ᐅ Single-family house on a sloped site with a large plot of land

Nice plan! We also have a sloped plot, and the idea for the ground floor looks good. What is the expected cost of the house (excluding the land)?

The plan is a feast for the eyes, just like the view.

I have some suggestions regarding the granny flat:
While having the rooms arranged parallel looks stylish from above in the design, it is often impractical. I would move the storage room door to the opposite side, and then start the kitchen unit at the newly freed corner, extending it around the corner with a partition wall separating it from the living area, approximately halfway across the room. This way, there is space for a small table, and the corner can be used for a bed.

Utility room... utility room... and the bathroom – these are critical points.
Consider what happens if the plan is mirrored (keeping the staircase as is). This gains a few extra meters for the utility room.
Alternatively, reshape the WC a little and move the utility room access to the hallway, but then remove the rear entrance from the kitchen. With a width of 3.30m (10.8 ft), this should be doable. For kitchen work, it does not matter whether you go left around the corner or right.

Upstairs: you could rotate the bathroom in the upper corner of the plan, with the existing window becoming the passageway from the dressing room to the bathroom. Arrange the bathroom furniture differently. You would enter the dressing/walk-in closet from the hallway first.
Where the shower currently is, there is space for a chest of drawers; on the planned partition wall to the bathroom, a wall unit would be installed. Is that clear?

... Utility room... I find that better. Instead of a built-in wall unit, I would opt for a simple kitchen unit: two tall cabinets at the front, with the washing machine and dryer built in and possibly elevated at the back. You could then install or place a microwave in the tall cabinet, as well as a second refrigerator and freezer, providing plenty of countertop space for cake, potatoes, and cooking.
On the wall, hooks for cooking aprons, etc.
Around the corner, space for bottles and recycling paper.
Maybe you could steal 20 to 30cm (8 to 12 inches) from the kitchen.

Solveigh schrieb:
@Karlstraße We are currently getting quotes for the house. We will probably have to make it smaller afterward .

How did you plan your house on the slope? Somehow I feel like ours still lacks a bit of excitement!

Interesting, let’s keep in touch. We bought the plot in May and have given a lot of thought to what we want and don’t want, browsed Pinterest, and made our own plans (just on paper). The plan is: the baby is due in 2017 (in January), 2017 will also be the year we choose an architect and plan everything, and construction should start sometime mid-2018. We are taking our time. We have a basement, ground floor, and top floor, but because of the view from the top floor, we want to place the parents’ level there with a sauna and a roof terrace. On the ground floor, our layout is similar to yours, except that the kitchen and dining table are rotated 90 degrees to the right. So when you look left from the countertop, you see the mountains, and straight ahead is the dining area. I can upload a sketch sometime. Behind the dining table there is a wall for a bench (we love benches for sitting), which also partially separates the dining area from the living room.

I’m curious how much your project will cost. We are planning about 180–200 square meters (1,940–2,150 square feet) including a finished basement, which is open on the downhill side because it is a sloped plot.

Very nice floor plan, I like it too!

Maybe two suggestions: For the utility room, make sure there is sufficient sound insulation. I would consider using a thicker wall and a different door—otherwise, you might hear the noise from a ventilation system on the ground floor.
Also, I really like those mezzanine levels in the kids’ room. I once saw a design where these extra levels even had windows looking into the hallway. Try searching Google for "planwirkstatt Haus Vogel"; they have other designs that might be inspiring.