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I can’t make any use of these massive things… absolutely nothing. Although, the photo wallpaper turned out well 😉

A nice plot of land and some money would rather result in this for me: Warning, google "Archdaily Window on the Lake / YH2".

Hangman schrieb:

I can’t relate to these massive things at all... really not at all. Although, the photo wallpaper is well done 😉

Nice plot of land and some money would lead me more to this: Warning, googling "Archdaily Window on the Lake / YH2".

I can see there’s a kindred spirit here. I feel exactly the same. That “block” in this natural setting—it just feels somehow wrong. Of course, this is completely subjective.

icandoit schrieb:

It is a weekend house in Big Sky, Montana, in the Yellowstone Club.

I was already wondering: the house and your bathroom don't quite match 😉

LostWolf schrieb:

My partner wants colorful walls.

Colorful or multicolored?

saralina87 schrieb:

I can tell there’s a kindred spirit here. I feel exactly the same way. That "block" in the middle of nature just feels somehow wrong. Of course, that’s entirely subjective.

Seems like it – I definitely find your project very appealing and well done!

We also built compactly, but due to the slope, we included a basement. Since we have an unobstructed panoramic view of 220° at ground floor level, we designed the basement purely as a utility cellar and plan to cover it with plants during garden work. The house is accessed from the uphill side. So despite an 8-meter (26 feet) elevation difference on the property, we are prepared for all the challenges of aging (which hopefully won’t take too long for us 😉).

The blue dot marks our location:

We’re also quite happy with our photo wallpaper:

The summer photo was taken about 50 meters (165 feet) east of our house, the winter photo from our living room. To the west, you can see the valley shown in the earlier image, and from the uphill/northern kitchen window, I can see the summit cross on the mountain behind us.

@Hangman
You don’t need to have those black stripes added to your house,
otherwise you won’t fit in with the community and you’ll be looked at askance in church.

Nida35a schrieb:

@Hangman
don’t you need to have those black stripes on your house,
otherwise you won’t fit in with the community and people in the church will give you strange looks

You’re almost right... in the historic center, half-timbering is mandatory. However, if the black stripes were there, we would probably get odd looks for sure. I’ll quote from the local design regulations:

“For new buildings, the half-timbering must be limited to purely structural elements unless a reconstruction of a historic predecessor building is planned.
Artificially mounted half-timbering made from boards is not allowed. For half-timbered houses, if required to improve thermal insulation, a façade half-timbering may be approved on a case-by-case basis to keep the existing timber structure visible. This façade half-timbering must be made from log boards with a minimum thickness of 5 cm (2 inches). The infill panels must be bricked and white plastered. Alternatively, another plaster carrier (insulation mat or similar) may be used instead of bricking.”

However, we are the first row of houses outside the historic core, where more leniency is allowed:

“The following materials are approved for the building façades: white plaster with a non-glossy surface, structural half-timbering with black timber and white plastered infill panels, cladding made of dark gray / anthracite natural slate.”

There are about 120 more points beyond this... so I really don’t understand why people often complain about development plans here 😎