ᐅ Two-Story Single-Family Home with Double Carport in Buxtehude

Dear forum,

After months of reading and discussing here in the forum, where I have gained a lot, I would now like to give something back and share our now quite concrete plans with you.

Primarily, this thread is meant to introduce you to our house project rather than to clarify any open questions, but of course, we always welcome feedback – because change is the only constant 🙂

So, on to the building project 😎

We purchased a plot of land in the lovely town of Buxtehude (yes, it really exists) in Lower Saxony, south of Hamburg. Attached you will find an overview of the plots in this small new development area, and we can call number 16 ours.

We plan to build a detached single-family house on this plot. Our original wish was to build a classic townhouse-style villa, but unfortunately, the existing building plans with their many restrictions did not align with our desires. After further research and a lot of inspiration, we have now arrived at the planned design, which meets all our requirements (as much as realistically possible) and makes us happy. The path was not always easy – but the result counts 😀
You can find the house details in the attachments (floor plans and elevations), so here are just a few notes about our requirements:

Basement, number of floors: 2 floors with as few sloped ceilings as possible, no basement
Number of occupants, ages: Married couple, both age 30, no children (2 planned in the future)
Room requirements on ground and upper floors: Can be seen in the floor plan, all requirements were incorporated
Office: family use or home office? Combination of a small home office, used occasionally (about 2x per month), and also usable as a guest room
Number of overnight guests per year: 1-2 per month
Conservative or modern construction style: Modern, but not futuristic
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open, but not fully visible from the living area
Number of dining seats: At least 8
Fireplace: No
Music/stereo wall: What’s that? Probably not needed 🙂
Balcony or roof terrace: No
Garage or carport: Double carport – priority D
Utility garden, greenhouse: Not desired
Other wishes/special features/daily routine: Dressing room with a separate entrance so different wake-up times do not disturb each other

House design
Who designed it: Collaboration between us and the general contractor
What do we like particularly? Where should I start? 😀 Actually everything
What don’t we like? The only wish left is a larger utility/storage room. Otherwise, everything is perfect.
Cost estimate by architect/planner: 300,000 Euros
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: 325,000 Euros
Preferred heating system: Gas

I hope you find this post interesting; I will be happy to keep you updated on further progress.

Best regards,
Sascha aus H

I like it .. I would move in too grrr.

Did I mention that I play Doppelkopf every three months in Buxte?
Interesting area where you are building 🙂
Details on the floor plan later.

Regards

Are there affordable plots of land in the outskirts of Hamburg? Wow.....

Off the top of my head, I don’t have much to complain about, except for a double carport designed for tandem parking??? No way, if at all possible I would change that to side-by-side parking, because according to Murphy’s law, the blocked-in car always has to move out first...

The storage room on the upper floor is quite narrow and therefore not usable in terms of depth.

The walk-in closet is nicely large, but I would question whether it really needs to be that big and whether the bay window is the right place for it.

Otherwise, I think the floor plan is pretty good.

I'm not moving to Buxtehude^^