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.
I have just entered our photovoltaic data for September into Excel.
The system has a capacity of 12.45 kWp, and the battery storage is 12.8 kWh.
We already had a lot of sunshine hours in September, but the performance is still impressive even on cloudier days.
Our usage pattern is quite specific, as we consume a lot of electricity.
Since we only recently moved in and are still going through the house system introductions, we have not yet finished optimizing our electricity consumption.
Overall, though, the system is well tailored and designed for us, and I have to give credit to the electrician.
In September, we had an average self-sufficiency (autarky) of 87.9% and over 28 battery cycles.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
The system has a capacity of 12.45 kWp, and the battery storage is 12.8 kWh.
We already had a lot of sunshine hours in September, but the performance is still impressive even on cloudier days.
Our usage pattern is quite specific, as we consume a lot of electricity.
Since we only recently moved in and are still going through the house system introductions, we have not yet finished optimizing our electricity consumption.
Overall, though, the system is well tailored and designed for us, and I have to give credit to the electrician.
In September, we had an average self-sufficiency (autarky) of 87.9% and over 28 battery cycles.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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hanghaus20238 Oct 2023 10:35Hello @kati1337, could you please display the totals per column?
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
Hello @kati1337, could you please show the totals for each column?I quickly calculated it. This is just for the month of September.
KoalasAreCute8 Oct 2023 13:44I just found the section where battery charging and discharging are displayed. For September, 361.6 kWh charged and 323.3 kWh discharged. That corresponds to a loss of 38.3 kWh and matches the expected 5% per direction (~10.5%).