ᐅ Requesting feedback on our floor plan design

KingSong schrieb:
I think the stage of wandering aimlessly is already over for us,

I don’t think so, because there is hardly a more typical symptom than this:

KingSong schrieb:
Obviously, this design is a completely different house, but what you can’t know is that this house was already on the radar right from the start and was only changed again and again due to countless impressions gained along the way... and I am capable of learning, the "old" design was basically optimized to death by me until I showed it to you for the first time yesterday. So I hope that the original plan is still the better alternative... between this first plan, which the current one is based on, and the plan from yesterday, there are a lot of intermediate versions...

With the phenomenon of returning to the origin, you are—in all times and countries, I would almost say—in very good company.

By the way, I also experience this very regularly in the business sector: after twenty years and four rearrangements, almost all desks in office buildings (for the first time) end up pretty much exactly where the architect originally placed them on the plans.

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Overall, I also like the layout of option 2. However, I noticed the following points:

• How is the kitchen going to be furnished? I like the kitchen’s position.
• Walk-in closet... how much wardrobe space do you need? I think there is too little wardrobe space possible here.
• A bathroom with two doors always seems problematic to me, and I’m also interested in how the bathroom furniture will be arranged.
• Floor-to-ceiling windows in children’s rooms are usually rather counterproductive, since desks and other furniture have to be placed somewhere and often end up in front of these windows. I prefer wider windows with standard sill height, possibly with somewhat narrower windows on the east/west side.
• Windows with high sill height in the living area tend to create more of a basement feeling inside.

Break away from symmetrical facades. After all, you probably don’t want a townhouse or a traditional coastal-style house. It’s perfectly fine for two windows serving separate rooms to be next to each other but offset on the facade. Windows inside rooms don’t have to be centered; they should be positioned to allow enough space for furniture.

Are you sure you want to look out of a window while bathing? For bathroom windows, consider a high horizontal window strip so that no one can look in.

Best regards in brief

kbt09 schrieb:
I generally like the layout of option 2 as well. However, I noticed the following points:

• How is the kitchen supposed to be furnished? I like the kitchen’s position.
• Walk-in closet ... how many wardrobes do you need? I think there isn’t enough wardrobe space here.
• A bathroom with two entrances always seems problematic to me, and I’m also curious about the bathroom furniture.
• Floor-to-ceiling windows in children’s rooms often seem counterproductive because desks and such have to be placed somewhere, often right in front of these windows. I’d prefer wider windows with a standard sill height, possibly narrower windows on the east/west sides instead.
• Windows with a high sill height in the living area tend to give more of a basement feel inside.

The kitchen will be fitted on the right side with four full-height cabinets flush with the wall; at the bottom (the south side) there will be a 4m (13 feet) long kitchen run facing the dining area, turning 90° back into the room. So, a U-shaped layout. The kitchen run on the south façade should also be flush with the wall and will have upper wall cabinets installed. I will visualize this soon using the Ikea planner.

The walk-in closet actually has room for two units of 3.50m (11.5 feet) height wardrobes. We are choosing not to include a window in the closet since we usually only use it early in the morning or late in the evening. For all other times, there is more than enough lighting available.

Yes, the bathroom with two entrances is a bit of a concern, but my dear wife doesn’t want to walk naked through the hallway (although I wouldn’t mind).

I’ve taken your advice about the children’s room windows into account—it sounds reasonable. Regarding the two windows in the living room, I don’t think they will create a basement feeling; I’ve already seen several living rooms with this type of window, and we actually want the living area to feel somewhat separate and cozy—kind of like a hideaway.

Then you still need to adjust some of the dimensions

• 240 cm (94 inches) tall cabinet wall; you should plan for just under 250 cm (98 inches) to allow for plaster, etc.
• 400 cm (157 inches) kitchen run … but there is less than 400 cm (157 inches) to the sliding door
• 2x 350 cm (138 inches) wardrobes in the dressing room … there is a window shown, so we can’t assume it will be removed. Currently, the room is only 334 cm (131 inches) wide.
• Try furnishing the bathroom.

Oops... I had removed the window in the dressing room yesterday, but I forgot that it’s still in the plans here.

Yes, I agree with you @kbt09, the measurements are not yet 100% final. As I said, this is just my "paper sketch" for the architect, and we will work it out together in detail. It was mainly about the room layout, windows, proportions, etc.

I’m also considering whether the hallway on the ground floor really needs to be 150cm (59 inches) wide between the stairs and the wall, or if 120cm (47 inches) would be enough. That way, I could move the kitchen/office wall a bit to the right without losing much office space and would gain some extra space in the kitchen as well.