ᐅ Floor Plan Proposals – What Works and What Doesn’t?

Hello everyone...

After our first floor plan attempt failed completely, we worked with the architect to develop two more ground floor versions and one for the upper floor. I would like to know which ones you find good or bad, and what you generally like or dislike about the floor plans?! Also, the pantry door is drawn a bit oddly; it won’t actually look like that...

Development plan/restrictions
Plot size approximately 480 square meters (5167 square feet)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio: No
Building coverage ratio: No
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 19 meters (62 feet)
Edge development: No
Number of parking spaces:
Number of floors: 1.5
Roof shape: gable roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: terrace to the west, bay window to the south
Maximum heights/limits:
Additional specifications:

Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type:
Basement, floors: no basement
Number of occupants, ages: 2
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office?
Occasional guests per year: family occasionally
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern building method:
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats:
Fireplace: no
Music/sound wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace:
Garage, carport:
Utility garden, greenhouse:
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons why certain things should or should not be included

House design
Who created the plan:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect: yes
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like and why?
What do you not like and why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating system:
Heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details or extensions:
- can you do without
- cannot do without:
Open kitchen, guest room, window in every room

Your groceries have quite a long way to the kitchen or pantry.

You are blocking the exit at the bay window with the couch. Why? I would swap the kitchen and the guest room and place the dining table by the bay window.

You don't have to furnish the living room exactly like this, right? Otherwise, it’s practical. You can carry the shopping bags all the way to the pantry, and the boxes and cartons can be passed through the window.

By the way, why do what feels like 95% of people here prefer open kitchens? I would put up a wall, at least a three-quarter wall, with a corner for a small breakfast table for everyday toast. Karsten

With a ventilation system, an open kitchen should be fine, right?

We have a heat pump with heat recovery and ventilation.