ᐅ New construction of a settler-style house (semi-detached house)
Created on: 16 Apr 2022 17:28
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Siedlerhaus22
Hello everyone,
We have been following this forum with interest for several years now and would like to share some information about our project.
Since our situation includes everything from a semi-detached house to demolition and heritage protection, we want to help some of you overcome any fears you might have about such plots.
A bit about us: we are both in our late twenties, self-employed, and both civil engineers. Despite this—or perhaps because of it—we deliberately decided not to organize or manage the project ourselves. We have outsourced all phases of the work to an architectural firm with whom we also collaborate professionally.
The Project
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Plot size: just under 600m2 (about 6,460 sq ft)
Existing structure: semi-detached house – a classic settler house
Building plans:
Single-family home
Almost 210m2 (about 2,260 sq ft) of living space
Double garage
Partial basement
Cost estimate - as of April 2022
Construction costs: €1,450,000
Plot including demolition: €750,000
Total costs: €2,200,000
Plus a budget of €350,000 for interior design including furniture and kitchen, specialist planners, and construction management
Objectives:
We wanted to live close to the city and both love the charm of settler houses. When this property became available unexpectedly, our original plan was to develop and market it as two separate units—but in the end, we discovered its potential as a single home.
Key features:
Acoustic ceilings throughout the house
Polished screed floors throughout
Cantilever staircase
Sauna
Kebony exterior cladding
Pool + whirlpool
Air conditioning
Central ventilation system
Gas fireplace
Outdoor kitchen
Wood-aluminum windows
Flush-mounted windows, doors, and baseboards
Floor-to-ceiling doors
Pellet heating system
Sonos speaker system throughout the house
KNX system controlling lighting, sound, blinds, heating, ventilation/air conditioning, pool, doors/windows
Current status:
Building permit obtained
Demolition approved
Trades contracted
Demolition of existing structure underway
Next step:
Start of earthworks and shell construction in May
If there is interest on your side, we would be happy to present this project here regularly in the form of a brief construction report—with pictures, setbacks, and challenges 🙂
Note about the floor plans:
Due to some structural considerations, we have now decided—contrary to the original submission—not to use a timber frame construction. The house will therefore be built with solid brick walls, 36.5cm (14 inches) thick, filled with wood fibers. Also, a few interior design adjustments have not yet been included—if there is interest in the project, we will of course provide updates! 🙂
We have been following this forum with interest for several years now and would like to share some information about our project.
Since our situation includes everything from a semi-detached house to demolition and heritage protection, we want to help some of you overcome any fears you might have about such plots.
A bit about us: we are both in our late twenties, self-employed, and both civil engineers. Despite this—or perhaps because of it—we deliberately decided not to organize or manage the project ourselves. We have outsourced all phases of the work to an architectural firm with whom we also collaborate professionally.
The Project
____________
Plot size: just under 600m2 (about 6,460 sq ft)
Existing structure: semi-detached house – a classic settler house
Building plans:
Single-family home
Almost 210m2 (about 2,260 sq ft) of living space
Double garage
Partial basement
Cost estimate - as of April 2022
Construction costs: €1,450,000
Plot including demolition: €750,000
Total costs: €2,200,000
Plus a budget of €350,000 for interior design including furniture and kitchen, specialist planners, and construction management
Objectives:
We wanted to live close to the city and both love the charm of settler houses. When this property became available unexpectedly, our original plan was to develop and market it as two separate units—but in the end, we discovered its potential as a single home.
Key features:
Acoustic ceilings throughout the house
Polished screed floors throughout
Cantilever staircase
Sauna
Kebony exterior cladding
Pool + whirlpool
Air conditioning
Central ventilation system
Gas fireplace
Outdoor kitchen
Wood-aluminum windows
Flush-mounted windows, doors, and baseboards
Floor-to-ceiling doors
Pellet heating system
Sonos speaker system throughout the house
KNX system controlling lighting, sound, blinds, heating, ventilation/air conditioning, pool, doors/windows
Current status:
Building permit obtained
Demolition approved
Trades contracted
Demolition of existing structure underway
Next step:
Start of earthworks and shell construction in May
If there is interest on your side, we would be happy to present this project here regularly in the form of a brief construction report—with pictures, setbacks, and challenges 🙂
Note about the floor plans:
Due to some structural considerations, we have now decided—contrary to the original submission—not to use a timber frame construction. The house will therefore be built with solid brick walls, 36.5cm (14 inches) thick, filled with wood fibers. Also, a few interior design adjustments have not yet been included—if there is interest in the project, we will of course provide updates! 🙂
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Myrna_Loy16 Apr 2022 21:25Siedlerhaus22 schrieb:
Thank you for the sympathetic and cautionary remarks *laugh*
But don’t worry – the table fits there I don’t understand the point of your post. Is it supposed to show the general public how the top 2% build? Are you looking for admiration? Applause? To teach us something? How much an average builder can take away from it, I have no idea.
Input doesn’t seem to be what you want. And with replies like the one above, I don’t feel invited to chat about house projects for the AD, which by the way I really enjoy watching.
I know, I don’t have to read it and so on. I’m just curious about the psychology behind it.
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Hausbautraum2016 Apr 2022 21:29I am interested in the project, even though I have not yet understood where the extreme costs come from.
I also followed Rick’s project with interest, even though, of course, we could not build anything like that ourselves.
I also followed Rick’s project with interest, even though, of course, we could not build anything like that ourselves.
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soneva201216 Apr 2022 22:02Something different! I’m curious to see how the project progresses. It’s very individual – but if you can afford it and don’t have to worry about resale value, why not? Our semi-detached neighbors have also done many things that would never work for us (with children). It would be totally impractical for us, but it looks great.
Then let’s take the flush, floor-to-ceiling doors as an example – you spend over EUR 2,000 per door, and I counted many interior doors! (One question – aren’t you planning to provide a door for the guest bathroom!?)
Hausbautraum20 schrieb:
I’m interested in the project, even though I haven’t yet understood where the extreme costs come from.
Then let’s take the flush, floor-to-ceiling doors as an example – you spend over EUR 2,000 per door, and I counted many interior doors! (One question – aren’t you planning to provide a door for the guest bathroom!?)
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Myrna_Loy16 Apr 2022 22:18Hausbautraum20 schrieb:
I also enjoyed following Rick’s project, even though we obviously couldn’t build anything like that ourselves. Rick is also a personable builder who usually responds to criticism in a friendly or humorous way and clearly enjoys the building process.
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Siedlerhaus2216 Apr 2022 22:32Hi everyone,
First of all:
No, this post is not meant to show how to overspend on a project.
We make our living as property developers and mainly build attractive and market-standard homes for end customers or as turnkey projects.
For ourselves, it should simply reflect our personal style of architecture, interior design, and layout—completely without regard to general preferences.
Since we have encountered many impressions, questions, and problem areas from other builds, we just wanted to present our project:
On the one hand, so everyone can see that neither the fact that we are both civil engineers nor that we work daily as developers protects you from setbacks, bad luck, and mishaps.
On the other hand, I personally enjoy seeing somewhat more unconventional projects.
We are fully aware that this project will not appeal to the broad public.
Regarding the costs... the amount is mainly due to the fittings and finishes:
The pool and whirlpool cost €200,000 (approx. $214,000)
The polished screed floor throughout the entire building costs €100,000 (approx. $107,000)
The acoustic ceilings cost €65,000 (approx. $70,000)
The pellet heating system in cascade with two pellet boilers and a peak load of 60 kW to heat the pool even in winter costs €80,000 (approx. $85,000), including the bunker.
And so on, but this is certainly not the main focus of the project or the post.
Without wanting to polarize further, we are happy to continue sharing our project and hope to provide some entertainment for a few of you 🙂
PS: A sliding door from Raumplus is planned for the guest bathroom
First of all:
No, this post is not meant to show how to overspend on a project.
We make our living as property developers and mainly build attractive and market-standard homes for end customers or as turnkey projects.
For ourselves, it should simply reflect our personal style of architecture, interior design, and layout—completely without regard to general preferences.
Since we have encountered many impressions, questions, and problem areas from other builds, we just wanted to present our project:
On the one hand, so everyone can see that neither the fact that we are both civil engineers nor that we work daily as developers protects you from setbacks, bad luck, and mishaps.
On the other hand, I personally enjoy seeing somewhat more unconventional projects.
We are fully aware that this project will not appeal to the broad public.
Regarding the costs... the amount is mainly due to the fittings and finishes:
The pool and whirlpool cost €200,000 (approx. $214,000)
The polished screed floor throughout the entire building costs €100,000 (approx. $107,000)
The acoustic ceilings cost €65,000 (approx. $70,000)
The pellet heating system in cascade with two pellet boilers and a peak load of 60 kW to heat the pool even in winter costs €80,000 (approx. $85,000), including the bunker.
And so on, but this is certainly not the main focus of the project or the post.
Without wanting to polarize further, we are happy to continue sharing our project and hope to provide some entertainment for a few of you 🙂
PS: A sliding door from Raumplus is planned for the guest bathroom
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