ᐅ Single-Family Home Floor Plan – Evaluation

Hello everyone,

I’m sharing our architect’s design for discussion and would appreciate your assessments—what doesn’t work well and what could be done differently.

First, about the plot: it faces northeast with a slope towards the back in the northeast direction (650 m² (7,000 sq ft)), which is why there is a terrace both at the front and rear of the house due to the north-facing orientation. The floor plan consists of basically two building volumes: the left part is two stories and follows the slope of the land, meaning it is positioned lower. The front right part is a single story and stands higher than the second volume. You go down six steps from volume 1 to volume 2 and up again the other way, so it’s a split-level house. Please note, we don’t need to discuss accessibility concerns related to the steps, as we are already aware.

Both volumes have a mono-pitched roof. My main concern is the layout of the rooms and their sizes. The total footprint of the house is 175 m² (1,883 sq ft), including utility areas. The storage room on the right side of the building is optional for now, but as things stand, we plan to include it.

Don’t be confused by the stairs—they were drawn by hand and didn’t come out well in the software 🙂

Overall, we quite like the floor plan. What I personally don’t like is the bathroom upstairs; I think it’s too small for a main bathroom. Our architect suggested enlarging it at the expense of the adjacent children’s room. The downside would be that the children’s rooms become too small, right?

Question about the kitchen: we’d like to have an island. Is the kitchen size sufficient for that?

It was important to us to maintain visual contact from the dining area to the living room, just as background information.

Now it’s your turn—many thanks in advance for your feedback.

Best regards,
Thomas