Hello!
I have a question that might seem a bit silly, but it’s been on my mind a lot lately.
For cost reasons, we decided against a lift-and-slide door to the terrace. Besides the price, another reason was that the access to the terrace would be narrower compared to a door that opens both ways.
But as often happens with building a house, doubts come up afterwards or during the process. Now we’ve been thinking, what if someday it really bothers us, and due to inheritance or something else, we suddenly have enough money? If we wanted to widen the window area later, or install a completely new terrace door on another side, that would probably be quite complicated (or maybe even impossible)?
So here’s my silly question: Such extensive work would probably take more than one day, right? How would the house be secured during that time? You can’t just leave the ground floor open for a week while you’re already living in the house.
Has anyone ever done something like this, or do such window enlargements mostly apply to older buildings that aren’t yet occupied?
Thanks a lot for your advice :-)
We’re having a really hard time balancing budget and wishes. On one hand, we’re afraid of financial trouble, but on the other hand, we’re worried we’ll regret it later. That’s why these thoughts keep bothering us...
I have a question that might seem a bit silly, but it’s been on my mind a lot lately.
For cost reasons, we decided against a lift-and-slide door to the terrace. Besides the price, another reason was that the access to the terrace would be narrower compared to a door that opens both ways.
But as often happens with building a house, doubts come up afterwards or during the process. Now we’ve been thinking, what if someday it really bothers us, and due to inheritance or something else, we suddenly have enough money? If we wanted to widen the window area later, or install a completely new terrace door on another side, that would probably be quite complicated (or maybe even impossible)?
So here’s my silly question: Such extensive work would probably take more than one day, right? How would the house be secured during that time? You can’t just leave the ground floor open for a week while you’re already living in the house.
Has anyone ever done something like this, or do such window enlargements mostly apply to older buildings that aren’t yet occupied?
Thanks a lot for your advice :-)
We’re having a really hard time balancing budget and wishes. On one hand, we’re afraid of financial trouble, but on the other hand, we’re worried we’ll regret it later. That’s why these thoughts keep bothering us...
Is it possible to see your house front somewhere so we can get an idea of how little window area you actually think you have? Our plot is accessed from the south, so all the terrace windows face the street, even though it is more than 15m (50 feet) away... Because of the shutters, our balcony doors are very narrow, so we also don’t fit with the current trend... but I’m just the type of person who likes to feel cozy at home... I can’t relate to open-plan designs, not on plots smaller than 1000m² (12,000 sq ft)... I also don’t want to always sit behind roller shutters... I just don’t like it.
Everyone has their own different needs.
Everyone has their own different needs.
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Hausbautraum204 Feb 2021 20:31Snowy36 schrieb:
Is it possible to see the front of your house somewhere to get an idea of how few window surfaces you actually have, according to you?
Our plot is accessed from the south, so all the terrace windows face the street, even though it is more than 15m (50 feet) away...
Because of shutters, our balcony doors are very narrow, so we don’t follow the current trend... but I am the kind of person who likes to feel cozy... I just can’t relate to open-plan designs, especially not on plots smaller than 1000sqm (12,000 sq ft)...
I also don’t want to always sit behind roller shutters... I simply don’t like it...
Everyone has their own different needs. For us, it’s pretty certain that no room is too dark, since we already have enough windows facing south. Even in the shell stage, we found it fine. All houses older than 10 years also don’t have more windows.
That’s why we never really gave it much thought.
Only now do we notice that almost all the new builds have very large glass surfaces.
So having that much glass was definitely not a strong wish from us; otherwise, we would have come up with the idea. Still, it’s a bit confusing now that our house feels so “old-fashioned.” Even the semi-detached house opposite us has a huge floor-to-ceiling corner window with two glass sliding doors on each side.
We probably should worry less and let ourselves be less unsettled by others.
But since you rarely spend such a huge amount on a house, the fear of making mistakes is definitely understandable.
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