ᐅ New construction after the birth of triplets. Looking forward to your ideas.
Created on: 23 Sep 2018 21:07
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Hendrik M.
Hello everyone,
my name is Hendrik, and I lived with my small family in a cozy single-family home in Bad Nenndorf. However, last December our family suddenly grew by 3 boys. Unfortunately, our house is not suitable for 4 children. There is a new development area in our town, so we are now considering building a new house.
I haven’t been able to find many interesting floor plans online for houses with 7 rooms. Maybe you have some ideas?
A very important point for a new build is that the house shouldn’t be too large once the children have moved out. In other words, it would be great if you had ideas on how to make use of the unused living space in a way that still feels spacious.
At the moment, we are thinking along the following lines:
- Total size around 250sqm (2,690 sq ft)
- 4 children’s bedrooms, 1 guest room, sleeping room and living room
- 2 bathrooms with showers and 1 guest toilet
- Sauna in one of the bathrooms with a shower
- No basement, but enough storage space
- Currently preferred style is an urban villa (but then where do you store all your stuff if you have neither a basement nor an attic?)
- Living conservatory over 20sqm (215 sq ft)
- Double garage with an adjoining workshop
- Open kitchen connected to the living room
I would be really happy if anyone has ideas for a nice floor plan.
Unfortunately, with the triplets (now 9 months old) and their sister (3 years), we only have about half an hour per day to think about these matters, which is quite stressful for us. So I ask for your understanding if this request seems a bit unspecific to some of you.
Another option would be to extend our current house. An architect estimated around €2000 per sqm (note: do not translate currency, but consider for your understanding) and estimated the cost for a living conservatory (40sqm / 430 sq ft) to be about €80,000.
Where do you think we would end up with a new build as described above? Would €500,000 to €600,000 be realistic (excluding land, but including garage)?
Many thanks for your ideas,
Hendrik
my name is Hendrik, and I lived with my small family in a cozy single-family home in Bad Nenndorf. However, last December our family suddenly grew by 3 boys. Unfortunately, our house is not suitable for 4 children. There is a new development area in our town, so we are now considering building a new house.
I haven’t been able to find many interesting floor plans online for houses with 7 rooms. Maybe you have some ideas?
A very important point for a new build is that the house shouldn’t be too large once the children have moved out. In other words, it would be great if you had ideas on how to make use of the unused living space in a way that still feels spacious.
At the moment, we are thinking along the following lines:
- Total size around 250sqm (2,690 sq ft)
- 4 children’s bedrooms, 1 guest room, sleeping room and living room
- 2 bathrooms with showers and 1 guest toilet
- Sauna in one of the bathrooms with a shower
- No basement, but enough storage space
- Currently preferred style is an urban villa (but then where do you store all your stuff if you have neither a basement nor an attic?)
- Living conservatory over 20sqm (215 sq ft)
- Double garage with an adjoining workshop
- Open kitchen connected to the living room
I would be really happy if anyone has ideas for a nice floor plan.
Unfortunately, with the triplets (now 9 months old) and their sister (3 years), we only have about half an hour per day to think about these matters, which is quite stressful for us. So I ask for your understanding if this request seems a bit unspecific to some of you.
Another option would be to extend our current house. An architect estimated around €2000 per sqm (note: do not translate currency, but consider for your understanding) and estimated the cost for a living conservatory (40sqm / 430 sq ft) to be about €80,000.
Where do you think we would end up with a new build as described above? Would €500,000 to €600,000 be realistic (excluding land, but including garage)?
Many thanks for your ideas,
Hendrik
Definitely not always better.
Of course, a standard prefab house is worse than a nicely maintained used one.
But I can only speak from my own experience.
We are currently building, and I can decide on every single millimeter (0.04 inches) of the house. The shape, the gables, the narrow Danish-style cladding... Should the utility room be 12 or better 15 square meters (130 or 160 square feet)? Kitchen open or closed, etc. For me, this is the ultimate.
Our house is shaped 95% according to my wishes. The architect managed to contribute about 5%.
And when I see that used houses cost about the same, I just don’t understand how anyone could prefer anything other than a new build.
Of course, a standard prefab house is worse than a nicely maintained used one.
But I can only speak from my own experience.
We are currently building, and I can decide on every single millimeter (0.04 inches) of the house. The shape, the gables, the narrow Danish-style cladding... Should the utility room be 12 or better 15 square meters (130 or 160 square feet)? Kitchen open or closed, etc. For me, this is the ultimate.
Our house is shaped 95% according to my wishes. The architect managed to contribute about 5%.
And when I see that used houses cost about the same, I just don’t understand how anyone could prefer anything other than a new build.
my comment refers to this user, not to the original poster.
Bookstar schrieb:
Voluntarily taking on a new build? Never. I would definitely choose the extension. Financially, it’s also by far the better option.
blaupuma schrieb:
We are currently building, and I can decide on every millimeter of the house. The shape, gables here, Danish narrow cladding..., should the utility room be 12 or rather 15 m2 (130 or 160 square feet). Open or closed kitchen, etc. For me, that is the ultimate. Our house is shaped 95% by me according to my wishes. The architect has influenced about 5%.That does not mean that it will be a house of good quality and/or that everything is practical or sensible.
Furthermore, an extension to a single-family house, which the original poster Henrik describes as cozy, is certainly influenced by personal preferences. With four children, one tends to make individual compromises, which are no less significant than compromises in a new build, or compromises are also part of a new build.
In this sense, I find your comment not very helpful for the original poster.
blaupuma schrieb:
We are currently building, and I can decide on every millimeter of the house. What use is that in the hands of someone who is as uncertain about so many details as you are?
ypg schrieb:
In that respect, I find your comment not very helpful for the OP. Yes, the OP’s task is (completely!) different from bluepuma’s case of rebuilding his Danish holiday home.
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