Hello,
we are currently in the detailed planning phase of a new build (together with an architect) and are having trouble deciding on one last detail.
Specifically, it’s about the upper floor. There is a walk-in closet in front of the bedroom. In the original plan, it was arranged so that you walk through the full length of the closet to get to the bedroom.
Our concern was that this would make the closet feel like a narrow corridor and that you’d have to walk past all the wardrobes.
Now there is another option: rotate the walk-in closet by 90°, so you walk through the shorter side. However, this requires changes in the bathroom and enlarges the hallway area (wasted space?).
Which option do you think is better? I’m very curious about your opinions and thank you in advance for any feedback!
Attached are two sketches of the floor plans.

we are currently in the detailed planning phase of a new build (together with an architect) and are having trouble deciding on one last detail.
Specifically, it’s about the upper floor. There is a walk-in closet in front of the bedroom. In the original plan, it was arranged so that you walk through the full length of the closet to get to the bedroom.
Our concern was that this would make the closet feel like a narrow corridor and that you’d have to walk past all the wardrobes.
Now there is another option: rotate the walk-in closet by 90°, so you walk through the shorter side. However, this requires changes in the bathroom and enlarges the hallway area (wasted space?).
Which option do you think is better? I’m very curious about your opinions and thank you in advance for any feedback!
Attached are two sketches of the floor plans.
Paixai schrieb:
I think I need to clarify something:
Of course, those two drawings are not the architect’s original plans. [...] That’s why I uploaded excerpts from my own Sweet Home 3D drawing. We already suspected that architects produce nicer drawings. But if you copied his design accurately, your drawings represent variations of a floor plan that, due to its complexity, does not feel like professional quality. Therefore, I remain convinced that you were the planner yourself, and the "architect" just traced your idea.
Building permit / planning permission officials only review the documents; advising is not part of their role. So a stamped approval does not guarantee the quality of the design. A labyrinth can be built if it meets the regulations. Then the homeowner wonders how this could happen, considering the plans supposedly passed through the hands of professionals.
That’s why we point out that you are far from reaching the goal here. There is still a lot to refine, if not totally reshape.
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