ᐅ Which additional features are necessary or beneficial? Comparison with an existing property.
Created on: 14 Feb 2014 20:07
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Grym
Hello,
we are increasingly encountering features in the topic of house construction that some even consider essential, which we had not known about until now. So, we were not aware of what was missing in our current apartment.
How does a newly built single-family house differ from an existing property, in our case a renovated old building (historic villa)? What was important to me back then were large rooms, hardwood floors, an appealing staircase, a good neighborhood, etc.
When it comes to house construction, we now come across topics such as:
- KNX / home automation
- Mechanical ventilation with/without heat recovery
Other things I would like to list for completeness:
- Underfloor heating
- Electrically operated roller shutters
- Heat pump (instead of gas connection)
So, what are the things to consider or keep in mind compared to existing properties? And are these unnecessary, nice extras, or absolutely necessary? For example, mechanical ventilation was initially a no-go for me. Why would I need that—I’m not too stupid to open a window when the air feels stuffy. But more and more I read that mechanical ventilation is indispensable.
Also, looking at it differently: What should you pay attention to when comparing offers? Exterior walls and roof should hopefully be included in every “turnkey” offer. I want to exclude flooring and painting here. But things like KNX, mechanical ventilation, underfloor heating, electric roller shutters, and heat pumps are extras that are often not included in every “complete” offer.
we are increasingly encountering features in the topic of house construction that some even consider essential, which we had not known about until now. So, we were not aware of what was missing in our current apartment.
How does a newly built single-family house differ from an existing property, in our case a renovated old building (historic villa)? What was important to me back then were large rooms, hardwood floors, an appealing staircase, a good neighborhood, etc.
When it comes to house construction, we now come across topics such as:
- KNX / home automation
- Mechanical ventilation with/without heat recovery
Other things I would like to list for completeness:
- Underfloor heating
- Electrically operated roller shutters
- Heat pump (instead of gas connection)
So, what are the things to consider or keep in mind compared to existing properties? And are these unnecessary, nice extras, or absolutely necessary? For example, mechanical ventilation was initially a no-go for me. Why would I need that—I’m not too stupid to open a window when the air feels stuffy. But more and more I read that mechanical ventilation is indispensable.
Also, looking at it differently: What should you pay attention to when comparing offers? Exterior walls and roof should hopefully be included in every “turnkey” offer. I want to exclude flooring and painting here. But things like KNX, mechanical ventilation, underfloor heating, electric roller shutters, and heat pumps are extras that are often not included in every “complete” offer.
Yes, that's right, and there are so many possibilities... I already listed all sorts of things you can do/have in a similar thread here... let me look for it...
- Exterior blinds / shutters
- Larger / higher-quality interior doors
- Expandable electrical system
- Plenty of power outlets
- Roof styles / dormers
- Bus systems like KNX, etc.
- Waste disposers
- Wooden staircases
- Level-access showers
- Large bathtubs / corner bathtubs
- Electric aluminum roller shutters on all windows (ground floor + upper floor)
- Waste disposers
- 2x network sockets + 1x coaxial socket in every room
- Speaker cables inside the walls
- Power outlets at specific heights/locations (not just in the corners)
- Garden water connection on the terrace
- Rainwater harvesting
- Well
- Triple glazing and insulated windows
- Mushroom-head locks
- Window / door contacts
- Metal reinforcement in the front door
- Motorized lock
- Better roof tiles
- Weather station
- Alarm system
- Presence simulation
- Central controlled ventilation with heat recovery and possibly geothermal or brine-to-water heat exchanger
- Air conditioning for the summer
- Additional storey height
- Knee wall height increase
- Q3 or Q4 wall standards
- Lightning protection / surge protection
- Satellite system including socket in every room
- Chimney / fireplace / pellet stove
- Thicker roof beams
- Special cuts in roof beams
- Open / closed roof box
- Exposed roof truss
- Roof box color
- Exterior plaster variants / colors
- Brick cladding
- Base plaster / colored exposed aggregate plaster
- Fixed glazing
- Gutter shapes / types / materials
- Ridge shapes / types
- Window trim
- Window panes with muntins / in the windows
- Wooden exterior shutters
- Exterior window sills / material / shape / color
- Bay windows / conservatories
- Additional insulation (basement, floor slab, external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS), roof truss)
- Roof windows, possibly motorized to open/close
- Wall construction (with or without ETICS) timber frame / monolithic / house-in-house / prefabricated
- Heating system (underfloor / wall heating) gas / oil / heat pump / combined heat and power / district heating / pellets / solid fuel
- Heating technology (a topic on its own) with or without flow temperature regulation, hydraulic balancing, supply temperatures, controls
- Solar thermal or photovoltaic systems, types of storage
- Hot water generation via solar thermal, heating, photovoltaic or combinations, size of water storage
- Colored lighting
- Suspended ceilings
- Various sensors distributed throughout the house
That is what I wrote back then and what I still remember now... but there is even more possible...
- Exterior blinds / shutters
- Larger / higher-quality interior doors
- Expandable electrical system
- Plenty of power outlets
- Roof styles / dormers
- Bus systems like KNX, etc.
- Waste disposers
- Wooden staircases
- Level-access showers
- Large bathtubs / corner bathtubs
- Electric aluminum roller shutters on all windows (ground floor + upper floor)
- Waste disposers
- 2x network sockets + 1x coaxial socket in every room
- Speaker cables inside the walls
- Power outlets at specific heights/locations (not just in the corners)
- Garden water connection on the terrace
- Rainwater harvesting
- Well
- Triple glazing and insulated windows
- Mushroom-head locks
- Window / door contacts
- Metal reinforcement in the front door
- Motorized lock
- Better roof tiles
- Weather station
- Alarm system
- Presence simulation
- Central controlled ventilation with heat recovery and possibly geothermal or brine-to-water heat exchanger
- Air conditioning for the summer
- Additional storey height
- Knee wall height increase
- Q3 or Q4 wall standards
- Lightning protection / surge protection
- Satellite system including socket in every room
- Chimney / fireplace / pellet stove
- Thicker roof beams
- Special cuts in roof beams
- Open / closed roof box
- Exposed roof truss
- Roof box color
- Exterior plaster variants / colors
- Brick cladding
- Base plaster / colored exposed aggregate plaster
- Fixed glazing
- Gutter shapes / types / materials
- Ridge shapes / types
- Window trim
- Window panes with muntins / in the windows
- Wooden exterior shutters
- Exterior window sills / material / shape / color
- Bay windows / conservatories
- Additional insulation (basement, floor slab, external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS), roof truss)
- Roof windows, possibly motorized to open/close
- Wall construction (with or without ETICS) timber frame / monolithic / house-in-house / prefabricated
- Heating system (underfloor / wall heating) gas / oil / heat pump / combined heat and power / district heating / pellets / solid fuel
- Heating technology (a topic on its own) with or without flow temperature regulation, hydraulic balancing, supply temperatures, controls
- Solar thermal or photovoltaic systems, types of storage
- Hot water generation via solar thermal, heating, photovoltaic or combinations, size of water storage
- Colored lighting
- Suspended ceilings
- Various sensors distributed throughout the house
That is what I wrote back then and what I still remember now... but there is even more possible...
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