ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family house. Please share your feedback or ideas :-)

The bay window upstairs in the bedroom is to be converted into a walk-in closet. The bay window on the ground floor is intended to provide plenty of natural light to the room with its many floor-to-ceiling windows. We deliberately chose not to use the bay window / Dutch gable as the main entrance to the house. In our building specifications, a knee wall height of 50 cm (20 inches) was planned.

If you don’t really need the guest room, I would allocate most of the space to the living/dining area (extend the wall at the fireplace straight across), move the toilet slightly closer to the living room, and use the remaining extra space for a larger utility/technical room.

My suggestions are:
1.) I would consider having a closed staircase. The space underneath can be used effectively as a storage room since the utility room is somewhat small with the planned building services. It’s also a great place to store rarely used jackets, shoes, etc. :-)

2.) The bay window is typical for a Frisian three-gable house. Ultimately, it’s a matter of personal taste as it doesn’t really add much functional benefit.

3.) Only you know whether you need 4 or 5 rooms. Otherwise, I find the downstairs a bit cramped. My idea would be: remove the guest room and extend the living room wall straight across. Move the guest toilet to where the guest room door currently is. Enlarge the utility room so that it covers the current toilet and the hallway area in front of it, making it about 3 square meters (about 32 square feet) bigger, because you will need that space.

4.) The bedroom is much too large! You only spend about 8 hours (?) per day there, and that sleeping, while your children can spend 16-20 hours per day in their rooms, much of it awake time. I think 12-13 square meters (about 130-140 square feet) for older children’s bedrooms is too small nowadays – just my personal opinion.

If necessary, an (internal) sliding door between the living room and the kitchen might be useful: this way the kitchen is always open, but can be closed off when cooking odors are strong.

Feel free to send me the construction company in a private message, as I know all the builders in Oldenburg very well and have information about almost every one of them, although I’m already guessing who yours is. ;-)

Thank you very much for the many tips. Here is the latest floor plan. Please provide your feedback.

Hello,

I’m glad you decided to keep the bay window.

I really like the floor plan now; the only thing I would still consider is the door to the ground floor restroom opening outward.

I find doors that open into busy areas (hallway / path to the stairs) a bit problematic. Especially when there are children in the house (???), it’s only a matter of time before someone accidentally bumps into the door as it’s opening...

Best regards,

Dirk

Not bad. Do you really need the extra door to the utility room? It’s right next to the front door anyway. You could use that space for a cupboard or shelves instead.