Hello everyone,
I would appreciate your feedback on the floor plans.
Development Plan / Restrictions:
· Plot size: 1,200 m² (18 m (59 inches) wide)
· Slope: south-facing hill, street to the north
· Site coverage ratio: 0.3
· Floor area ratio: 0.6
· Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see "enlarged building envelope" 12 x 14 m (39 x 46 feet)
· Edge development: garages
· Number of parking spaces: 3 required according to building authority
· Construction type: open building layout
· Building setback: 3 m (10 feet)
· Roof type: pitched roofs 15-30°, hipped roofs to be avoided, see regulations
· Orientation: ridge direction of the buildings parallel to each other
· Exterior design: see section 6 of the regulations
Homeowners’ Requirements
Preliminary: The homeowners (born 1982 male, 1988 female, and two children born 2014 female, 2016 male) want to live on two floors (basement and ground floor). A third children’s bedroom should also be included. The third floor (attic) should be accessible barrier-free.
· Style: Bauhaus (optionally exposed concrete)
· Roof design: large south-facing side (for solar panels, photovoltaics)
· Building type: two-family house
· Basement and floors: basement, ground floor, attic
· Number of occupants and ages as above: (2 + 3 in basement and ground floor, 2 + 1 in attic)
o Space requirements attic: 2 bedrooms, 1 flexible floor plan bathroom, open living/dining/kitchen area, utility room
o Space requirements ground floor: 1 master bedroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom, large open living/dining/kitchen area, wardrobe, storage room
o Space requirements basement: 3 children’s bedrooms, children’s bathroom, optional play corridor, boiler room, cellar, utility room
· Open or closed architecture: open
· Conservative or modern construction: modern
· Kitchen: open kitchen with island (at least on ground floor)
· Balcony, roof terrace: likely sensible on all three floors considering exposed concrete
· Parking spaces: carports if possible, which can later be converted into garages (initial cost saving)
· Heating/thermal technology: air-to-water heat pump (underfloor heating), optional photovoltaics
· Windows: large window areas on the south side, optionally wide, low windows above the kitchen worktop on the ground floor
· Energy efficiency: KfW 55 standard
· High sound insulation (especially for the ceiling of the attic, separate residential unit)
I would appreciate your feedback on the floor plans.
Development Plan / Restrictions:
· Plot size: 1,200 m² (18 m (59 inches) wide)
· Slope: south-facing hill, street to the north
· Site coverage ratio: 0.3
· Floor area ratio: 0.6
· Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see "enlarged building envelope" 12 x 14 m (39 x 46 feet)
· Edge development: garages
· Number of parking spaces: 3 required according to building authority
· Construction type: open building layout
· Building setback: 3 m (10 feet)
· Roof type: pitched roofs 15-30°, hipped roofs to be avoided, see regulations
· Orientation: ridge direction of the buildings parallel to each other
· Exterior design: see section 6 of the regulations
Homeowners’ Requirements
Preliminary: The homeowners (born 1982 male, 1988 female, and two children born 2014 female, 2016 male) want to live on two floors (basement and ground floor). A third children’s bedroom should also be included. The third floor (attic) should be accessible barrier-free.
· Style: Bauhaus (optionally exposed concrete)
· Roof design: large south-facing side (for solar panels, photovoltaics)
· Building type: two-family house
· Basement and floors: basement, ground floor, attic
· Number of occupants and ages as above: (2 + 3 in basement and ground floor, 2 + 1 in attic)
o Space requirements attic: 2 bedrooms, 1 flexible floor plan bathroom, open living/dining/kitchen area, utility room
o Space requirements ground floor: 1 master bedroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom, large open living/dining/kitchen area, wardrobe, storage room
o Space requirements basement: 3 children’s bedrooms, children’s bathroom, optional play corridor, boiler room, cellar, utility room
· Open or closed architecture: open
· Conservative or modern construction: modern
· Kitchen: open kitchen with island (at least on ground floor)
· Balcony, roof terrace: likely sensible on all three floors considering exposed concrete
· Parking spaces: carports if possible, which can later be converted into garages (initial cost saving)
· Heating/thermal technology: air-to-water heat pump (underfloor heating), optional photovoltaics
· Windows: large window areas on the south side, optionally wide, low windows above the kitchen worktop on the ground floor
· Energy efficiency: KfW 55 standard
· High sound insulation (especially for the ceiling of the attic, separate residential unit)
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sichtbeton824 Feb 2020 13:58I would say “luck in misfortune.” The water ingress, occurring beneath the vapor barrier, ended up in the screed layer. Although it is an anhydrite screed and therefore difficult to dissolve in water, I still suspect that, since no water penetrated for a long time, it is likely just some moisture rather than actual wetness. A good sign is that some water drained away immediately. The delay from the start of the rain until the water penetration probably resulted from water backing up at the window frame and only passing through once a certain level was reached. After the rain, the area likely dried out again, and the water accumulation happened again only during the next rainfall.
Some of you may remember that all the lift-and-slide doors were delivered at the wrong height (too low). We accepted and installed the three lift-and-slide doors for the children’s rooms in the basement level despite the incorrect height. The issue was not found there. The problem started with the four newly delivered lift-and-slide doors. Again, it was lucky in a way that we took the basement windows despite the flaw (without any price reduction, mercifully), because otherwise we would not have had the option of water drainage through lamp drilling. I knew this karma would pay off.
Our next step is to contact the window manufacturer.
Thank you for your sympathy—we were (and still are) devastated! However, it seems we will get away with just a minor setback.
Some of you may remember that all the lift-and-slide doors were delivered at the wrong height (too low). We accepted and installed the three lift-and-slide doors for the children’s rooms in the basement level despite the incorrect height. The issue was not found there. The problem started with the four newly delivered lift-and-slide doors. Again, it was lucky in a way that we took the basement windows despite the flaw (without any price reduction, mercifully), because otherwise we would not have had the option of water drainage through lamp drilling. I knew this karma would pay off.
Our next step is to contact the window manufacturer.
Thank you for your sympathy—we were (and still are) devastated! However, it seems we will get away with just a minor setback.
I believe that the whole family’s involvement in building the house has, despite all the flaws that are probably standard today, placed it under a lucky star.
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sichtbeton824 Feb 2020 14:41You’re saying something true and beautiful, dear Elefant! And I/we are incredibly proud of it! Especially the summer phase (terraces) was really something special!