ᐅ User Experiences with Air Source Heat Pumps, Wood Stoves, Solar Systems, and Noise Issues

Bauexperte schrieb:

Skip the built-up living space and the half-hipped roof, and it should be sufficient for the house; even as a KfW 70 efficiency home.

At 149 sqm (okay, minus living space) and a budget of 180,000 euros? As KfW 70?

Maybe also consider leaving out the bay window, the air-source heat pump, and the fireplace...

Hello everyone,

Thank you very much for your opinions and advice. I have taken everything to heart and thought about our little house again. The result is that we have completely redesigned it. We have another appointment with a construction company next week, so I’m not yet sure if the structural engineering is all correct, as we drew the plans ourselves. Nevertheless, I would still like to ask you for your opinions beforehand.
We haven’t decided yet whether to go for KfW 70 standard, but the heating system is now set to an air-to-water heat pump with solar support. I hope our price and cost expectations are at least somewhat realistic.

As I said, I would appreciate some feedback.

Petri

Utility room/technical room larger, allowing the bathroom on the ground floor to be smaller.

Shift the dressing room wall towards the bedroom so that the long wall can be used for wardrobes (the bedroom of 12 sqm (130 sq ft) is sufficient). Currently, you have a long wall in the dressing room that is unusable.

This is a catalog floor plan, right?

The shower bathroom on the ground floor immediately caught my attention. It only includes a washbasin, toilet, and shower. You don’t need nearly 10 sqm (108 sq ft) for that.
At first, I thought you could take some space from the living room, but ypg is right. You also need storage space. You should reduce the size of the shower bathroom and add that space to the utility room. Keep in mind – the utility room houses the heat pump system and (if I understood correctly) the domestic hot water tank for XXX liters (XXX gallons) of water. There is also the electrical panel. That doesn’t leave much room to store anything else (maybe a case of water 🙂).

ypg schrieb:

Is this a standard floor plan, right?

Not really. That was our very first idea, but we dismissed it. We wanted the living room facing south, since the garden is located there. So, we only swapped the bedroom on the ground floor with a kitchen. We went with our gut feeling. There aren’t many options for the room layout given the size of the floor plan, at least not without significant additional costs. We also had a plan with the entrance at the left corner of the house, but that didn’t help much either. 🙁

But you’re right about the walk-in closet. We will move that wall a bit. Thanks for the suggestion.

f-pNo schrieb:
The shower bathroom on the ground floor immediately caught my attention as well. It only includes a sink, toilet, and shower. You don’t need nearly 10 square meters (about 108 square feet) for that. At first, I thought you could add some of that space to the living room, but ypg is right. You also need storage space. You should reduce the size of the shower bathroom and add that area to the utility room. Keep in mind — the utility room houses the heat pump system and (if I understood correctly) the domestic hot water storage tank for XXX liters (XXX gallons) of water. There’s also the electrical panel. That doesn’t leave much space to store anything else (maybe a case of water 🙂 ).

Yes, that’s true, since we don’t have a basement.