ᐅ Manufactured wood house providers for single-family homes in Lower Saxony
Created on: 12 Feb 2025 17:46
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Ben3001
Hello dear forum members,
We are a family of four planning to build a 180sqm (1,938 sq ft) single-family house with two full floors plus a basement in Lower Saxony, on a flat 650sqm (7,000 sq ft) plot in a new development area, and we are looking for a prefab house company (timber frame, exterior brick). We have had the preliminary design of the house created by an architect. Our budget is about €3,600 per sqm (plus basement and additional costs).
At the moment, we are overwhelmed by the sheer number of providers and their marketing. So far, we have researched mostly small to medium-sized companies. Wolf, Isowood, and Büdenbender have appealed to us quite well (criteria mainly being wall construction, company size, and solid financial standing). However, the selection is probably somewhat arbitrary.
We would be interested in additional comparable or alternative providers in our price range from whom we can request an offer.
Thank you very much for your recommendations and kind regards!
We are a family of four planning to build a 180sqm (1,938 sq ft) single-family house with two full floors plus a basement in Lower Saxony, on a flat 650sqm (7,000 sq ft) plot in a new development area, and we are looking for a prefab house company (timber frame, exterior brick). We have had the preliminary design of the house created by an architect. Our budget is about €3,600 per sqm (plus basement and additional costs).
At the moment, we are overwhelmed by the sheer number of providers and their marketing. So far, we have researched mostly small to medium-sized companies. Wolf, Isowood, and Büdenbender have appealed to us quite well (criteria mainly being wall construction, company size, and solid financial standing). However, the selection is probably somewhat arbitrary.
We would be interested in additional comparable or alternative providers in our price range from whom we can request an offer.
Thank you very much for your recommendations and kind regards!
Ben3001 schrieb:
Unfortunately, there was no option to discuss preliminary drafts here. I don’t understand that, @roteweste is also discussing a design by the same architect here.
Ben3001 schrieb:
That wasn’t the intention 🙂 But it would be important. First at registration, then in the treatment room. Follow-up treatments, “private patients” (club members), and registrations from the ambulance are prioritized. That’s standard procedure.
ypg schrieb:
You can burn money in other ways too, and then there’s not enough left for the landscaping. And then you realize the lawnmower or the bicycles don’t fit in the basement either.
Well, I’m not trying to convince anyone here. Neither am I (nor the 11ant basement rule). By the way, speaking of landscaping and lawnmowers, good point: I miss any signs of life from @rick2018 (and it’s been quiet around other future homeowners here as well).
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant schrieb:
I don't understand that, @roteweste is also discussing a design by the same architect here.You misunderstood something. That was already the final design. Publishing it online (private use was of course fine) was not possible for us (at least, we did not request permission).
roteweste schrieb:
You misunderstood something. That was already the final design. Publishing it online (privately was, of course, fine) was not possible for us (or at least we didn’t request permission). You are showing and discussing the design here, even if "after the fact," meaning you no longer want to make changes based on the discussion and therefore are not really "open to debate." But it is visible here, in the full glory of its laundry balcony, and one can imagine how the house and garage no longer match at the passage after adjusting the heights compared to the original design.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
ypg schrieb:
Greetings from the neighboring district of Harburg. Greetings back, that’s where I work!
ypg schrieb:
But that also means, on the flip side, that you have to carry laundry up and down two flights of stairs – with four people, that’s a lot of floors each week. That’s why we planned a laundry chute. At least it saves the trips down.
ypg schrieb:
Then at least one level should have a storage closet for quick access to the freezer or the broom. We already have quite good storage options in the hallway and kitchen for items used daily.
ypg schrieb:
In the end, you end up planning at least half the basement just for storage. An expensive hobby. I’m almost convinced 🙂
ypg schrieb:
You can always change plans. They are just drafts, after all. I see it more like you want those impractical urban townhouses, two stories without sloping ceilings. Nobody thinks that this leads to planning the house against its own logic. Alternatives with a pitched roof offer a lot more, even while staying within budget. We initially wanted a one-and-a-half-story house with a pitched roof. The architect recommended two full stories for a more flexible upper floor. We find the usual square urban townhouses with flat hipped roofs rather unattractive, so we suggested a more rectangular shape, bay windows, and a steeper roof, and as of now we’re quite happy with the exterior look.
ypg schrieb:
Well then, I’m not trying to persuade anyone here. But it’s working quite well! Thanks for your suggestions. Redesign should still be possible at this stage. We expected to take a bit of a learning curve with this project in any case.
11ant schrieb:
I don’t understand that, @roteweste is also discussing a draft by the same architect here as well. That referred to the preliminary designs. We were explicitly asked not to share those. I will gladly post the final planning. Nothing is set in stone or wood yet!
11ant schrieb:
But that would be important. First for registration, then to the treatment room. Priorities are follow-up treatments, "private patients" (club members), and registrations from the ambulance. Standard operating procedure. There is no prioritization of "club members" in my case. Maybe that’s why I don’t have many of them 🙂
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