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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motorradsilke1 Mar 2023 20:56With small children, I would never choose glass. You’d just be cleaning all the time.
However, I would also much prefer the one from the old house.
However, I would also much prefer the one from the old house.
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Costruttrice1 Mar 2023 20:59Personally, I prefer the glass element. To me, it looks more “high-end” than the example wooden railing shown (but that’s just my personal opinion—I have no idea what a wooden railing like that costs; it might even be more expensive). However, I should add that I’m not a fan of the country house style; I lean more towards minimalism, so I would definitely choose the continuous glass railing. You do have to be patient with small children, though… In our first house, we also had glass on the staircase, and every single child, whether visiting or our own, would lean on the glass with their flat hand while walking. At some point, I stopped noticing it, and I still liked the look.
11ant schrieb:
Do you forward marriage proposals to your builder? He must really be a lucky guy.
I can’t look at glass balustrades without immediately imagining them covered in little handprints in my mind. As far as I know, he’s already married. 😀
The handprint issue is a good point—that was my first thought too. I immediately said on the phone, “Oh no, glass—we have two little kids running around,” and he laughed a bit himself.
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Jurassic1351 Mar 2023 21:23Definitely a country house style. From what I’ve gathered about your old house and the plans for the new one, that seems to fit your interior much better, right? Or were you actually planning to move away from the country house style?
The photo you showed is a dream. Glass personally doesn’t appeal much to me; it can look stylish, but I find it less cozy.
The photo you showed is a dream. Glass personally doesn’t appeal much to me; it can look stylish, but I find it less cozy.
Thank you all, I’m also leaning towards the country house style. I will ask about the cost of keeping everything in this wooden style.
In our old house, we had a masonry parapet upstairs. I’m concerned that the kids might fall through a wooden railing, or at least throw things down through it.
In our old house, we had a masonry parapet upstairs. I’m concerned that the kids might fall through a wooden railing, or at least throw things down through it.
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Costruttrice1 Mar 2023 21:41How thick would a masonry parapet need to be? I would take a closer look at that because of the corridor width. A wooden railing probably doesn’t reduce the space by quite as many centimeters.
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