ᐅ Building a Single-Family Home Suitable for Extended Absences – What Should You Consider?
Created on: 7 May 2018 08:22
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Pianist
Hello everyone!
What should be considered when planning and building a single-family house if you know that you will often be away? It should all work smoothly, with solutions in place for any expected situation, regardless of whether you are there or not. Realistically, I would expect a maximum absence of four weeks.
I’ll start a list here and would appreciate any additions:
- Complete security system with perimeter protection, smoke, water, and gas detectors
- Full outdoor video surveillance with motion detection
- Connection to a monitoring center
- Notifications to the monitoring center in case of power outage or heating failure
- The monitoring center should be able to remotely open the driveway gate and front door
- The monitoring center should have the ability to make announcements around the house via loudspeakers
- No roller shutters (not even automatic ones)
- Roof drainage entirely passive, without the need to pump out infiltration pits during heavy rain
- Automated garden irrigation
- Garden design without large lawn areas, possibly with a robotic lawn mower
- Trash bins must be accessible from the outside for waste collection services
The only remaining requirement is that someone regularly collects the mail. Have I forgotten anything else?
Matthias
What should be considered when planning and building a single-family house if you know that you will often be away? It should all work smoothly, with solutions in place for any expected situation, regardless of whether you are there or not. Realistically, I would expect a maximum absence of four weeks.
I’ll start a list here and would appreciate any additions:
- Complete security system with perimeter protection, smoke, water, and gas detectors
- Full outdoor video surveillance with motion detection
- Connection to a monitoring center
- Notifications to the monitoring center in case of power outage or heating failure
- The monitoring center should be able to remotely open the driveway gate and front door
- The monitoring center should have the ability to make announcements around the house via loudspeakers
- No roller shutters (not even automatic ones)
- Roof drainage entirely passive, without the need to pump out infiltration pits during heavy rain
- Automated garden irrigation
- Garden design without large lawn areas, possibly with a robotic lawn mower
- Trash bins must be accessible from the outside for waste collection services
The only remaining requirement is that someone regularly collects the mail. Have I forgotten anything else?
Matthias
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Che.guevara7 May 2018 14:26Better to build a duplex and rent it out to the neighbors.
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HilfeHilfe7 May 2018 15:24Baden Baden or Munich Bogenhausen.
That’s where the elite live....
In Berlin, you only have left-wing stuff.
That’s where the elite live....
In Berlin, you only have left-wing stuff.
I would also build a kind of vault room for your documents that can withstand a fire. We had such a chamber in a tax office. Heavy door, thick walls, only accessible with a code.
I would replace the fence regardless of whether you are building or not. You can avoid vandalism that way.
I would replace the fence regardless of whether you are building or not. You can avoid vandalism that way.
I don’t think it’s really possible to build a house that is completely secure in every aspect. You would also need fire-resistant doors inside the building, non-combustible materials, and so on.
Archives that need to be protected from damage are usually stored in rooms or cabinets specifically designed for that purpose—fireproof, waterproof, etc.
How is a camera or something similar supposed to stop someone throwing stones? And if you ask me, such a “freak house” is more likely to encourage those silly pranksters than to deter them.
Just my two cents
Archives that need to be protected from damage are usually stored in rooms or cabinets specifically designed for that purpose—fireproof, waterproof, etc.
How is a camera or something similar supposed to stop someone throwing stones? And if you ask me, such a “freak house” is more likely to encourage those silly pranksters than to deter them.
Just my two cents
