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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Costruttrice2 Mar 2023 13:47kati1337 schrieb:
He hasn’t installed anything that old-fashioned for 20 years.I really like the guy :p (just kidding, I don’t think white wooden railings are old-fashioned per se). I seem to be alone with my pro-glass opinion… but in my view, the glass element fits especially well with the panoramic window (unless it has mullions?). Otherwise, do you have many country-style features upstairs in the hallway (doors, furniture), or can you see country-style furniture from the hallway below? If not, I wouldn’t find it “distracting” at all if the balustrade doesn’t match the country style. And in any case, I wouldn’t mind, since glass is visually unobtrusive and at the same time makes everything feel airier, brighter, and more spacious.
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Jurassic1352 Mar 2023 16:14I also think glass can be well combined with country-style houses. This results in a more modern/Scandinavian country house rather than a decorative, floral country house.
(I still prefer the "old-fashioned" style 😀 )
In the end, it just has to please you and fit with the rest.
(I still prefer the "old-fashioned" style 😀 )
In the end, it just has to please you and fit with the rest.
I’ll wait to see what the price difference is. We hadn’t really planned for a major upgrade at that spot. And I would rather scale back elsewhere than give up, for example, a garage door or something like that.
That said, I actually think 700 for the glass solution is reasonable. It’s doable and already makes a nice visual impact.
I do wonder, though, what would happen if someday you no longer want to see it and prefer something other than glass there. Then you still have that track in the floor.
That said, I actually think 700 for the glass solution is reasonable. It’s doable and already makes a nice visual impact.
I do wonder, though, what would happen if someday you no longer want to see it and prefer something other than glass there. Then you still have that track in the floor.
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Marvinius3 Mar 2023 00:24kati1337 schrieb:
We had another chat with the builder today. I’m sending him some example pictures of a wooden railing. He’s checking what something like that would cost. He said he hasn’t installed such an old-fashioned style in 20 years. 😀
Although I’m also interested in the version with continuous glass. I’ll decide a bit based on the cost of the wooden option. Otherwise, our style is rather rural, but this house will be a kind of hybrid compared to House1 anyway. Country house elements meet more modern features in different areas. So I think the glass option could also fit the style well. =) In my opinion, a glass railing really isn’t suitable for the divided-pane windows.
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Schorsch_baut3 Mar 2023 09:56When toddlers are wrestling and roughhousing, the thought of glass railings gives me chills. You simply can’t bring in enough edge protectors and foam mats to prevent injuries to the child. 🙂
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