á What features did you include in your house, and what did you decide to leave out?
Created on: 30 Jan 2015 14:18
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willWohnen
Hello,
When planning and building a house, you focus on the essentials and the budget. Some wishes get dropped along the way. But certain small luxuries or nice features are important to you, even if they are not strictly necessary, and you end up including them anyway.
For us, a heated conservatory was an unattainable dream. However, we treated ourselves to tiled, walk-in showers, even though they take up more space.
I would love to hear what you have given up and what you managed to include.
Best regards
When planning and building a house, you focus on the essentials and the budget. Some wishes get dropped along the way. But certain small luxuries or nice features are important to you, even if they are not strictly necessary, and you end up including them anyway.
For us, a heated conservatory was an unattainable dream. However, we treated ourselves to tiled, walk-in showers, even though they take up more space.
I would love to hear what you have given up and what you managed to include.
Best regards
W
willWohnen4 Feb 2015 00:03I also imagine it to be quite comfortable when an existing structure already provides a certain framework. Certain limitations can actually inspire creativity.
When building a new house from scratch, you feel overwhelmed by the endless possibilities, like facing a blank canvas. Althoughâthis only lasts briefly as long as you have no clue. Once you understand what the plot dictates regarding access roads, cardinal directions, slope... and what your own budget allows, haha...
When building a new house from scratch, you feel overwhelmed by the endless possibilities, like facing a blank canvas. Althoughâthis only lasts briefly as long as you have no clue. Once you understand what the plot dictates regarding access roads, cardinal directions, slope... and what your own budget allows, haha...
You basically start with a blank slate in an older building as long as you have enough space to work with. We havenât even decided where the kitchen will go yet; almost every room has been considered. This also means it could work anywhere. Total freedom, in other words. The bathroom will now be where the main entrance used to be. If thatâs not the height of flexibility, I donât know what is.
We moved the main entrance to a different floor and to the opposite side of the house. Everything is being completely changed. Even the window sizes were altered â some windows were fully closed off, new window openings cut into the facade, and some windows changed from square and wide to tall and narrow...
What we treated ourselves to: a high-tech front door with fingerprint scanner, remote control, and motorized lock. New windows everywhere, even the 10-year-old double-glazed windows were thrown out. The doors and windows alone cost 30,000 euros, which took up half of the renovation and core refurbishment budget.
What we skipped: roller shutters (I just found the casings ugly), and a fully automated heating system. Instead, we went for an affordable pellet heating system costing 6,000 euros including installation and everything, but it does mean carrying pellet bags and manually refilling each sack.
We moved the main entrance to a different floor and to the opposite side of the house. Everything is being completely changed. Even the window sizes were altered â some windows were fully closed off, new window openings cut into the facade, and some windows changed from square and wide to tall and narrow...
What we treated ourselves to: a high-tech front door with fingerprint scanner, remote control, and motorized lock. New windows everywhere, even the 10-year-old double-glazed windows were thrown out. The doors and windows alone cost 30,000 euros, which took up half of the renovation and core refurbishment budget.
What we skipped: roller shutters (I just found the casings ugly), and a fully automated heating system. Instead, we went for an affordable pellet heating system costing 6,000 euros including installation and everything, but it does mean carrying pellet bags and manually refilling each sack.
EveundGerd8 Feb 2015 12:22No shutters at all?
That would be unthinkable for us. Roller shutters serve many purposes, from darkening the room for sleeping to providing insulation in winter, heat protection in summer, and sun protection for furniture during summer...
I donât find them ugly. But thatâs a matter of personal taste.
That would be unthinkable for us. Roller shutters serve many purposes, from darkening the room for sleeping to providing insulation in winter, heat protection in summer, and sun protection for furniture during summer...
I donât find them ugly. But thatâs a matter of personal taste.
Masipulami8 Feb 2015 12:39I am also quite traditional. To me, a house without roller shutters somehow feels incomplete.
Bautraum20158 Feb 2015 12:48I also find roller shutters really ugly, so we are opting for shutters instead. But as with everything, itâs simply a matter of personal taste.
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willWohnen8 Feb 2015 13:21I agree with Elina and Bautraum2015; I also find roller shutters unattractive. However, we still have them because we donât want to miss out on their advantages. Although the insulation benefits in winter are more of a hopeful idea, right? Our builders were rather skeptical about that. What I would have liked to have treated myself to was a special color for the roller shutters, but for cost reasons, they ended up being gray....
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