ᐅ Looking for Ideas and Experiences for the Upper Floor

I agree – if you also place a tall, solid gate between the terrace and the house, you get both privacy and wind protection. You can then extend the terrace all the way to the garage, cover it with a pergola roof, and have a really nice, sheltered seating area.

marv45 schrieb:

Regarding the second draft:
- When you carry groceries into the kitchen, do you then have to walk through the entire house to get to the cloakroom?
- The circulation area created by the entrance plus the (dark) hallway seems excessively large.
- I'm curious about the furnishing of the toilet. With the door positioned in the middle, there’s hardly any usable space left.

The ground floor is completely open (except for the toilet, office, and vestibule). Otherwise, there are no doors or enclosed rooms—even though the plan shows a door between the hallway and dining area. This is what we received from the builder’s draftsman, and the changes (removal of the door) have not been made yet. We want to have an exposed roof structure with roof windows near the staircase and possibly also above the dining table (for light, etc.). Good tip regarding the door in the toilet.

I’m referring to draft EG1 (our latest version).

What are those blue lines, for example between the kitchen and dining room? Is there a step, a sliding door, or nothing? And is there a wall between the kitchen and living room?

I assume the blue lines are guides for calculating the square meters (added by the builder’s draftsman). There is a half-height wall between the kitchen and dining room, and the same between the kitchen and living room.

It should look something like this (from the kitchen side):

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I get the impression you’re not fully happy with the drafts either. Maybe consider consulting an architect once things get more serious… not just the building company. They won’t be living there later. 😎

So far, we’ve actually liked the ground floor quite a bit. But we’re willing to learn. 🙂

Somehow, it’s not enjoyable to work with plans that lack all the essential information. Knee wall height? 1- and 2-meter (3 and 6.5 feet) lines in the attic... with that, option 2 for the attic will probably be unnecessary. The other option can only be seriously considered further with this information.

No furnishings included... Should the guest WC on the ground floor in option 1 also have a shower like in option 2? If so, that doesn’t fit.

Could you please upload a floor plan drawing that is at least somewhat professionally made?

Ok, thanks, now I understand it better. 🙂 I really like the open kitchen. I don’t find the gallery very practical, even if it might look nice.
I’d rather make the rooms bigger.
Whether you already have children or are planning to, I would never integrate the staircase into the living area.
Anyone sitting in the living room can basically hear everything happening in the house. On the upper floors, you get to hear conversations from the dining area or living room up close when the parents have visitors.
But as mentioned, everyone has their own preferences. 😎

I always admire people whose homes really turn out looking like they do in the movies. In reality, I have rarely seen that so far.

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