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
willWohnen15 Jun 2015 17:56Hello @Vitalio, it seems you really didn't skip anything, haha.
I'm not familiar with flush baseboards at all. Would you take the trouble to upload a photo of them here?
I'm not familiar with flush baseboards at all. Would you take the trouble to upload a photo of them here?
Alright, here we go….
We are treating ourselves to:
- 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) clear ceiling height on the ground floor, 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in) on the upper floor
- Gallery with cathedral ceiling on the upper floor
- Gable with oval-shaped windows
- Roof terrace (which was practically unavoidable from a building permit / planning permission perspective)
- Separate children’s bathroom on the upper floor
- Partial folding shutters on the upper floor
- Walk-in tiled showers
- Towel radiators
- Concrete staircase from basement to upper floor with oak treads, wooden posts, and omega handrail
- Large kitchen/dining area (36 sqm (387 sq ft)) with kitchen island
- Country-style fireplace
- Meranti wood windows with P4A glazing and RCN2 locking system
- Electric roller shutters on the ground floor
- Wooden front door with glass inserts (left / right and transom window)
- Herholz paneled doors
- free@Home bus system
- Brick-built double garage (with hip/gable roof) with mudroom and storage space
- Partial finished basement (fully underfloor heated, partly wood-effect vinyl) including guest room and bathroom
- Security grilles for light wells
- Jacobi clay roof tiles
- 42.5 cm (17 inch) solid aerated concrete blocks
- Daylight spotlights in the gallery
We decided not to include:
- Walk-in closet
- Many other things that would have been possible… but honestly, we are already being quite ambitious with size anyway.
We are treating ourselves to:
- 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) clear ceiling height on the ground floor, 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in) on the upper floor
- Gallery with cathedral ceiling on the upper floor
- Gable with oval-shaped windows
- Roof terrace (which was practically unavoidable from a building permit / planning permission perspective)
- Separate children’s bathroom on the upper floor
- Partial folding shutters on the upper floor
- Walk-in tiled showers
- Towel radiators
- Concrete staircase from basement to upper floor with oak treads, wooden posts, and omega handrail
- Large kitchen/dining area (36 sqm (387 sq ft)) with kitchen island
- Country-style fireplace
- Meranti wood windows with P4A glazing and RCN2 locking system
- Electric roller shutters on the ground floor
- Wooden front door with glass inserts (left / right and transom window)
- Herholz paneled doors
- free@Home bus system
- Brick-built double garage (with hip/gable roof) with mudroom and storage space
- Partial finished basement (fully underfloor heated, partly wood-effect vinyl) including guest room and bathroom
- Security grilles for light wells
- Jacobi clay roof tiles
- 42.5 cm (17 inch) solid aerated concrete blocks
- Daylight spotlights in the gallery
We decided not to include:
- Walk-in closet
- Many other things that would have been possible… but honestly, we are already being quite ambitious with size anyway.
I have now read everything from start to finish and gathered many inspiring ideas – I’ll either try my luck with the lottery or approach a bank everywhere.
Seriously though: You can create a nice long list from all this and then put it in order to see what is absolutely essential and what you can most likely do without.
Seriously though: You can create a nice long list from all this and then put it in order to see what is absolutely essential and what you can most likely do without.
Bautraum201529 Jun 2015 13:57There are certain things that, if you are considering them, can only be done during the construction phase and cannot be changed later (or only with considerable effort). I’m thinking of flooring, doors, openings for natural light, and similar elements. Items that can be retrofitted are low on my list for that reason. Some highlights had to be completely removed because, in our view, the cost-benefit ratio was not convincing. So everyone ends up with an individual list of things they want or have.
As for the question, what do you really need?
My answer: a few walls, windows, a door would also be smart, and a roof.
As for the question, what do you really need?
My answer: a few walls, windows, a door would also be smart, and a roof.
That is certainly true. When looking at it from the perspective of "what you need," you could buy a young house from a broken family and save 100,000 EUR or 150,000 EUR, not to mention all the time and stress involved in planning and carrying out the construction of a house.
But "what you want" is about realizing your ideas and visions of comfort, luxury, and modern living as best as possible within the available budget.
There were many things included that I had already firmly noted, many things that seem “normal” nowadays, but also many things I hadn’t thought of before. The smaller details are especially interesting, whether it’s a rimless toilet or a wall switch that turns off all entertainment electronics. Thanks to the suggestions here, I can also clearly see the potential to quickly spend an additional 50,000 EUR, so I thought having a list would be very helpful for me.
But "what you want" is about realizing your ideas and visions of comfort, luxury, and modern living as best as possible within the available budget.
There were many things included that I had already firmly noted, many things that seem “normal” nowadays, but also many things I hadn’t thought of before. The smaller details are especially interesting, whether it’s a rimless toilet or a wall switch that turns off all entertainment electronics. Thanks to the suggestions here, I can also clearly see the potential to quickly spend an additional 50,000 EUR, so I thought having a list would be very helpful for me.
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