Hello everyone,
we have received approval for a plot of land through the "local resident model" in a rather rural area about 50km (30 miles) from Munich and are planning to build a solid wood house on it. The carpenter responsible has provided the attached initial proposal, which is largely based on our specifications and drawing. We will suggest some changes but are already curious to hear your opinions. The interior work will mainly be contracted to familiar craftsmen, while windows, hardwood flooring, kitchen, doors, and joinery work will be done by a family member as own labor.
Regarding the drawing: The south side (top of the drawing) faces the garden.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 560sqm (6,028 sq ft)
Slope: none
Building window, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Roof type: 0.5m (20 inches) gable, minimum 23° roof pitch
Style: red roof tiles
Maximum heights: 6.50m (21 ft) eaves height
Requirements of the Builders
Style, roof shape, building type: low roof pitch, photovoltaic; ground floor + garage plastered, upper floor/gable wooden cladding
Basement, floors: no basement, high knee wall or 2 full floors (currently 2 full floors)
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, no children yet (later 2-3), currently both full-time employed, later full-time + part-time
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: later the upper floor should be separable as a separate apartment, the lower office/guest room will then become the bedroom
Office: family use or home office? Planned 1-3 days home office per week for at least one person
Guests per year: 1-2 times for about one week each
Open or closed architecture: mostly open towards south and west (towards garden)
Conservative or modern style: the development plan rather requires a classic house shape, interior design should be more modern. However, no overly open design, e.g., no staircase visible from the living room. Kitchen should be separable from living area by sliding door, kitchen island desired.
Number of dining seats: 6 in the living/dining area
Fireplace: not planned initially, but a chimney will be installed
Music/speaker wall: no priority
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage, due to two cars and no basement. Will be built from wood by the carpenter at the same time as the house.
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included:
House Design
Who designed it: mostly self-designed, drawn by planner/carpenter with minor changes
What do you like most? Why?
What do you dislike? Why? The exterior still looks quite plain; on the upper floor, we want to replace the floor-to-ceiling windows with elongated horizontal windows.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: Land 150,000€ (commitment from municipality, no fixed price yet), house currently estimated 400,000–450,000€
Personal total budget, including fittings: 650,000€
Preferred heating technology: heat pump (ground probe or air-water still unclear) with storage
If you have to give up, on which details/extensions
-can you give up: later extension of bathroom/children's room on first floor, exterior landscaping, wooden cladding on first floor.
-can you not give up: kitchen, garage should be kept if possible
we have received approval for a plot of land through the "local resident model" in a rather rural area about 50km (30 miles) from Munich and are planning to build a solid wood house on it. The carpenter responsible has provided the attached initial proposal, which is largely based on our specifications and drawing. We will suggest some changes but are already curious to hear your opinions. The interior work will mainly be contracted to familiar craftsmen, while windows, hardwood flooring, kitchen, doors, and joinery work will be done by a family member as own labor.
Regarding the drawing: The south side (top of the drawing) faces the garden.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 560sqm (6,028 sq ft)
Slope: none
Building window, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Roof type: 0.5m (20 inches) gable, minimum 23° roof pitch
Style: red roof tiles
Maximum heights: 6.50m (21 ft) eaves height
Requirements of the Builders
Style, roof shape, building type: low roof pitch, photovoltaic; ground floor + garage plastered, upper floor/gable wooden cladding
Basement, floors: no basement, high knee wall or 2 full floors (currently 2 full floors)
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, no children yet (later 2-3), currently both full-time employed, later full-time + part-time
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: later the upper floor should be separable as a separate apartment, the lower office/guest room will then become the bedroom
Office: family use or home office? Planned 1-3 days home office per week for at least one person
Guests per year: 1-2 times for about one week each
Open or closed architecture: mostly open towards south and west (towards garden)
Conservative or modern style: the development plan rather requires a classic house shape, interior design should be more modern. However, no overly open design, e.g., no staircase visible from the living room. Kitchen should be separable from living area by sliding door, kitchen island desired.
Number of dining seats: 6 in the living/dining area
Fireplace: not planned initially, but a chimney will be installed
Music/speaker wall: no priority
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage, due to two cars and no basement. Will be built from wood by the carpenter at the same time as the house.
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included:
House Design
Who designed it: mostly self-designed, drawn by planner/carpenter with minor changes
What do you like most? Why?
What do you dislike? Why? The exterior still looks quite plain; on the upper floor, we want to replace the floor-to-ceiling windows with elongated horizontal windows.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: Land 150,000€ (commitment from municipality, no fixed price yet), house currently estimated 400,000–450,000€
Personal total budget, including fittings: 650,000€
Preferred heating technology: heat pump (ground probe or air-water still unclear) with storage
If you have to give up, on which details/extensions
-can you give up: later extension of bathroom/children's room on first floor, exterior landscaping, wooden cladding on first floor.
-can you not give up: kitchen, garage should be kept if possible
Bockwurst1 schrieb:
Who created the design: mostly self-designed, drafted by the planner/carpenter with minor changes It shows (for both men and women).
Bockwurst1 schrieb:
What do you particularly like? Why? Do you have any answers here?
With post #7, everything (essentially) has been said here.
Except for the pantry and utility room, there aren’t any (truly) successful rooms. (Sounds harsh, but it’s meant kindly.) 😉
Bockwurst1 schrieb:
The open space to the right of the front door was intended for the wardrobe. For two people? Over the course of the year, my husband has 8 jackets, I have around 10. About 30 pairs of shoes. And I'm not even a collector or anything. My husband has about 20 for the entire year as well. And you come along with an open space that could hold a dresser for scarves and such, but not all the jackets and bags of a large family.
Bockwurst1 schrieb:
650,000€ is actually the planned maximum budget for house and land, 😱
Bockwurst1 schrieb:
however, we still would have additional buffer if necessary. Everyone does: that’s gone after the groundwork anyway.
Bockwurst1 schrieb:
and since the interior finishing will also be done significantly as DIY, we will save some money there as well. Save on what exactly?
Bockwurst1 schrieb:
The separation of the upper floor was actually only planned as an option in about 25 years; of course, that would still be structurally adapted then. The central wall of the house is a load-bearing wall! Where exactly do you want to make changes there? Who wants a “living toilet” for old age?