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
B
Bieber08152 Feb 2015 19:12Bautraum2015 schrieb:
We have planned an 11 sqm (120 sq ft) bathroom upstairs and a 4 sqm (43 sq ft) bathroom downstairs. Such expansive living spaces are environmentally actually a disaster *SCNR* We expect (if the purchase eventually goes through) to have two bathrooms of 4 sqm (43 sq ft) each. One will be enlarged; one will have a shower, the other a bathtub. We wouldn’t want to give up the bathtub, even though at least I personally almost exclusively shower—hopefully soon standing in a walk-in shower.
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willWohnen2 Feb 2015 20:28To save water: Modern house construction is environmentally disastrous anyway. The production and use of cement/mortar and concrete consume an enormous amount of water. If you really want to save water, you need to build with clay-straw walls and/or reuse old stones and lime, without cement or concrete foundations. Or just live in the forest with unwashed dreadlocks and a composting toilet.
By the way, for me, a bathtub doesn’t necessarily mean a full bath. These example calculations usually compare a bathtub filled to the brim with a two-minute shower using a small showerhead… Hopefully, this isn’t one of those golden environmental calves like glass bottles that are transported back and forth with lots of gasoline.
Still, I think it’s good when people at least think about the environment!
By the way, for me, a bathtub doesn’t necessarily mean a full bath. These example calculations usually compare a bathtub filled to the brim with a two-minute shower using a small showerhead… Hopefully, this isn’t one of those golden environmental calves like glass bottles that are transported back and forth with lots of gasoline.
Still, I think it’s good when people at least think about the environment!
Bautraum20152 Feb 2015 23:10Ultimately, every environmentally friendly measure means living a dreadlock life in the forest (e.g., vegetarianism—no animal products—vegan—no leather—no makeup—no home remedies—no house → forest), but that’s not the topic here. I just don’t like bathtubs and prefer to be showered by a rain-type large shower. Back to the topic.
Another "luxury" we will allow ourselves:
An oak staircase in the basement and the upper floor. We find those tiled concrete ones terrible.
Another "luxury" we will allow ourselves:
An oak staircase in the basement and the upper floor. We find those tiled concrete ones terrible.
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willWohnen2 Feb 2015 23:18Oh, nice, an oak staircase. We also have a wooden staircase, but only made from the cheapest wood available (beech).
Honestly, with the first contractor we asked for a quote, a wooden staircase was just included as standard. Maybe they had cheaper craftsmen for that than if they had to manufacture and deliver a concrete staircase? Is a concrete staircase always cheaper than wood? I have no idea.
Oak definitely sounds like a good wood. Durable.
Honestly, with the first contractor we asked for a quote, a wooden staircase was just included as standard. Maybe they had cheaper craftsmen for that than if they had to manufacture and deliver a concrete staircase? Is a concrete staircase always cheaper than wood? I have no idea.
Oak definitely sounds like a good wood. Durable.
Then I want to join in as well. I’m currently building, and constantly asking myself: "Do I really need this?"
What I treated myself to:
- A corner plot with the option for two terraces facing south and west
- "On top of the hill," a nice view in three directions, with one side directly overlooking fields
- One lift-and-slide door and four double patio doors in the living area
- Flat roof bay window
- Only floor-to-ceiling windows in the attic
- Light bus system. Homematic.
- 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft), definitely too large for two people. But we’re actively working on it...
- 9 x 6 m (29.5 x 19.7 ft) double garage
- Access from the garage to the house
- 10 minutes to the highway
I really didn’t give up anything, but it would have been nice to have:
- The house oriented to the south instead of west, so we would get more afternoon sun in the living room
- A cantilevered staircase. Unfortunately realized too late
- KNX with the full system
- Factory-installed switching contacts in the windows
- Lots of new furniture. For now, we still have to make do with the old
I think we are well set up.
Cheers, torsan
What I treated myself to:
- A corner plot with the option for two terraces facing south and west
- "On top of the hill," a nice view in three directions, with one side directly overlooking fields
- One lift-and-slide door and four double patio doors in the living area
- Flat roof bay window
- Only floor-to-ceiling windows in the attic
- Light bus system. Homematic.
- 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft), definitely too large for two people. But we’re actively working on it...
- 9 x 6 m (29.5 x 19.7 ft) double garage
- Access from the garage to the house
- 10 minutes to the highway
I really didn’t give up anything, but it would have been nice to have:
- The house oriented to the south instead of west, so we would get more afternoon sun in the living room
- A cantilevered staircase. Unfortunately realized too late
- KNX with the full system
- Factory-installed switching contacts in the windows
- Lots of new furniture. For now, we still have to make do with the old
I think we are well set up.
Cheers, torsan
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