Hello everyone,
My wife, my daughter, and I are looking to build our own home (single-family house). We might have a second child in the future. The house will be built in the postal code area 77XXX. Since I have a very time-consuming job and I’m not very skilled with DIY work, I want to have the whole project delivered as move-in ready as possible, without too much coordination effort. What is the best way to achieve this?
Our requirements:
- 5 rooms with two bathrooms that have showers (children’s bathroom)
- This summer showed me that I don’t want to build a house without cooling. I’m open regarding the cooling concept, but I have heard good things about heat pumps including a cooling function plus a photovoltaic system. What are sensible options? Underfloor heating / wall heating / ceiling cooling?
- A complicated/individual ground floor layout because I want to integrate a home cinema (my hobby) into the living room. Cooperation with the home cinema installer will also be necessary. If anyone has experience with how to manage this, I would appreciate any advice.
- Lighting and roller shutters should be smart. Here the question arises whether to go for retrofit solutions (Philips Hue) or a bus system like KNX combined with home automation such as RTI or Control4?
- No specific requirements regarding the exterior design. I would also consider a mono-pitched roof to install a full photovoltaic system facing south and keep the rest of the building simple, square, and practical.
- Avoid sloped ceilings upstairs, which also speaks in favor of a mono-pitched or hipped roof (urban villa style).
How should all this be financed?
He: net income 5,500 € (tendency rising)
She: net income 800 € (we don’t count on this, since a second child might be coming)
Equity: 30,000 € saved within one year. Within the next few years, there might also be an inheritance of 250,000 €. I would consider buying a suitable plot now even without much equity and use the remaining money/inheritance for additional loan repayments. What do you think about that?
Best regards!
My wife, my daughter, and I are looking to build our own home (single-family house). We might have a second child in the future. The house will be built in the postal code area 77XXX. Since I have a very time-consuming job and I’m not very skilled with DIY work, I want to have the whole project delivered as move-in ready as possible, without too much coordination effort. What is the best way to achieve this?
Our requirements:
- 5 rooms with two bathrooms that have showers (children’s bathroom)
- This summer showed me that I don’t want to build a house without cooling. I’m open regarding the cooling concept, but I have heard good things about heat pumps including a cooling function plus a photovoltaic system. What are sensible options? Underfloor heating / wall heating / ceiling cooling?
- A complicated/individual ground floor layout because I want to integrate a home cinema (my hobby) into the living room. Cooperation with the home cinema installer will also be necessary. If anyone has experience with how to manage this, I would appreciate any advice.
- Lighting and roller shutters should be smart. Here the question arises whether to go for retrofit solutions (Philips Hue) or a bus system like KNX combined with home automation such as RTI or Control4?
- No specific requirements regarding the exterior design. I would also consider a mono-pitched roof to install a full photovoltaic system facing south and keep the rest of the building simple, square, and practical.
- Avoid sloped ceilings upstairs, which also speaks in favor of a mono-pitched or hipped roof (urban villa style).
How should all this be financed?
He: net income 5,500 € (tendency rising)
She: net income 800 € (we don’t count on this, since a second child might be coming)
Equity: 30,000 € saved within one year. Within the next few years, there might also be an inheritance of 250,000 €. I would consider buying a suitable plot now even without much equity and use the remaining money/inheritance for additional loan repayments. What do you think about that?
Best regards!
So now it’s getting interesting. I guess no one will believe me, but as life goes, there’s an update. Yesterday our landlords informed us that they might have to terminate the lease due to personal use starting in August 2019. So the clock is ticking now. The situation for rental apartments and houses here is absolutely bad. There simply isn’t anything available—neither expensive nor cheap, just nothing at all.
Another factor: plots of land are also very scarce.
So here’s the idea: there are prefab house providers that offer plots of land as well. We plan to build a prefab house once again, more or less cheaply, as a practice run. That means KNX, home cinema, and so on are off the table. New requirements: 5 rooms and a garden, and it shouldn’t leak when it rains. The plots are from Schwabenhaus and Living Haus. I just sent inquiries to Living Haus and Schwabenhaus. Do you think it’s realistic to have a house ready in time?
Does anyone know these providers?
How long do prefab houses usually last? The plan would be to build a second house with the desired extras later and rent out the prefab house.
Best regards!
Another factor: plots of land are also very scarce.
So here’s the idea: there are prefab house providers that offer plots of land as well. We plan to build a prefab house once again, more or less cheaply, as a practice run. That means KNX, home cinema, and so on are off the table. New requirements: 5 rooms and a garden, and it shouldn’t leak when it rains. The plots are from Schwabenhaus and Living Haus. I just sent inquiries to Living Haus and Schwabenhaus. Do you think it’s realistic to have a house ready in time?
Does anyone know these providers?
How long do prefab houses usually last? The plan would be to build a second house with the desired extras later and rent out the prefab house.
Best regards!
Stay away from bundled deals; they are not recommended. The plots of land are usually used as bait to secure the house construction contract.
Most of the time, you won’t find anything beyond what is available on the usual portals. They currently cannot (and do not want to) work any miracles.
Most of the time, you won’t find anything beyond what is available on the usual portals. They currently cannot (and do not want to) work any miracles.
Inside the house in less than a year from the initial inquiry? Probably not. With modular home providers, the time saved on the shell construction is often spent on the waiting list (finishing work doesn’t necessarily go faster than with a conventional masonry house). If you had a plot, maybe (candidate: Viebrockhaus, if they build in your area). Does Deutsche Reihenhaus currently have a project for sale in the region? Or other developer projects, of course.
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