ᐅ Floor plan design shortly before submitting the building permit application
Created on: 2 Oct 2017 23:25
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R.Hotzenplotz
Hello everyone!
As some users have requested before, I’m now starting a new thread with the current planning of our detached house, which is about to be finalized.
These are the preliminary drawings for the building permit / planning permission application, and I have one last chance to review them and point out any issues.
It still seems to me that there is less than 1.20m (4 feet) of space between the two wardrobes in the dressing room. Or am I seeing this wrong? Apparently, the rooms on the left and right were overlooked and not adjusted accordingly.
Two Velux ceiling spotlights are still planned to illuminate the upper floor hallway.
In the basement, on the right side in the upper room, a window similar to the one on the left basement side is an option.
We still haven’t decided on the T30 fire-rated door to the garage, even though it is shown in the plans. Most likely, for safety reasons and the limited use of the kitchen at the other end of the house, we will eventually forgo it.
User 11ant pointed out that the right window in child’s room 2 is suboptimally positioned. However, this could still be changed after submitting the building permit / planning permission application. Our architect thinks moving the window to the left would negatively affect the house’s exterior appearance. We’ll have to see about that.
As some users have requested before, I’m now starting a new thread with the current planning of our detached house, which is about to be finalized.
These are the preliminary drawings for the building permit / planning permission application, and I have one last chance to review them and point out any issues.
It still seems to me that there is less than 1.20m (4 feet) of space between the two wardrobes in the dressing room. Or am I seeing this wrong? Apparently, the rooms on the left and right were overlooked and not adjusted accordingly.
Two Velux ceiling spotlights are still planned to illuminate the upper floor hallway.
In the basement, on the right side in the upper room, a window similar to the one on the left basement side is an option.
We still haven’t decided on the T30 fire-rated door to the garage, even though it is shown in the plans. Most likely, for safety reasons and the limited use of the kitchen at the other end of the house, we will eventually forgo it.
User 11ant pointed out that the right window in child’s room 2 is suboptimally positioned. However, this could still be changed after submitting the building permit / planning permission application. Our architect thinks moving the window to the left would negatively affect the house’s exterior appearance. We’ll have to see about that.
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Traumfaenger11 Sep 2018 23:32R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
Especially since the rear gate was intended solely to allow mini excavators and similar equipment to pass through. Okay, but then both gates would be too low. The mini excavators are 2.35 meters (7 ft 9 in) tall. Unless you use an ultra-mini mini excavator without a rollover protection structure or similar.
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
It could go better than it did with us; but it could also go significantly worse. And it can’t be changed now anyway — it simply has to be completed. I really like your attitude; it’s very positive and realistic.
Climbee schrieb:
I would rule out a general contractor if they aren’t willing to provide detailed plans in advance for review (and approval!!!) by the client.
Was this clear from the start? Absolutely not. But would any layperson have asked for that at the beginning of the project? Everyone around us (architect, homebuilder, craftsmen) keeps saying that we are very critical and well informed. Still, I would never have thought right at the start that there are so many different plans and levels of detail—and that you actually have to explicitly demand them. In the contract negotiations, everyone is customer-oriented to an excessive degree.
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
I wouldn’t do it any differently today. If identical heights are listed in the building permit / planning permission, how on earth would I guess that the gates would then be different heights? I would insist on detailed execution planning. That’s where the truth is. In my opinion, the building permit focuses more on the overall volume than on such details.
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
I also wouldn’t get written confirmation that the screed is the same height in all rooms. I completely agree with you—unless you’re a construction expert, teacher, lawyer, or come from a butcher family, you wouldn’t think of that as a layperson.
11ant schrieb:
But then the sections and their cladding need to be adjusted to those desired dimensions. The larger the span of this segment, the more awkward it looks to work with fragments. Alternatively, you could have worked with cladding on the lintel above the gate.
Traumfaenger schrieb:
or comes from a butcher family. Dynasty, please. I am only the second generation who is not a master butcher. In this project, the general contractor managed to hide tricky details even I hadn’t thought of. They should have honestly said: dear customer, we can build everything for you in the full range from standard to “standard five-star superior” (with hand-gilded light switch frames), but please nothing with unusual construction methods.
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R.Hotzenplotz11 Sep 2018 23:48I believe he didn’t hide anything but simply lost track. Why should he get upset over something like this?
Could the reason for the different gate height be that the general contractor uses this size more often and gets it at a very good price? Something was mentioned about it being cheaper. Maybe he hoped no one would notice?
What is the clear height in the gate area? The gate leaf doesn’t fully reach the top in the end.
What is the clear height in the gate area? The gate leaf doesn’t fully reach the top in the end.
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
I don’t think he hid anything intentionally, but rather just lost track. I didn’t mean deliberate hiding either, but rather that in some cases, I wouldn’t have expected that it’s possible to incorporate pitfalls even in such small details. Some of these were really quite impressive in that regard. However, almost all of them fall into the same category: missing detailed drawings.
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R.Hotzenplotz12 Sep 2018 00:00I am not going to accept this. Unlike the issue with the patio doors, this is a clear-cut case as I see it. Although I think I could have gotten away with the patio doors as well, I would have risked a construction stop.