ᐅ What features did you include in your house, and what did you decide to leave out?
Created on: 30 Jan 2015 14:18
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willWohnen
Hello,
When planning and building a house, you focus on the essentials and the budget. Some wishes get dropped along the way. But certain small luxuries or nice features are important to you, even if they are not strictly necessary, and you end up including them anyway.
For us, a heated conservatory was an unattainable dream. However, we treated ourselves to tiled, walk-in showers, even though they take up more space.
I would love to hear what you have given up and what you managed to include.
Best regards
When planning and building a house, you focus on the essentials and the budget. Some wishes get dropped along the way. But certain small luxuries or nice features are important to you, even if they are not strictly necessary, and you end up including them anyway.
For us, a heated conservatory was an unattainable dream. However, we treated ourselves to tiled, walk-in showers, even though they take up more space.
I would love to hear what you have given up and what you managed to include.
Best regards
W
willWohnen8 Feb 2015 21:47Thank you, EveundGerd, it’s good to know that the cost for the roller blinds might be partially recovered through heating savings.
@Bautraum2015: Do you have shutters that open outwards on hinges or those that roll on tracks in front of the window? Are they operated manually or electrically?
@Bautraum2015: Do you have shutters that open outwards on hinges or those that roll on tracks in front of the window? Are they operated manually or electrically?
willWohnen schrieb:
Thanks EveundGerd, it's good to know that the expense for the roller shutters might be partially offset by heating cost savings. I seriously doubt that. A roller shutter is ventilated with outside air behind it, so how is it supposed to insulate?
It provides heat protection through shading, sure, but it does not insulate.
Bautraum20158 Feb 2015 21:59We haven’t started anything yet @willWohnen, we are still in the planning phase. But we are considering traditional shutters, with the most important ones (those that are closed every evening) definitely electric, while the rest will be without any motorized operation.
EveundGerd8 Feb 2015 22:50One00 schrieb:
I seriously doubt that. A roller shutter is ventilated with outside air behind it, so how should it provide insulation? Heat protection through shading: sure, but it doesn’t insulate.We have experienced that rooms cooled down faster when the roller shutters were open. With the shutters closed, the rooms stayed warmer longer.
No joke! We actually tested this. However, this was in our older building, with plastic roller shutters and double glazing in aluminum frames from 1975.
Whether this still applies to the shutters used today, we cannot say yet. We’re currently working on the interior, but still at the beginning. The design of roller shutters has changed quite a bit over time.
Bautraum20158 Feb 2015 22:53And the window glazing as well. Triple glazing is almost standard nowadays.
Oh, interesting question, I’ll join in as well:
We treated ourselves to:
- a large open-plan kitchen and living area
- 2 masonry showers
- an additional bathroom for the kids
- a converted attic with a proper staircase
- electric roller shutters everywhere
- integrated insect screens in the bedroom windows
- a higher knee wall (1.50 m (5 feet))
- a spacious hallway with room to move
- a separate room dedicated solely to the technical installations
- a tiled fireplace
and we gave up or had to give up on:
- a walk-in closet (*sob*)
- an unnecessary basement
- a nice garage (instead, just a carport—due to setback restrictions)
- integrated insect screens in the living room
- solar panels or photovoltaic system
We treated ourselves to:
- a large open-plan kitchen and living area
- 2 masonry showers
- an additional bathroom for the kids
- a converted attic with a proper staircase
- electric roller shutters everywhere
- integrated insect screens in the bedroom windows
- a higher knee wall (1.50 m (5 feet))
- a spacious hallway with room to move
- a separate room dedicated solely to the technical installations
- a tiled fireplace
and we gave up or had to give up on:
- a walk-in closet (*sob*)
- an unnecessary basement
- a nice garage (instead, just a carport—due to setback restrictions)
- integrated insect screens in the living room
- solar panels or photovoltaic system
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