ᐅ Single-Family Home – New Construction Project from Day One – And the Planning Begins
Created on: 7 Feb 2020 22:54
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DaSch17
Hello dear community,
For the past few weeks, I have been following this forum and have already gathered some valuable tips for our own planning.
I would like to use this thread to keep you updated from the very first day of planning until moving in. I hope to receive some valuable advice from the community and that this thread can also serve as a guide for other first-time homebuilders.
Now, a bit about our building project:
As mentioned, we are still quite early in the process...
It all started, as it probably does for most, with requesting a catalog from a prefabricated house company. In our case, it was FingerHaus around mid-December.
This was followed by a phone call with a sales representative from the mentioned company and arranging a first consultation. This appointment is scheduled for Sunday, 09.02.2020.
Since then, we have been intensively working on budget planning, possible floor plans and building plots, as well as ideal typical living space layouts.
So far, we have not purchased a plot yet. However, we are in contact with a municipality that is currently planning an expansion of a new residential area. Fortunately, this allowed us to help decide the size, location, and shape of our future plot. Our desired plot is reserved for us.
Key details of our planned single-family home:
– Location: Southwestphalia, Siegen-Wittgenstein district
– Living area: 179 sqm (1,925 sq ft)
– Concrete slab foundation
– Gable roof
– 1.5 stories with gable roof
– Single garage with extended length for tools/storage room
Our budget:
– Plot including property transfer tax: 70,000 EUR
– Construction costs: 470,000 EUR
– Additional construction costs including earthworks: 70,000 EUR
Our schedule:
– By May 2021: Selection of the construction company
– By July 2021: Contract signing, building permit / planning permission application
– By July 2023: Completion of construction work
– By October 2023: Completion of owner-performed work (painting and flooring) and move-in
We understand that the start of construction depends on the delivery time of the prefab house company, which can vary between 6 and 24 months.
We have now selected 8 different companies with whom we want to conduct initial meetings:
– FingerHaus
– Hanse Haus
– SchwörerHaus
– Bien-Zenker
– Schäfer Haus (contact via family)
– Büdenbender Haus
– WeberHaus
– a local developer
After these initial talks, we want to proceed with more detailed discussions with 4 of these providers.
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What should we pay attention to during the initial meetings? What is particularly important? Should we disclose our budget to the sales representatives?
For the past few weeks, I have been following this forum and have already gathered some valuable tips for our own planning.
I would like to use this thread to keep you updated from the very first day of planning until moving in. I hope to receive some valuable advice from the community and that this thread can also serve as a guide for other first-time homebuilders.
Now, a bit about our building project:
As mentioned, we are still quite early in the process...
It all started, as it probably does for most, with requesting a catalog from a prefabricated house company. In our case, it was FingerHaus around mid-December.
This was followed by a phone call with a sales representative from the mentioned company and arranging a first consultation. This appointment is scheduled for Sunday, 09.02.2020.
Since then, we have been intensively working on budget planning, possible floor plans and building plots, as well as ideal typical living space layouts.
So far, we have not purchased a plot yet. However, we are in contact with a municipality that is currently planning an expansion of a new residential area. Fortunately, this allowed us to help decide the size, location, and shape of our future plot. Our desired plot is reserved for us.
Key details of our planned single-family home:
– Location: Southwestphalia, Siegen-Wittgenstein district
– Living area: 179 sqm (1,925 sq ft)
– Concrete slab foundation
– Gable roof
– 1.5 stories with gable roof
– Single garage with extended length for tools/storage room
Our budget:
– Plot including property transfer tax: 70,000 EUR
– Construction costs: 470,000 EUR
– Additional construction costs including earthworks: 70,000 EUR
Our schedule:
– By May 2021: Selection of the construction company
– By July 2021: Contract signing, building permit / planning permission application
– By July 2023: Completion of construction work
– By October 2023: Completion of owner-performed work (painting and flooring) and move-in
We understand that the start of construction depends on the delivery time of the prefab house company, which can vary between 6 and 24 months.
We have now selected 8 different companies with whom we want to conduct initial meetings:
– FingerHaus
– Hanse Haus
– SchwörerHaus
– Bien-Zenker
– Schäfer Haus (contact via family)
– Büdenbender Haus
– WeberHaus
– a local developer
After these initial talks, we want to proceed with more detailed discussions with 4 of these providers.
–––––––––––––––––––
What should we pay attention to during the initial meetings? What is particularly important? Should we disclose our budget to the sales representatives?
A fireplace fire is supposed to crackle; having super HD sound is counterproductive in this case.
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Alessandro31 Jul 2020 15:1911ant schrieb:
Here’s a provocative thought on the topic of panoramic fireplaces: I like Porsche cars, but I also understand what a "car rental" is. These even exist for classic cars – in case someone thinks, oh no, they always have the latest model. Thanks to this useful invention, I can be perfectly satisfied with my little Opel in everyday life. You can apply the same idea to building: rent a fireplace every year for your anniversary, each year in a different city with a hotel suite included. With the money saved, you can go on a vacation in between, and at home you have the fireplace area (barely less than 3 square meters (32 square feet) including the spark guard zone) for a dance with your spouse. You just would have to know how to play the piano...Of course, you can completely skip building a house and instead spend 600,000 euros every year staying in the most beautiful resorts...
Even the cost of a pool, which is not used frequently, can provide years of wonderful vacations.
A fireplace, whether used often or not, is always a highlight!
If everyone always considered just cost versus benefit, no one would own designer clothes, no car would cost more than a Dacia, there would be no smart homes, no lofts, and everyone would live in a 120 square meter (1,290 square feet) house where not a single square meter goes unused and you can turn on the coffee machine right from the couch.
Open spaces, lofts, fireplaces, pools shape the style and comfort factor of a house, which is why they simply belong there. Whether they are practical or not is a different matter and doesn’t really matter.
@Würfel* : Very nice! Personally, I think the side-positioned TV would annoy me a lot, especially with the large window behind it that would certainly need to be darkened for a comfortable viewing experience.
With that garden, though, I would probably spend 90% of my time outside.
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Alessandro31 Jul 2020 15:34Advantage: short distance from the kitchen to the terrace, larger living room
Disadvantage: smaller kitchen, restroom without a window, longer distance from the living room to the terrace
I’m not sure if the fireplace would also fit upstairs as I’m not familiar with it. In this layout, the chimney pipe must not be directly behind the fireplace but on the right side next to the stairs.
If only, if only...
That could have been included in #115 as well.
That could have been done too. Now you have a pantry that is not walk-in... and there’s no proper freezer that fits anymore...
You keep forgetting to draw the wall on the stair side. Then you can see, if you imagine another door into the utility room, the long corridor (despite the glass).
You’d have 180 if you compressed the house depth a bit. Then you wouldn’t have any square rooms either.
By the way, I don’t see where you mirrored something.
I’m with you: a lot of useless space downstairs. The storage room will be a decorative object, and see what you get...
DaSch17 schrieb:
We are big fans of functional and cozy niches. I think the current design reflects that well.
That could have been included in #115 as well.
DaSch17 schrieb:
A pantry accessible through a door in the kitchen row is a “no-go” for us. Still, the pantry should be directly accessible from the kitchen, which leads me to the next point.
That could have been done too. Now you have a pantry that is not walk-in... and there’s no proper freezer that fits anymore...
DaSch17 schrieb:
We don’t like the position of the stairs. We would prefer them on the other side. Otherwise, when you stand in the hallway, you are basically right inside the kitchen. The stairs should act as a room divider between the hallway and the kitchen.
You keep forgetting to draw the wall on the stair side. Then you can see, if you imagine another door into the utility room, the long corridor (despite the glass).
DaSch17 schrieb:
Overall, the floor plan is too large. Currently, it’s 190 square meters. We’d prefer something closer to 180 square meters.
You’d have 180 if you compressed the house depth a bit. Then you wouldn’t have any square rooms either.
By the way, I don’t see where you mirrored something.
I’m with you: a lot of useless space downstairs. The storage room will be a decorative object, and see what you get...
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