ᐅ Floor plan of a multi-family house with 4 residential units

I would also leave out the bathtub. This way, you won’t have any space for a cabinet in the bathroom, but without the tub, the room becomes much more comfortable. Disclaimer: we are building without a bathtub ourselves and had to defend this choice quite strongly here 😉

Apart from that, you basically have the floor plan of a compact three-room apartment, so there is not much room for optimization.

I completely understand having two parking spaces since you are outside the public transport area of Munich and two cars are probably the norm. It is enough if guests park on the street; residents don’t also need to park there. Here, some of the spaces could be created as flower gravel lawns by adding 1-2cm (0.4-0.8 inches) of compost on top of the gravel layer and sowing it with an appropriate mix.

What I don’t like so much about the parking spaces is the distribution of 7 + 1 and the single space at the top right of the plan. Either you have to maneuver back and forth in front of the waste shelter, or you have to reverse straight in from the street. I find both options rather inconvenient.

The bathroom also caught my attention right away. It is about 220 cm (87 inches) wide and just under 250 cm (98 inches) deep... far too small for both a bathtub and a shower. So, having both will only be a compromise.

I would definitely move the bathroom window a bit closer to the bedroom, which would allow the shower to be placed on the exterior wall. Behind the door, the layout gets a bit awkward.

I find the living room setup shown in the plan to be quite unfavorable. You might want to have a table there as well, for example. Here is my suggestion, based on my own open-plan living/dining/kitchen area, which has similar dimensions of 410 x 710 cm (161 x 280 inches).

In orange, I marked a partition wall about 180 cm (71 inches) long. This allows for a nice galley-style kitchen setup. The 180 cm tall partition wall continues as a half-height divider at about 1 meter (39 inches), so the kitchen countertop can extend as a small peninsula above it.

Along the partition wall facing the neighboring unit, there is about 270 cm (106 inches) of base cabinets. Behind the shifted entrance door to this room, there is space for a 160 cm (63 inches) tall cabinet. In this example, these could be, from left to right, a fridge/freezer cabinet, a pantry cabinet, and an oven cabinet (electrical connections required!).

The hallway door is moved to gain storage space on the wall adjacent to the children's room, for example for a shoe cabinet about 120 cm (47 inches) wide and around 40 cm (16 inches) deep. Behind the entrance door, I placed a wardrobe cabinet 120 cm (47 inches) wide and 60 cm (24 inches) deep.

The windows in the living room are arranged differently as well. In the kitchen area, there is a standard window, then a simple balcony door, and then another standard window. On the exterior wall, this is complemented by a wider window. The window widths correspond to those already used in other rooms.

Since the balconies are not meant to be very deep, I find it practical to have the balcony access located near the middle. It definitely works better for the room.

The dining table shown measures 140 x 90 cm (55 x 35 inches) and can easily be extended when guests come over.

I would place the TV on the wall at the bottom of the plan. I assume the floor plan is oriented north, although I could not find a north arrow (or may have overlooked it).

I would probably always place the toilet and sink on the opposite wall since the bedrooms are right next to them, to reduce noise and for the plumbing.

In the living room, I can't really picture the sofa arrangement in relation to the windows and TV, etc. I think a TV corner is still common in many households today.

The stroller and bike storage has already been mentioned.

I would probably swap the children's room and the bedroom. This way, the bathroom can be a few centimeters larger and still have windows on the front of the house. In the evening, the bedroom would then buffer noise.
The partition wall in the living room should be a lightweight wall in case singles want to open up the space.
Windows will likely be planned according to the intended layout 😉 (TV wall, kitchen sink window)

Yes, I have also considered swapping the children’s and master bedrooms, but there really isn’t enough space because of the entrance door to the children’s room. Sliding doors there could become a real nuisance for the future children’s room.

kbt09 schrieb:

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I would probably design the hallway with a recess or indentation.. would need to see a drawing. It’s also a question whether this would even be used as a children’s room.

allstar83 schrieb:

I would most likely place the toilet and washbasin on the opposite wall since the bedrooms are right next door. This is because of noise and plumbing.

Here, the “long” wall of the wardrobe on the other side is used. If you didn’t do that, even more space would be wasted.