Hello everyone,
Now that our house construction is complete, I could really use some input, as we’re a bit uncertain and out of ideas.
This weekend, we will have an excavator again for a few weeks, and we plan to build a carport and a dry stone wall.
At the time, we thought we would implement it as shown on the site plan. But now, in practice, we don’t find it so appealing anymore :-(
The carport area on the north side is also supposed to serve as protection against wind and noise from the north, and a construction site container (3 x 6 m (10 x 20 ft)) is to be integrated.
On the site plan, it is shown positioned crosswise (marked as a shed), with two parking spaces in front... however, 5 m (16 ft) between the house and the carport now seem too much to us. We are now considering placing the container lengthwise, with one parking space next to it and an uncovered parking space between the house and carport... but I’m not quite sure.
The entire access to the property does not match the reality on the site plan... at the moment, we drive across the neighboring property below on a direct route to the house (and would possibly like to continue doing so—as there is a registered right of way). This would also eliminate the small path from the front door to the east...
Do you have any ideas? We cannot move closer to the northern boundary (which is also unnecessary), but we cannot shift further down (east) either. (Turning radius for agricultural “heavy-duty” traffic...)
Now that our house construction is complete, I could really use some input, as we’re a bit uncertain and out of ideas.
This weekend, we will have an excavator again for a few weeks, and we plan to build a carport and a dry stone wall.
At the time, we thought we would implement it as shown on the site plan. But now, in practice, we don’t find it so appealing anymore :-(
The carport area on the north side is also supposed to serve as protection against wind and noise from the north, and a construction site container (3 x 6 m (10 x 20 ft)) is to be integrated.
On the site plan, it is shown positioned crosswise (marked as a shed), with two parking spaces in front... however, 5 m (16 ft) between the house and the carport now seem too much to us. We are now considering placing the container lengthwise, with one parking space next to it and an uncovered parking space between the house and carport... but I’m not quite sure.
The entire access to the property does not match the reality on the site plan... at the moment, we drive across the neighboring property below on a direct route to the house (and would possibly like to continue doing so—as there is a registered right of way). This would also eliminate the small path from the front door to the east...
Do you have any ideas? We cannot move closer to the northern boundary (which is also unnecessary), but we cannot shift further down (east) either. (Turning radius for agricultural “heavy-duty” traffic...)
I really like it as well. Is the large entrance stone made from the same material as the steps? At the moment, it still looks a bit uncoordinated to me. But it also has moss or algae on it. Incorporating that feature moving forward will definitely make it look very stylish!
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Grillhendl5 Jan 2021 14:35Thank you,
we have already scrubbed and the color is slowly approaching the shade of the steps. Unfortunately, it has been freezing here for days, so we don’t want to take out the pressure washer (laziness)...
However, the colors (also for the paving stones) will probably never match exactly. We got the materials from a farmhouse demolition (my brother), so we "have to" accept them as they are.
I’ve checked online classifieds, but the prices are outrageously high... 😱 🤨 We really didn’t budget much for the outdoor area. So far, we have spent 170 euros on materials, and we wanted to keep the total around 2000 euros. That needs to cover the carport, patio veranda, and dry stone wall as well... So there’s no room left in the budget for perfectly color-matched paving stones.
I hope we can get quite far with these cobblestones:
we have already scrubbed and the color is slowly approaching the shade of the steps. Unfortunately, it has been freezing here for days, so we don’t want to take out the pressure washer (laziness)...
However, the colors (also for the paving stones) will probably never match exactly. We got the materials from a farmhouse demolition (my brother), so we "have to" accept them as they are.
I’ve checked online classifieds, but the prices are outrageously high... 😱 🤨 We really didn’t budget much for the outdoor area. So far, we have spent 170 euros on materials, and we wanted to keep the total around 2000 euros. That needs to cover the carport, patio veranda, and dry stone wall as well... So there’s no room left in the budget for perfectly color-matched paving stones.
I hope we can get quite far with these cobblestones:
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Grillhendl5 Jan 2021 14:40However, we still have no idea where to position the parking spaces or the carport. For now, we are just paving around the house, then starting on the dry stone wall, and seeing where we end up with both so that the access path becomes clearer... after that, we will practice driving the car and see which turning radius works best for us...
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Grillhendl5 Jan 2021 14:54You’re right, @cschiko. The algae and moss are really noticeable in the photos. I was also quite surprised when I saw it. In real life, it’s somehow not that bad... No idea why...
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