ᐅ Single-family home with a gable roof, 160 sqm, including a loft apartment of 80 sqm

Exactly, the long, narrow corridor still bothers me a bit. But I’ll try to sketch your solution this evening.

We had already considered the option of accessing the bedrooms through the corridor, but I really don’t want to go through the bathroom to get to the bedrooms. (Especially since the toilet is also in the bathroom; toilet occupied → no access to the bedroom)

I also think a pantry isn’t really necessary, since we planned the kitchen that way (the cabinets to the left of the door are all full-height storage cabinets, and to the left and right of the sink there is additional countertop space inside the cabinets for kitchen appliances like a food processor, bread slicer, toaster, etc.). Still, having a small pantry somewhere would be a dream of mine 🙂

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I saw it the same way: better to add a door to the bedroom and design the walk-in closet as an open pass-through room. You could also consider swapping the bathroom and the walk-in closet or at least think about it.

In the granny flat, I would move the living room to the back and place the kitchen with the dining area where the living room currently is, so the dining area becomes a pass-through room.
I might skip a guest toilet, if necessary.

But overall, I like the design. I would feel comfortable in both areas.

Casement windows with muntins aren’t really my thing 🙂

I think the idea from ypg to switch the living room and open-plan kitchen in the secondary apartment is a good one!

I’m not really a fan of casement windows with muntins, especially combined with the large, very modern window front in the living area. But that’s a matter of taste, and as they say, you can’t argue about that.

One more question: the dormer also has a large window front on the upper floor, but you mentioned the attic will be used as storage or a playroom/office. Is it planned to open up the ceiling in the living area to the attic? Or will this beautiful window front remain unused on the upper floor for now?

That could be another option: to remove the ceiling to the upper floor in the living room (I can’t assess the structural feasibility) and possibly create a mezzanine (for example, with bookshelves and a cozy reading nook). I would find that AMAZING! Especially with that great window front.

I would find that awesome too [emoji2]

The kitchen in the rear area was a specific request from my grandparents, as it is the room with the most sunlight and where they spend the most time. This also makes it easier to separate the living room as a room for a caregiver if needed.

Regarding the attic, the plan is to use the existing house’s attic as a playroom/hobby room. In the extension area, the front part (above the living room) will have the gable left open.

I completely agree with you about the gallery with the library! We originally planned for the access to the attic to lead through the living room and a gallery, but unfortunately, this is not possible because the gallery area counts as usable floor space, and we have already reached the maximum allowed extension area according to building regulations.

As mentioned before, the exterior views are preliminary drafts that the architect developed independently. I really don’t like the glazing of the gable as it is now. In terms of style, we would prefer large loft-style windows with mullions combined with large fixed windows. I have already seen a few pictures where this combination was used, and I hope we can achieve that too 🙂 🙂

sue1234 schrieb:
In terms of style, we would prefer large loft windows with muntins combined with large fixed glazing.

I would like that too. However, I would omit the "beam" at the level of the nonexistent floor slab here (without a mezzanine/gallery). I would only include muntin divisions in the gable windows and keep all other windows without muntins. Otherwise, in my opinion, the house looks too "folkloric."

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