ᐅ Planned New Single-Family House Construction – Floor Plan Available

Created on: 23 Mar 2020 20:06
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tfb0307
Hello everyone,

we are planning to build a single-family house in Lower Saxony and have requested a quote based on the floor plan (see below).
We initially aimed for about 150 to a maximum of 160 square meters (1615 to 1722 square feet), since it’s just the two of us. We have now ended up at around 170 square meters (1830 square feet). I would have been fine with an office of 10 square meters (108 square feet). The hallway, however, is quite large at 21 square meters (226 square feet). The other room sizes feel comfortable and reasonable. We don’t really see where we could reduce size without making the house look unbalanced. (Opinions on this are welcome.)

About us:
- Both employed (permanent contracts)
- Net household income 5,000
- Equity 45,000
- No children

(All costs currently considered without additional running costs)
- Land cost: 71,000 for about 1,300 square meters (0.32 acres)

Offer for the single-family house in timber frame construction as an Efficiency House 40+ as follows:
Turnkey: approx. 448,000

Closed shell: 260,000
Shell including:
- Building permit application, drawings
- Earthworks
- Concrete works
- Walls
- Lower facade with clinker bricks (mandatory according to development plan/planning permission)
- Upper facade with wood
- Roof structure
- Flat roof
- Green roof on ground floor and upper floor (mandatory according to development plan/planning permission)
- Windows, white PVC, triple glazed
- Staircase

I find the difference of roughly 200,000 euros (approx. $216,000) very large – maybe I’m just thinking too much like a layperson. (Opinions here are welcome.)
Therefore, we are currently getting quotes for the following trades:
- Heating, sanitation, ventilation installation
- Tiling
- Painting
- Joinery for floors and doors – possibly doing the flooring ourselves
- Screed laying
- Electrical work

Decisions already made for us:
- Heating: air-to-water heat pump
- Photovoltaic system
- Flooring: 1. Tiles in the guest bathroom downstairs, bathroom upstairs, kitchen, and utility room – for bathroom fixtures and tiles, we plan to go with “standard,” nothing extravagant.
2. Vinyl flooring in the rest of the house
Possibly laminate flooring in “Children’s rooms 1 and 2” – currently no children, planned earliest in 5 years

Undecided:
- Efficiency House 40+ or 55

Looking forward to your opinions.

Best regards,
tfb0307

Floor plan as follows:

Grundrissplan eines Hauses mit Wohnbereich, Essbereich, Küche, Flur und Schlafzimmern

Zweidimensionaler Grundriss eines Wohnhauses mit Maßen und Wänden
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tfb0307
26 Mar 2020 15:15
Altai schrieb:

For @ypg
tfb0307 schrieb:

About Us:
...
- Net household income 5k
tfb0307 schrieb:

Currently, I save at least 1.3k every month with a net income of 3.2k...
11ant26 Mar 2020 15:47
DASI90 schrieb:

Ok. I just thought the 56 and 52 were measurements above sea level in meters. For Lower Saxony, that would be possible, right?

If the original poster could clarify this question, I would be personally more interested than in their stingy person.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Matthew03
26 Mar 2020 16:28
What do you have against rodents?
11ant26 Mar 2020 18:05
Matthew03 schrieb:

What do you have against the rodent?
Of course, it’s a sparrate; a sparratte would be something for the puzzle lovers asking “which piggy bank would you like”
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
DASI9026 Mar 2020 20:04
11ant schrieb:

If the OP could clarify this question, I would be more interested personally than in their penny pincher

Then let's shed some light on it, @tfb0307
DASI9027 Mar 2020 20:18
DASI90 schrieb:

Then let there be light @tfb0307

@tfb0307, have we left you speechless?