ᐅ Initial Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home – Your Opinions?

Hello dear forum community.

After a long and more or less intensive search, I have a plot of land in sight that fits quite well into our search criteria regarding location and orientation.
At around 500m² (20m x 25m (66ft x 82ft)), the plot is not exactly large. That’s why we have now created initial sketches to see if our ideas and wishes can be reconciled with the size of the plot. The floor plan is based on our first ideas and personal needs. Since we are both in our late 20s and still live in a condominium, we probably haven’t thought of everything yet?

We look forward to your opinions! Please feel free to be very straightforward.

Builders’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: modern, roof not important, no sloped ceilings
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of persons, age: 3 persons, 2 adults, 1 child planned
Office: 2x home office
Overnight guests per year: max. 10
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Cooking/dining/living combined
Number of dining seats: 8
Garage, carport: at least 2 garages
Other wishes/features/daily routine:
- sheltered terrace
- controlled ventilation system
- open and non-compartmentalized floor plan

House design
Who created the plan: do-it-yourself
Preferred heating system: geothermal with ground probe sounds interesting
Energy-saving regulations 2016 (EnEV 2016) should be met, no more than that

Why is the design like it is now?
- Most ideas developed over time in our minds

What is the fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
What do you think of the floor plan? What are absolute no-gos from your point of view? What have we overlooked? (Also regarding children)

Info about the first sketch:
Above is a neighboring house
Below and to the left are fields
To the right is a small street

Edit: location of the plot uploaded. (North is at the top)

Hello and welcome!

Is the entrance located directly in the kitchen?
What kind of room is behind the sofa adjacent to the second garage? Wouldn't a double garage be more practical?

Does the house have exterior dimensions of 10 x 13 m (33 x 43 feet)?

KEVST schrieb:

We look forward to your opinions! Straightforward feedback is very welcome

Gladly
Quick thoughts:
All-purpose room = gymnasium
Where is the TV?
Guest bathroom too large
Utility room too small
Room behind the sofa?
Entrance area = none = where is the coat storage?

Upper garage too narrow.

Hi,
an open entrance area like that wouldn’t really be my preference. You’d end up bringing street dirt directly into the living space. The coat storage will also need to be somewhere near the front door. I’m not sure I’d want to look at a pile of shoes and jackets from the dining table.

The living room will be very large, so the distance to the TV will be quite far. Try arranging the other furniture in the living room to see how it all fits together.

Is there a door from the living room leading to the garage?

I imagine it will be difficult to fit a shower, bathtub, double sink, and toilet into the upstairs bathroom. Could it be an option to use a room as an office for both of you? One room could be a bit bigger, leaving more space for the other rooms.

Alternatively, you could move the office to the ground floor, remove the small storage room behind the living room, make the living room a bit smaller/narrower, and then try to include a study/workroom in that area.

Garages do not have to maintain a setback from the property boundary but are limited to a total length of 15m (49 feet) on one property. Since your garages have a combined length of 9m + 3m + 7m = 19m (62 feet) and are located less than 3m (10 feet) from the neighboring boundaries, a building encumbrance agreement with a neighbor would be required.

In some cities, having two driveways or three garages may not be permitted.
Is there a development plan / zoning plan?