ᐅ Floor Plans for Urban Villa with Garage and Office Extension

Dear forum members,

For us, things are now gradually getting "serious."
The plans for submitting the building permit / planning permission application are basically finalized.
The goal was to create an "affordable" city villa with a garage and an office featuring a separate entrance due to occasional client visits.
What do you think?
What positives and negatives do you see in the floor plan?

Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 925 sqm (10,000 sq ft)
Slope: none
Floor area ratio
Building coverage ratio
Building line and boundaries: 5 m (16 ft) to the street, about 4 m (13 ft) clear on left and right sides
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors
Roof shape
Architectural style: no development plan
Orientation
Maximum height / limits
Other requirements

Homeowner requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type – city villa with garage / office extension
Basement, floors: 2 floors without basement
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, 2 children aged 7 years and "in planning";)
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Home office with current client visits
Guest bedrooms per year
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: 1 parking space garage, 1 parking space carport
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes / special features / daily routine

House design
Who designed the plans:
– Planner from a construction company
– Architect: yes
– Do-it-yourself by you together with the architect
What do you particularly like? Separate entrance for second office
What do you dislike? The continuous exterior wall facing the garden (garage and office not offset at all)
The shower in the bathroom needs to be "longer," since it should be walk-in without a door
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 300,000 € (about 300 T €) plus additional construction costs and architect fees
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 300,000 € (about 300 T €) plus additional costs
Preferred heating system: gas, solar, fireplace

If you have to give up something, which details / extensions
– Could you do without:
– Could you not do without:

Please upload it as a JPEG.

I only see view 2

Based on view 2, I find the house somewhat unsettled due to the complete lack of symmetry.

Where is the site plan?

It’s difficult not just for me to constantly open PDFs and compare the orientations.

Please post the plot as a JPG image along with the house.

Is this supposed to be an infill development?

I also find the elevations quite random and unstructured, although I think the upper floor design is well organized.
Some people mind if wastewater pipes run down through the kitchen...
The bathroom is nicely tidy, as is the kitchen.
However, I find some passages very narrow – the entrance to the office, the living room door (is it smaller than the kitchen door?), the passage between kitchen and dining area, and the hallway on the ground floor.
I find the living area at 3.50 m (11.5 ft) far too narrow.
I really don’t like that the living rooms on the ground floor are only accessible through staggered spaces. When standing in the entrance hall or vestibule, you have to go through a narrow, hardly visible area to reach them. This doesn’t exactly feel like a “welcome home” to me.
I wouldn’t feel comfortable with this. Even the beautiful staircase is somewhat lost.

Regards

I don’t like this tunnel-like, 4m (13 ft) long passage to the living room at all. The 3.5m (11.5 ft) wide living room is simply too narrow. In our current house, we have 4.5m (15 ft), and that works fine; I couldn’t imagine one meter less, especially not with your long combined living and dining area. Have you looked at different living rooms (in show homes) and paid attention to the length and width?

Best regards
Sabine