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Bauexperte schrieb:

... Losing light in the seating area? Almost the entire ground floor—facing the garden—feels like a glass structure with just barely adequate wall thickness.

I wasn’t referring to the seating area (kitchen + dining), and I actually like the abundance of glass. But if you choose an expensive design with great potential for interesting indoor-outdoor connections, I don’t understand why the floor above is pushed so far forward that it ends up feeling more like a basement “charm.”

Bauexperte schrieb:

... that you raise the question of drainage for the upper floor bathroom and bring it up for discussion. I honestly wouldn’t know how this should be done, unless there is an internal drainage system planned, fitting into the corner post of the roof.

I would have expected direct feedback on the kitchen instead—I don’t know why, it just doesn’t shock me at the moment.

Bauexperte schrieb:

... why is a seating area needed?

Comfort? Age?

Bauexperte schrieb:

If anything is missing here, it’s the closure towards the hallway to fully isolate the parents’ area.

I do see the closure, but everything behind it screams for optimization or a complete redesign…

Best regards,
WD

I really like the floor plan.
I might consider swapping the staircase and the office, and maybe have the stairs go up from the dining area instead of passing through the mudroom.
This would also create more separation between the parents' and children's areas on the upper floor.
Additionally, I would try to combine the cloakroom and storage room on the ground floor to make the space feel more open. Maybe there’s a way to do that.


milkie

milkie schrieb:
I really like the floor plan.
I might consider swapping the staircase and the office, and possibly have the stairs accessible from the dining area instead of going through the mudroom.
That way, the parents’ and children’s areas upstairs would be somewhat separated.
Also, I would try to combine the cloakroom and storage room on the ground floor to create a more spacious feel. Maybe that’s possible somehow.
milkie

Thumbs up!
... and have the door to the storage room open towards the garage 🙂

First of all, thanks so much for your feedback! Some of your comments have really made us reconsider certain things.

The cloakroom or airlock area is indeed still not satisfactory. We are considering using sliding doors in that space to create the most comfortable solution possible. Additionally, we will check with friends to get a realistic idea of how much space a double garage requires, so we might be able to optimize the rooms mentioned there. Either way, compromises will have to be made.

@Wanderdüne & Building Expert: You specifically mention the parents’ wing. Where exactly do you think the planning falls short? As already stated, the bathroom layout is just a placeholder from the architect and will be revised by a specialist. In my opinion, the dressing room offers quite a bit of storage space since, as Building Expert correctly suspected, the gable will be left open. Natural light will also come through the exterior window and a skylight. If you have any further improvement suggestions, I would really appreciate your feedback.

We are in no rush and want to begin construction only when we are 100% satisfied with the plans!

Good morning,

first of all - it is helpful if the basement level and the elevations are provided afterward. Only with the complete information can the diligent critics comment on the floor plan. That is not really my approach, but I (ashamedly) let myself be tempted by WD 🙄

666alex schrieb:

@Wanderdüne & Bauexperte: You specifically mention the parents' wing. Where exactly do you see the planning as unfinished? As already mentioned, the bathroom layout is only a placeholder by the architect and will be revised by a specialist.

Bathroom planning specialists, funny 😀 I’m not really interested in the final arrangement of the sanitary fixtures here since I am aware of the placeholder issue.

Basically, my question concerns the drainage - how is it intended to be arranged so that it does not conflict with the glass facade on the ground floor? On the other hand, I find the anteroom on the upper floor - in front of the walk-in closet/parents’ bedroom - to be somewhat awkward. Either there are doors to both the bedroom and the walk-in closet, or just one door leading to the entire parents’ wing.

And a curious question at the end – why are the showers and toilets in the bathrooms on the upper floor each separated by doors?

Regards, Bauexperte

666alex schrieb:

Where exactly do you see the planning as incomplete?

As I said, I find the view and the feel from the kitchen, especially from the dining area, to be less than ideal. Making changes here would affect the rest of the layout, but regarding the master bedroom area:

You need to decide which room arrangement best fits your current or planned lifestyle.

Here, the bathroom is located directly next to the bedroom, which is a common trend again. Unfortunately, a sliding door does not provide good sound insulation. So what do you do? You separate the toilet for those shy legume lovers with a dedicated door. You can justify this by saying, for example, that it allows two people to use the bathroom at the same time, but there are other solutions—for instance, requiring a sink to be used before opening the toilet door, or avoiding having to squeeze past the door.

Using the bathroom design merely as a placeholder can be just as problematic as having an unplanned kitchen as a placeholder. It might work out okay, but the result is rarely optimal, especially concerning drainage.

The issues mentioned also remain: access to the bedroom at the head end is uncomfortable, the separation of the master area from the corridor feels rather unconsidered, and the walk-in closet (dressing room) is simply too narrow.

WD