positions and sizes are simply not planned. Take the huge floor-to-ceiling window facing the street in the bathroom—that really takes the cake. The bathroom has 6 sq m (65 sq ft) of window area—everyone is sure to feel comfortable there

Regarding the entrance area: the entry is spacious, but the hallway itself could be smaller. The sightline from the entrance leads into a dark corridor extension with a narrow kitchen door. This awkward corner with the staircase is unnecessary, just as unnecessary is hiding the door to the living room. The living room entrance is generous, but it won’t feel cozy if the kids have to pass through it to get to the kitchen in the evening.

The kitchen table should be moved further into the room; however, then the chairs at the kitchen counter obstruct work. I find the L-shaped kitchen a bit small, especially considering that the small utility room can’t provide any additional kitchen counter space. Three tall cabinets, a sink, and the stove already leave no workspace.
-> This can be fixed by furnishing the kitchen more generously and positioning the dining table in the middle (not in the kitchen, but in the living room).

Almost all doors open the wrong way, and the main living areas get narrow doors while the secondary rooms have wide doors?! The utility room is very small. What is the purpose of the laundry chute? Where exactly is the laundry supposed to fall uncontrollably? With a single-story house, it would be better to omit this feature. The utility room could easily gain 5–6 sq m (54–65 sq ft) from the hallway, allowing space to store beverage crates and recycling paper. At least a large niche for a wardrobe closet is planned.

The bedroom is nearly impossible to furnish—“nearly” because of the narrow space between door and window, which does not make it cozy. The person sleeping on the right side practically has the door right in their face... and the walk-in closet is designed as an enclosed room, which is unnecessarily inconsiderate for the person still sleeping. The bedroom’s 6 sq m (65 sq ft) of window area is somewhat “over the top,” while the walk-in closet receives no natural light...
Bathroom: to use the laundry chute, one first has to walk through the bathroom, even if you just want to quickly drop your blouse in there in the evening... the staircase layout would make more sense and is not necessarily longer.
The offset of staircase/hallway/child’s room 1 is also unclear....

Oh dear... I don’t see any building permit / planning permission application that should be submitted now. The ratio of storage area to living and hallway space is completely off. Window sizes are oversized; it all lacks any sense or logic. There is a total lack of feeling for room sizes, spatial effect, and furniture layout.

And: I wouldn’t tinker around with it, but rather approach it thoughtfully and with expertise! A lot can warp if you don’t first properly adjust the room dimensions.

Am I understanding correctly that the small door from the kitchen leads into a kind of pantry (under the stairs) and that a drywall partition already straightens the wall in the hallway? At least, that’s how the drawing shows it, similar to the drywall partitions on the upper floor.
Why do you avoid using masonry walls everywhere on the upper floor?

RomeoZwo schrieb:

Am I correct in understanding that the small door from the kitchen leads into a kind of pantry (under the stairs) and that a (drywall) partition already straightens the wall in the hallway?

You might be right.. So, the groceries always go past the chillout lounge

Thank you all for your responses... I just feel like crying right now.

Yes, the small door in the kitchen is the door to the pantry under the stairs.
The entrance feels quite narrow to me; I actually wanted a more spacious hallway with a cloakroom.

ALLuki83 schrieb:

Yes, the small door in the kitchen is the door to the pantry under the stairs.
The entrance feels rather narrow to me; I actually wanted a more spacious hallway with a cloakroom.

Square meters (square feet) in the hallway are not everything. The rear area actually has no real purpose and only makes the hallway unnecessarily larger. The entrance area might feel a bit oppressive because, as ypg already mentioned, you initially face a wall. It’s always nice to have a clear line of sight to the terrace. As it is now, it could even become quite dark.