ᐅ Hillside House in the Southwest Palatinate – Our Home Construction 2.0
Created on: 9 Sep 2022 18:13
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kati1337
Good evening everyone
I’m starting a small collection thread here for photos and progress updates on our second building project.
We’ve already moved to the Palatinate region to be closer to the construction site. Now we’re watching eagerly and happily as our (hopefully final) dream home takes shape near family.
One big challenge still ahead of us is the facade design. I really love the Nordic style with brickwork and mullioned windows. That won’t be possible here for two reasons: firstly, no one here can do bricklaying, and secondly, it would stand out too much. We will be going with a rendered facade. How to design the colors of the facade and windows to still create some country house / cottage charm is currently still a work in progress mentally.
Otherwise, I’m sharing our plans here and how it will eventually be built.
The support pillar marked near the kitchen island could be removed for a small extra cost, so that will be gone.
The room for “garden equipment” under the garage will get a partition wall for structural reasons.
It won’t be fully finished living space like in the house, but underfloor heating will be installed, along with a lockable door and a window. It’s meant to store garden tools but also some of the building services equipment, since the utility room (HAR) is quite small, and maybe be used as a party room.
We had three construction companies in the final selection. In the end, we chose the “doer” – a builder recommended to us here by friends and family. No website, no smartphone, but he is on site every day himself working in overalls. He has a very good reputation in this area and now rarely builds single-family homes. We were a bit lucky through personal connections and a very friendly initial phone call to get our foot in the door. So far we are very satisfied with this choice.
I’m starting a small collection thread here for photos and progress updates on our second building project.
We’ve already moved to the Palatinate region to be closer to the construction site. Now we’re watching eagerly and happily as our (hopefully final) dream home takes shape near family.
One big challenge still ahead of us is the facade design. I really love the Nordic style with brickwork and mullioned windows. That won’t be possible here for two reasons: firstly, no one here can do bricklaying, and secondly, it would stand out too much. We will be going with a rendered facade. How to design the colors of the facade and windows to still create some country house / cottage charm is currently still a work in progress mentally.
Otherwise, I’m sharing our plans here and how it will eventually be built.
The support pillar marked near the kitchen island could be removed for a small extra cost, so that will be gone.
The room for “garden equipment” under the garage will get a partition wall for structural reasons.
It won’t be fully finished living space like in the house, but underfloor heating will be installed, along with a lockable door and a window. It’s meant to store garden tools but also some of the building services equipment, since the utility room (HAR) is quite small, and maybe be used as a party room.
We had three construction companies in the final selection. In the end, we chose the “doer” – a builder recommended to us here by friends and family. No website, no smartphone, but he is on site every day himself working in overalls. He has a very good reputation in this area and now rarely builds single-family homes. We were a bit lucky through personal connections and a very friendly initial phone call to get our foot in the door. So far we are very satisfied with this choice.
kbt09 schrieb:
The ground floor slab is a single layer, but heating circuits, insulation, and screed will be added on top. Kitchen wastewater and water lines can easily be routed from the wall over there. In the other forum, there are example pictures from other building projects in my albums. Okay, good to know that this is still possible.
But as I said, we don’t actually want that. My husband is the cook in the family, and he really doesn’t like working or cooking with his back to the room or facing the wall. That’s why the cooktop on the island is basically fixed.
However, we are considering an alternative layout with a single row and a peninsula along the entire kitchen length. Then we would place both the cooktop and the sink in the island. We had dismissed that because we thought it was too late to change plans. But now it’s worth reconsidering.
SumsumBiene schrieb:
Ikea has generally declined quite a bit. We recently bought a Malm chest of drawers. If it hadn’t been on special offer and Ikeas were closer, we would have returned it. Now it just has to live in the utility room. I feel the same, we’ve also been buying less and less from them over the past years. Their catalogs used to be like design bibles for me as a student, full of thousands of ideas on how to organize well. Today they are hardly interesting anymore.
Maybe I’ve just gotten too old for that. ^^
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motorradsilke4 Oct 2022 16:16kati1337 schrieb:
I feel like we've also been buying less from them over the past few years. Their catalogs used to be like design bibles for me as a student, full of 1000 ideas on how to organize efficiently. Nowadays, they're hardly interesting anymore.
Maybe I’ve just gotten too old for it. ^^
Maybe spoiled by Nobilia?
We currently have Metod and previously had Faktum, and I can’t notice any significant difference. However, our appliances aren’t from Ikea, and I only have drawers on the lower level.
But I also have no comparison to other brands because I’m not willing to pay the price of a car for a kitchen.
motorradsilke schrieb:
But I don't have a comparison with other brands because I'm not willing to pay a car's price for a kitchen.That's funny, I’m not willing to pay a kitchen’s price for a car. Everyone has their own preferences. 🙂C
chand19864 Oct 2022 17:31K a t j a schrieb:
That's funny, I'm not willing to pay the price of a car for a kitchen. Everyone has their own priorities. 🙂Doesn't that sound familiar to me? 😀W
WilderSueden4 Oct 2022 17:31Both things actually cover a very wide price range 😉
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Sunshine3874 Oct 2022 17:37Exactly. And some people would only get a half-sized car for the most expensive kitchen.
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