ᐅ Building a House with TuC and Modifications – Your Thoughts?
Created on: 11 Apr 2019 21:52
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derkobi
Hello construction experts and enthusiasts, I have been reading along for a while and now I need some advice.
We want to build with TuC here in Saxony, postal code area 02.
The companies that build for TuC here have a good reputation and there is a lot of building activity at the moment.
Most people simply build an affordable house, called Standard eco Baustein 1. Unfortunately, posting links is not allowed. We want to make a few small changes if they make sense.
We would like to increase the exterior wall thickness from 24cm (9.5 inches) to 36.5cm (14 inches), using aerated concrete from Porit in monolithic construction.
The additional cost is about 7,300€ (the foundation slab will also be larger to maintain the living space). The rest will be adjusted to the stronger walls – roof, windowsills, etc.
If worthwhile, we would replace the gas condensing boiler with an air-to-water heat pump (Vaillant aroTherm Split vwl 75/5) with Unitower vwl 78/5 IS.
Additional cost: 6,000€.
Underfloor heating throughout the house.
The house model is Flair 125, where 125 stands for the square meters.
One and a half stories.
What are your thoughts on this?
Kind regards,
Kobi
We want to build with TuC here in Saxony, postal code area 02.
The companies that build for TuC here have a good reputation and there is a lot of building activity at the moment.
Most people simply build an affordable house, called Standard eco Baustein 1. Unfortunately, posting links is not allowed. We want to make a few small changes if they make sense.
We would like to increase the exterior wall thickness from 24cm (9.5 inches) to 36.5cm (14 inches), using aerated concrete from Porit in monolithic construction.
The additional cost is about 7,300€ (the foundation slab will also be larger to maintain the living space). The rest will be adjusted to the stronger walls – roof, windowsills, etc.
If worthwhile, we would replace the gas condensing boiler with an air-to-water heat pump (Vaillant aroTherm Split vwl 75/5) with Unitower vwl 78/5 IS.
Additional cost: 6,000€.
Underfloor heating throughout the house.
The house model is Flair 125, where 125 stands for the square meters.
One and a half stories.
What are your thoughts on this?
Kind regards,
Kobi
Nordlys schrieb:
Beer cans! I bet that's where the beer cans go. nope
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hemali200316 Apr 2019 19:47We have a Flair 148. We separated the bathroom from the kitchen and added a pantry to the kitchen as well as a built-in wardrobe to the hallway. We also removed the gallery upstairs in favor of a storage room. I believe the latter has now been incorporated into the standard floor plan.
We are very happy with our layout.
We are very happy with our layout.
hemali2003 schrieb:
I believe the latter has now also been included in the standard floor plan. Yes, exactly.
In the 152 model, there used to be a gallery that has since been converted into a dressing room... but we changed it again because we mirrored the staircase (I think in the 148 model it is standard as we have it now, and accordingly the storage room is very similar or the same).
derkobi schrieb:
Yes, that’s true, the floor plan is already well coordinated, there’s not much to change. That’s exactly how it should be. The goal is to offer affordable houses, and the calculations have to add up somehow – Method B: it should look cheap at first, and then profit is made through upgrades; Method A: it should remain affordable, so the base product must be designed well enough that the customer doesn’t want to make extensive changes.
hemali2003 schrieb:
I believe the latter has now been incorporated into the standard floor plan. A smart provider learns from the market and continuously adapts the standard configuration of their model to meet customer trends. This applies generally, but especially for providers aiming for 80% of customers to be able to select the product from the catalog without complicated adjustments.
Yosan schrieb:
No, that was actually here in the forum... unfortunately, I don’t have time right now to look up the post and link it Ah, I hadn’t seen that before, but I think I found it after all: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Küchenbilder-Thread-zeigt-her-eure-Küchen.28518/page-35 and pages -45, -49, etc. – the image in question is probably this one: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/attachments/20190205_152926-jpg.33591/
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hemali200316 Apr 2019 22:46I have to say that, in our case, the additional costs for the floor plan changes were quite reasonable. We ended up redesigning almost every wall individually. The floor plan modifications cost around 3000 euros (plans, structural calculations), plus the changed material and labor costs (all transparent and fair).
So, I can’t confirm that it becomes excessively more expensive if you want a custom design.
Of course, the standard package doesn’t include any luxury features—many things come with a significant extra charge. The additional costs were also rather reluctantly disclosed in advance, which made things a bit challenging. However, since we didn’t upgrade many things and only chose the features that were really worth it to us, it wasn’t a big issue.
So, I can’t confirm that it becomes excessively more expensive if you want a custom design.
Of course, the standard package doesn’t include any luxury features—many things come with a significant extra charge. The additional costs were also rather reluctantly disclosed in advance, which made things a bit challenging. However, since we didn’t upgrade many things and only chose the features that were really worth it to us, it wasn’t a big issue.
Yes, the additional costs were quite reasonable for us as well... we also made several changes to the windows, including shortening floor-to-ceiling windows to standard height, which, for example, allowed the fall protection grille to be credited. In the end, we had an extra charge of just under €400 for the changes to walls, windows, stairs, and window sills...
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