Feedback Request – Two-story house plan for 7 inhabitants (approx. 300

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Hello, I’m finalizing a two-story family house plan (about 300 m², for 7 residents- a family of 5 and elderly parents).
I’d really appreciate professional feedback on the layout organization and possible optimization.

Key details:

1st floor: living room (5×6 m), guest room, kitchen with warehouse, WC, bedroom 1, boiler room (detached but attached wall).
2nd floor: currently 3 bedrooms + laundry/ironing room (I’d like to add one more bedroom here).
One WC is common; the rest are attached to bedrooms.
Location: Uzbekistan
Specifics: Here we are used to live together with parents.

My specific questions:

How can I best reorganize the second floor to include one more bedroom (maybe seizing ironing room) by optimizing narrow and long common wc, ironing and optimizing master bedroom2 attachments.

On the first floor, is it reasonable to reduce the entrance hall (currently 3.0 m wide) to 2.0 m and give that space to the living room?
Any feedback on circulation, proportions, or potential technical conflicts would be welcome.

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millworkman
last month
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Is this being built in he US? This page is primarily America and North America. If such, at the least please change all dimension to imperial. Also do you have elevation drawings? Where are the windows in the exterior walls? Tough to have an opinion without all the info.
chispa
last month
OP says in the post ... Location: Uzbekistan
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millworkman
last month
" OP says in the post ... Location: Uzbekistan "

Missed that. Thanks chispa.
chispa
last month
Why all the balconies? Most 2-story houses in the US don't "waste" space upstairs with balconies. Also, when building a balcony over the first floor, you have to design it so that it is 100% waterproof. As the house gets older, there is inevitably some type of water intrusion from these balconies into the structure, causing all types of rot and mold.
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Mark Bischak, Architect
last month
You mean Uzbekistan is not in Texas?
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Original Author
last month
Additional info: Two backyard balconies are open type, without insulation. First floor does not have balcony but only front yard terrace neighboring living room. Actual house gross dimensions are 14 meters width to 10 meters long. No passage to backyard from either sides.
chispa
last month
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I just noticed you only have windows on the front of the house and the back bedroom windows open to what looks like a light well (or atrium) and not a balcony.

Is that correct? Why? Are you building on zero lot lines (building right up to the property line) and you neighbor's house is right there too?

Is it a security/safety issue?
chicagoans
last month
Don't forget to draw the sinks and vanities into your bathrooms, and to plan for storage for towels and toiletries.

MB1: Draw in the door (I suspect it's off the corridor at the top of the stairs.) Where is the closet / wardrobe; in the room by the front balcony? Is that space intended as a seating area?

MB2: Is the wardrobe in the space you walk through to get to the WC? Draw in the sink and shower in the WC. Also, I find it a bit odd to access the balcony from the WC, but that might not bother you.