ᐅ Floor Plan of Urban Villa – Thank You for Your Feedback

And what did you do then?

Well, we would have been fine with a "normal" design. It would have worked for us. The alternative would have been a larger building, but that was simply not financially feasible.

In the end, we got a different plot where we don’t have to build a townhouse.
We actually prefer a pitched roof anyway.

We are now building a pitched roof with dimensions of 8.84 x 10.64 meters (29 x 35 feet), but more or less used the floor plan of the townhouse and extended it. This way, we have more space.

I designed a new floor plan featuring a bay window. The house measures 9 x 9 meters (approximately 30 x 30 feet), and with the bay window, it extends to 11.5 x 9 meters (about 38 x 30 feet).

What do you think?

Wundi schrieb:
From the planned street view, north is slightly to the right.

Where?

Ground floor: Strange hallway... lots of space, but nowhere to place furniture. The passage between kitchen and living room is too narrow, and it even has a sharp corner.

Upper floor: What’s the purpose of the balcony? I don’t think you’ll use it in the morning, dressed or not, just to look at your carport roof. For a quick step outside, such a balcony (with a flat roof kitchen) is too expensive. You probably won’t have that money left, since you mentioned cost savings in the other thread.

The rooms on the upper floor seem somewhat haphazardly arranged with a corridor that is too long.

It’s not advisable to place the staircase in a corner of the house. That automatically results in a long, dark corridor.

I’m not a structural engineer, just a self-taught homeowner, but walls should align somewhat vertically; otherwise, construction costs can increase significantly.

Here is a new design without the bay window... I placed the staircase this way because otherwise I couldn’t arrange the rooms upstairs properly, and the hallway doesn’t necessarily need to be bright since you don’t spend much time there.

Why are there specialists? Exactly because they are experts in their field.
Your hallways are key to success, and if YOU can’t manage it, then let someone else take over.

It’s true that a hallway doesn’t have to be bright, but I always find it unpleasant when I walk through a (well) lit staircase and the blinds are still down. I always think how nice it would be to have natural daylight in the hallway/stairwell and can’t help but think of those long, narrow floor plans.