ᐅ Orientation of a New House in a Residential Development in Brandenburg
Created on: 21 Oct 2020 20:13
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Holzhäuschen
Hello dear forum,
I’m trying again with a different question. We have a meeting with our architect coming up soon, so I wanted to gather some ideas here beforehand.
Our house will be a timber house with a combined block wall. It will be one and a half stories with a footprint of 8.5 * 8 m (28 * 26 ft).
The plot is located in a new development area in Brandenburg; you can see the orientation on my beautiful plan.
It is about 589 m² (6329 sq ft) (parcel 64, in WA 1), floor space index 0.4, 2 full floors, building height 10 m (33 ft). There are no other requirements.
I have attached the zoning plan twice, once with a white area indicating approximately where our plot is.
The driveway is on the southeast side, positioned laterally, and is 4.5 m (15 ft) wide. Right next to it is the utility connection—
I have a question about that as well: the plot is fully serviced, but how much does it typically cost to extend the utility connections on the plot in order to build the house at the desired location? I’ve read very different statements and am getting increasingly confused ^^
We are not planning a garage, maybe a carport, but not immediately.
On the east side of the property there is an existing building, but it is located at the easternmost part of the lot. Right next to ours is a carport and the neighbors’ garden.
To the south is another small plot of about 470 m² (5061 sq ft), with the utility connection at the street. To the west of our plot is another parcel where the utility connection is also at the street. To the north is a sparse pine forest with occasional birch trees.
In WA 6, multifamily buildings will probably be built, and WA 7 already has 3-story multifamily buildings.
If I forgot anything, please ask.
Where would you build your house on this plot? And why?
I would like to have a larger garden area, so I planned it relatively close to the east side (about 3 m (10 ft) away). I might also shift it a bit more to the north to have more space for a south-facing terrace. These are my current thoughts.
I’m trying again with a different question. We have a meeting with our architect coming up soon, so I wanted to gather some ideas here beforehand.
Our house will be a timber house with a combined block wall. It will be one and a half stories with a footprint of 8.5 * 8 m (28 * 26 ft).
The plot is located in a new development area in Brandenburg; you can see the orientation on my beautiful plan.
It is about 589 m² (6329 sq ft) (parcel 64, in WA 1), floor space index 0.4, 2 full floors, building height 10 m (33 ft). There are no other requirements.
I have attached the zoning plan twice, once with a white area indicating approximately where our plot is.
The driveway is on the southeast side, positioned laterally, and is 4.5 m (15 ft) wide. Right next to it is the utility connection—
I have a question about that as well: the plot is fully serviced, but how much does it typically cost to extend the utility connections on the plot in order to build the house at the desired location? I’ve read very different statements and am getting increasingly confused ^^
We are not planning a garage, maybe a carport, but not immediately.
On the east side of the property there is an existing building, but it is located at the easternmost part of the lot. Right next to ours is a carport and the neighbors’ garden.
To the south is another small plot of about 470 m² (5061 sq ft), with the utility connection at the street. To the west of our plot is another parcel where the utility connection is also at the street. To the north is a sparse pine forest with occasional birch trees.
In WA 6, multifamily buildings will probably be built, and WA 7 already has 3-story multifamily buildings.
If I forgot anything, please ask.
Where would you build your house on this plot? And why?
I would like to have a larger garden area, so I planned it relatively close to the east side (about 3 m (10 ft) away). I might also shift it a bit more to the north to have more space for a south-facing terrace. These are my current thoughts.
Holzhäuschen12 Jan 2024 15:33So, I dug up this thread again just to say:
WE ARE DONE.
We spent one year and 10 months mostly finishing the house ourselves. After a lot of sweat, tears, a bit of blood, and a broken bone, it’s finally accomplished. Of course, a few small things are still missing, but we can easily handle those alongside everything else.
Would I do it again? Two amateurs, not clumsy but with little knowledge at the start… Yes. But very differently and definitely with less (self-imposed) time pressure. For some reason, we had it in our heads to finish in seven months (which I can now honestly laugh about). Completely impossible.
At the end of February 2022, we erected our house ourselves, and we were super motivated throughout that year. We really spent every free minute on the construction site. We hired professionals for everything that could cause a fire or flooding—electrical work, heating, plumbing. They also did drywall installation in the sloped ceilings of the bathroom and my room. Tiles in the bathroom and ground floor (except the kitchen— which we tiled ourselves and quickly decided we neither could nor wanted to do again). Everything else we did ourselves. Then, in February 2023, we got hit hard by Covid for the first time. Our pug and site supervisor Lotta also passed away in March, and the grief was very heavy. Additionally, there was a lot of stress in March and April with moving out of my apartment. From May until the end of August, we basically did nothing at the house—the energy was gone. But from late August to the end of December, we pushed hard again.
We are super happy, and contrary to some opinions here in the forum, life in our small house is truly wonderful. Thanks for the support and kind words from people here in the forum—and fewer thanks to those who like to generalize and assume their preferences apply to everyone else.
Remember, personal taste varies. Just because you don’t like something personally, there’s no reason for bad manners.
Here are a few small glimpses into the house, mostly with wide-angle shots because the house is small:
Staircase
Kitchen
Guest Toilet
Upstairs Bathroom (if it gives you eyestrain — too bad)
My Room 1
My Room 2
View from the Window
And our Garden
On the side, we have already created many wonderful features in our garden: seeds, beds, wild hedges, bug hotels, a reptile habitat, deadwood hedges, water elements, and much more. We have a natural garden following the Hortus concept, and this year it received awards from NABU for being bat-friendly. We’ve also been able to observe an incredible variety of wildlife.
I will probably spend less time in the forum from now on and wish you all the best.
WE ARE DONE.
We spent one year and 10 months mostly finishing the house ourselves. After a lot of sweat, tears, a bit of blood, and a broken bone, it’s finally accomplished. Of course, a few small things are still missing, but we can easily handle those alongside everything else.
Would I do it again? Two amateurs, not clumsy but with little knowledge at the start… Yes. But very differently and definitely with less (self-imposed) time pressure. For some reason, we had it in our heads to finish in seven months (which I can now honestly laugh about). Completely impossible.
At the end of February 2022, we erected our house ourselves, and we were super motivated throughout that year. We really spent every free minute on the construction site. We hired professionals for everything that could cause a fire or flooding—electrical work, heating, plumbing. They also did drywall installation in the sloped ceilings of the bathroom and my room. Tiles in the bathroom and ground floor (except the kitchen— which we tiled ourselves and quickly decided we neither could nor wanted to do again). Everything else we did ourselves. Then, in February 2023, we got hit hard by Covid for the first time. Our pug and site supervisor Lotta also passed away in March, and the grief was very heavy. Additionally, there was a lot of stress in March and April with moving out of my apartment. From May until the end of August, we basically did nothing at the house—the energy was gone. But from late August to the end of December, we pushed hard again.
We are super happy, and contrary to some opinions here in the forum, life in our small house is truly wonderful. Thanks for the support and kind words from people here in the forum—and fewer thanks to those who like to generalize and assume their preferences apply to everyone else.
Remember, personal taste varies. Just because you don’t like something personally, there’s no reason for bad manners.
Here are a few small glimpses into the house, mostly with wide-angle shots because the house is small:
Staircase
Kitchen
Guest Toilet
Upstairs Bathroom (if it gives you eyestrain — too bad)
My Room 1
My Room 2
View from the Window
And our Garden
On the side, we have already created many wonderful features in our garden: seeds, beds, wild hedges, bug hotels, a reptile habitat, deadwood hedges, water elements, and much more. We have a natural garden following the Hortus concept, and this year it received awards from NABU for being bat-friendly. We’ve also been able to observe an incredible variety of wildlife.
I will probably spend less time in the forum from now on and wish you all the best.
Holzhäuschen schrieb:
Tiles in the bathroom and on the ground floor (except for the kitchen, which we tiled ourselves and then decided that we neither can nor want to continue).I’m not quite following: did you start tiling the kitchen and then decide to outsource the completion?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Holzhäuschen12 Jan 2024 18:0811ant schrieb:
I’m not quite following: you started tiling the kitchen yourselves and then decided to hire someone to finish it?Yes, we had planned to tile the ground floor ourselves and only have the bathroom upstairs done by a professional (the upstairs floor is solid wood planks that we laid ourselves). But tiling was one of those tasks we found extremely annoying and were really bad at 😀. Since our bathroom was already finished and we liked the quality of work, we asked the tiler if he could do the rest. He agreed.
We were lucky to have contractors who were very understanding, especially when there wasn’t proper site clearance again or when other things didn’t go 100% smoothly.
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hanghaus202313 Jan 2024 13:00I have one more question. What did your house construction cost?
The house measures 9 x 7.5 meters (29.5 x 24.6 feet), if I measure it correctly?
The house measures 9 x 7.5 meters (29.5 x 24.6 feet), if I measure it correctly?
Your house turned out fantastic! I follow you on Instagram and have to say, this is one of the most beautiful houses I know. Balanced, cozy, and inviting.
I know a similar wooden house located at the end of a new residential development. You drive through a clone subdivision with white and anthracite houses, robotic lawnmowers, and thuja-stone desert-style gabion front yards, until you reach an oasis of nature with wooden houses. That never fails to impress me. I don’t know your neighborhood, but I can imagine it’s something similar.
Inside, your house is just as stunning. The colors, the wallpapers, the types of wood, the tiles... everything fits perfectly. And it feels wonderfully genuine and authentic, unlike the polished social media showhouses. For that, you don’t get any discount codes from you guys :P
Enjoy your home!
I know a similar wooden house located at the end of a new residential development. You drive through a clone subdivision with white and anthracite houses, robotic lawnmowers, and thuja-stone desert-style gabion front yards, until you reach an oasis of nature with wooden houses. That never fails to impress me. I don’t know your neighborhood, but I can imagine it’s something similar.
Inside, your house is just as stunning. The colors, the wallpapers, the types of wood, the tiles... everything fits perfectly. And it feels wonderfully genuine and authentic, unlike the polished social media showhouses. For that, you don’t get any discount codes from you guys :P
Enjoy your home!
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