ᐅ Single-family house floor plan in L-shape with double garage – Your opinion

A friendly "Servus" from Bavaria!

I have now created a first draft of our single-family house for the preliminary building notification and would like to hear your opinions!

Notes:

• The arrangement of doors and windows is not final.
• The dashed line in the kitchen/dining area is only for separation.
• The suggested divider in the living area is intended to become a panoramic fireplace later (for coziness).

Since we are already thinking about it, the staircase is also a point of consideration. Both the direction shown in the floor plan and a version rotated by 180 degrees have their advantages. What do you think?
I hope the attached screenshots give a good impression...

Many thanks and best regards,
Stefan H.

The kitchen area is too small; it’s barely possible to fit cabinets in there.

I feel sorry for your children... 12 square meters (130 square feet) per child, which in my opinion is difficult to furnish properly. Bed, wardrobe, desk. Can you really fit all of that sensibly into the kids’ rooms? Not to mention that there’s hardly any space left for anything else.

At least the master bedroom is as large as the two children’s rooms combined, plus there’s a walk-in closet the size of a children’s room. The kids will be thrilled. Who do you think spends more time in their room: the children or the parents?

Thank you for your reply!

The kitchen/pantry and dining area together measure 36 m² (387.5 sq ft). The kitchen will consist only of a single row of cabinets along the north wall plus a cooking island on the opposite side. The pantry can be moved around freely since it is not a load-bearing wall; I hope to get more input on this from the kitchen designer. Still, I think 36 m² (387.5 sq ft) should be sufficient. What size would you suggest?

The tip about the children's rooms is great—I will completely rearrange and put the master bedroom plus walk-in closet (my wife’s favorite part) on the west side, and the two children’s rooms on the south/east side. That should give about 18 m² (194 sq ft) per child’s room. By the way, when I was a child, I also had “only” a 3x4 meter (10x13 feet) room, and that was enough for a bed, wardrobe, sofa, and desk!

Der Da schrieb:
50 sqm (538 sq ft) for the cars and 22 sqm (237 sq ft) for the kids... you just have to set your priorities

Seriously, the kids' rooms are a guarantee that the little ones will leave the house soon. There's not even space to put a 1.40 m (4 ft 7 in) bed in there. A wardrobe and desk will also be difficult.

It's actually nice when the kids become independent early :-P - Seriously though... as I mentioned in the previous post, I will swap the bedroom with the kids' rooms. This way, the bedroom with a walk-in closet will be 24 sqm (258 sq ft), and the kids’ rooms will each be 18 sqm (194 sq ft) in a floor plan of 3x6 meters (10x20 ft), totaling 36 sqm (387 sq ft). Additionally, with a maximum of two children planned, the upstairs room currently designated as a "guest room" will also be used as a playroom. The office on the ground floor will then become the guest room.

Regarding the garage, we initially planned a smaller one as well. However, we need the extra space for storage, which will be organized with a closed cabinet system. I know several friends who built garages that were too small and now regret it after completion... it's better to have a bit more space, especially in width, to comfortably get in and out of the car, load and unload, etc.

Der Da schrieb:
Does the house have to be L-shaped? I don’t see any really good solutions to the problems this way.

Yes, the L-shape is fixed — this is a wish from both of us, and that’s not going to change. Furthermore, the "problems" are actually solved by swapping the rooms. We want to use the open area in between during summer as an "extended" living space with appropriate sun protection. This way, you can move between the dining room, hallway, and living room seamlessly. In addition, this layout shields us from the street.

Der Da schrieb:
The kitchen would be too small for me. Taste matters. Unfortunately, I can’t provide any constructive input ;I

As I wrote above, the room is 6x6 meters (20x20 ft), so 36 sqm (387 sq ft). Isn’t that enough space if you want to accommodate the kitchen, pantry, and dining area? How large is that area in your plan?

For me, it was only about the arrangement of the kitchen furniture. But if you plan that in advance with the kitchen contractor, then that works fine.

Hello, personally, I would find the small room layout quite bothersome. The house itself isn’t small, but with the separate living and dining rooms and the narrow doors, it ends up feeling like an "old building." It doesn’t create a spacious atmosphere! You first walk through a relatively large hallway, then open a narrow door and enter a living room that is barely bigger. I would at least remove the wall between the hallway and the living room entirely to visually enlarge the space. A panoramic fireplace wouldn’t fit well there either; once you turn it on, you’ll start sweating — the heat stays only in that room and turns it into a sauna. Have you looked at show homes? They give a pretty good idea of the size of each room. How old are your children? Best regards, Sabine