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!
O
Obstlerbaum12 Sep 2018 08:53kaho674 schrieb:
OT: I’m surprised that men want a home theater. I don’t know any man in my whole family who enjoys watching movies. Football—okay. But the World Cup isn’t on all the time. So what do the men watch there? Adult films? That’s what I call a woman with imagination. Just because the men in your family don’t want to watch Rosamunde Pilcher on Sunday evenings doesn’t mean they have no interest in films...
opalau schrieb:
I think that varies a lot. I, along with most of my friends, can't really get into football, but we enjoy watching good movies and series quite often. If I had the money (and the time to make good use of it), a home theater would definitely be on my list. Absolutely! Football is really boring, does anyone still watch it??Netflix and good movies, I'm all in. I think huge LED TVs are more than enough; I don't need a projector.
Obstlerbaum schrieb:
That’s what I call a woman with imagination. Just because the men in your family don’t want to watch Rosamunde Pilcher on Sunday evenings doesn’t mean they have no interest in films... Then I must really be unlucky with the men around here. They don’t watch crime shows, action, or science fiction – nothing at all. The only thing they occasionally watch are news and documentaries about various excavation sites – endlessly. I’m starting to hate those documentaries. Soon I’ll know every stone from ancient times in every country. Who keeps funding those? And above all, what are we supposed to do with all that old stuff?
O
Obstlerbaum12 Sep 2018 09:49kaho674 schrieb:
They don’t watch crime shows, action movies, or science fiction—nothing at all. The only thing that occasionally plays are news programs and documentaries about some excavation sites—endlessly. Hmm... this seems to me like a generational issue.
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Steffen8012 Sep 2018 09:57Bookstar schrieb:
Absolutely! Soccer is totally boring, does anyone still watch it??
Netflix and good movies, I'm all in for that. I think huge LED TVs are more than enough, I don't need a projector.I hope you mean OLED.... no one watches LED anymore.
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Steffen8012 Sep 2018 09:59My wife and I are total binge-watchers and also enjoy all kinds of movies in a big and loud way. Before we had kids, we used to go to the cinema about three times a month... nowadays, the cinema experience is just at home. Great Atmos sound isn’t really available in cinemas anyway, and the picture quality on a Sony A1 (with HDR) is already better than in the cinema. Tip: The latest Transformers movie in 4K with HDR and Atmos... really AMAZING! I’ve already watched it three times at home.
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