ᐅ Hillside House in the Southwest Palatinate – Our Home Construction 2.0
Created on: 9 Sep 2022 18:13
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kati1337
Good evening everyone
I’m starting a small collection thread here for photos and progress updates on our second building project.
We’ve already moved to the Palatinate region to be closer to the construction site. Now we’re watching eagerly and happily as our (hopefully final) dream home takes shape near family.
One big challenge still ahead of us is the facade design. I really love the Nordic style with brickwork and mullioned windows. That won’t be possible here for two reasons: firstly, no one here can do bricklaying, and secondly, it would stand out too much. We will be going with a rendered facade. How to design the colors of the facade and windows to still create some country house / cottage charm is currently still a work in progress mentally.
Otherwise, I’m sharing our plans here and how it will eventually be built.
The support pillar marked near the kitchen island could be removed for a small extra cost, so that will be gone.
The room for “garden equipment” under the garage will get a partition wall for structural reasons.
It won’t be fully finished living space like in the house, but underfloor heating will be installed, along with a lockable door and a window. It’s meant to store garden tools but also some of the building services equipment, since the utility room (HAR) is quite small, and maybe be used as a party room.
We had three construction companies in the final selection. In the end, we chose the “doer” – a builder recommended to us here by friends and family. No website, no smartphone, but he is on site every day himself working in overalls. He has a very good reputation in this area and now rarely builds single-family homes. We were a bit lucky through personal connections and a very friendly initial phone call to get our foot in the door. So far we are very satisfied with this choice.
I’m starting a small collection thread here for photos and progress updates on our second building project.
We’ve already moved to the Palatinate region to be closer to the construction site. Now we’re watching eagerly and happily as our (hopefully final) dream home takes shape near family.
One big challenge still ahead of us is the facade design. I really love the Nordic style with brickwork and mullioned windows. That won’t be possible here for two reasons: firstly, no one here can do bricklaying, and secondly, it would stand out too much. We will be going with a rendered facade. How to design the colors of the facade and windows to still create some country house / cottage charm is currently still a work in progress mentally.
Otherwise, I’m sharing our plans here and how it will eventually be built.
The support pillar marked near the kitchen island could be removed for a small extra cost, so that will be gone.
The room for “garden equipment” under the garage will get a partition wall for structural reasons.
It won’t be fully finished living space like in the house, but underfloor heating will be installed, along with a lockable door and a window. It’s meant to store garden tools but also some of the building services equipment, since the utility room (HAR) is quite small, and maybe be used as a party room.
We had three construction companies in the final selection. In the end, we chose the “doer” – a builder recommended to us here by friends and family. No website, no smartphone, but he is on site every day himself working in overalls. He has a very good reputation in this area and now rarely builds single-family homes. We were a bit lucky through personal connections and a very friendly initial phone call to get our foot in the door. So far we are very satisfied with this choice.
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Jurassic13516 Sep 2023 10:18It already looks so cozy! I also first noticed the utility room/laundry and pantry—they look really great. I love good household organization. 😀 I do it the same way: I dry clothes on hangers and then hang them directly in the closet. Anything else is way too much effort.
Decorations and such come gradually, I think you need to live in the house for a while first to know "Ah, that’s where a picture should go." I also like that you have so much wooden furniture. We have mostly wood on the ground floor as well, but upstairs, because of carrying things (never again hauling heavy solid wood up the stairs) and since the office and bedroom are rather narrow/dark, we have a lot of white IKEA particleboard cabinets. I think both are fine; it depends on what you combine them with and how the overall look turns out.
Is the Joka Calgary parquet flooring used everywhere, including the children’s room? It looks so beautiful.
I also really like the staircase; it fits perfectly with the modern country style you have now. I think you can still see a similar style from the last house (not the transitional house, but the one you built yourselves before) to this one, but it feels fresher and more modern now. Maybe because it’s no longer a classic Frisian house. The large window is a dream as well—really beautiful.
I definitely wish you a smooth settling in your new home and lots of fun finishing the decorating and furnishing. That always takes a while but is fun, right? 🙂
PS: On the ground floor, at the end of the hallway, behind the stair railing, I can totally imagine a huge picture or wall hanging, maybe picking up the color of the tiles by the entrance. That wall is practically calling out for an XXL statement piece.
Decorations and such come gradually, I think you need to live in the house for a while first to know "Ah, that’s where a picture should go." I also like that you have so much wooden furniture. We have mostly wood on the ground floor as well, but upstairs, because of carrying things (never again hauling heavy solid wood up the stairs) and since the office and bedroom are rather narrow/dark, we have a lot of white IKEA particleboard cabinets. I think both are fine; it depends on what you combine them with and how the overall look turns out.
Is the Joka Calgary parquet flooring used everywhere, including the children’s room? It looks so beautiful.
I also really like the staircase; it fits perfectly with the modern country style you have now. I think you can still see a similar style from the last house (not the transitional house, but the one you built yourselves before) to this one, but it feels fresher and more modern now. Maybe because it’s no longer a classic Frisian house. The large window is a dream as well—really beautiful.
I definitely wish you a smooth settling in your new home and lots of fun finishing the decorating and furnishing. That always takes a while but is fun, right? 🙂
PS: On the ground floor, at the end of the hallway, behind the stair railing, I can totally imagine a huge picture or wall hanging, maybe picking up the color of the tiles by the entrance. That wall is practically calling out for an XXL statement piece.
Decorations, especially pictures but also curtains, can be taken care of gradually. Eventually, a natural desire will arise to decide what should go where. For your windows, I can easily imagine that you might not use many curtains.
I smiled at the good old Ivar ... always useful. I, too, prefer not to iron, but rather to gently pull clothes smooth on the hanger, possibly steaming them briefly for 8 minutes with the “refresh” function of my washer-dryer beforehand. Then hang them in the wardrobe to dry. It was important to me back then to have hanging space for all T-shirts, blouses, etc. I didn’t want to fold and stack anything anymore.
I smiled at the good old Ivar ... always useful. I, too, prefer not to iron, but rather to gently pull clothes smooth on the hanger, possibly steaming them briefly for 8 minutes with the “refresh” function of my washer-dryer beforehand. Then hang them in the wardrobe to dry. It was important to me back then to have hanging space for all T-shirts, blouses, etc. I didn’t want to fold and stack anything anymore.
kbt09 schrieb:
I had a little chuckle about the good old IVAR ...I also have it in the dressing room. But not the drawers; instead, I have Malm dressers on one side.@kati1337 how are you getting along with the Ivar drawers? They aren’t on display in my local Ikea. Do they slide smoothly?
kbt09 schrieb:
I must be a nerd 😉 .. I wouldn’t combine IVAR and Malm 😉 Why not? My Ivar is white-stained, and the dressers are on a different wall. But I admit: if I had more money, I’d combine them differently. But I don’t.
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motorradsilke17 Sep 2023 20:48ypg schrieb:
Why not? My Ivar is white-washed, and the dressers are against a different wall. But I admit, if I had more money, I would combine things differently. But I don’t.The Pax that matches the Malm shouldn’t be more expensive than the Ivar either.
Do you have the problem with open shelves that things get dusty?
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