ᐅ Solid wood house / partial self-construction, wall structure / differences

Good morning,

I am new here... and also new to the topic of “building a house.”

My wife and I have already read quite a bit, but we are not professionals.

We want to build a healthy single-family wooden house for our family of four.

The choice between wood and stone is no longer a question for us. It will clearly be wood.

Until now, we thought it would be a solid wood house. At first, a modern log house, but after further research, we have now settled on Holz 100 or rather “Only Wood” by Rombach.

After several discussions with general contractors, carpenters, etc., we finally consulted an architect (it would then be KfW 40 standard) who told us that we would be better off with a wood frame construction.

We are generally aware of the differences, but we are not really sure and would be very grateful for your opinions.

Especially the technical pros and cons regarding energy efficiency, building ecology, wall construction...

We are planning a 130sqm (1400 sq ft) single-family house with 4 bedrooms plus a spare room... and of course kitchen and other rooms. No basement. The plot is already owned. Heating should be provided only by a masonry heater. Hot water with an on-demand water heater + photovoltaics. (If necessary, infrared heating).

The budget is clearly set at 210,000 EUR for everything. That will be challenging, of course, but we have several craftsmen in the family and plan to do quite a bit of the work ourselves.

Thank you very much...

Ralf