Hello, my wife and I plan to build next year and have found a suitable plot (704 sqm (7,570 sq ft), 18.5 m (61 ft) wide, facing south) where we are only allowed to build a single-story house.
Our house concept is a gable roof with the highest possible knee wall (about 150 cm (59 inches), 25-degree slope) and a transverse gable facing south and the garden.
We have now found a provider who made us the following offer with the following floor plan and specifications:
- Single-family house with approx. 170 sqm (1,830 sq ft) of living space
- Upper floor with floor-to-ceiling windows
- Utility room with entrance door
- Double doors to the living room
- Roof overhang at the eaves approx. 80 cm (31 inches) and at the gable approx. 30 cm (12 inches)
- Insulation according to KfW 70 standard (two-layer, 45 cm (18 inches) wall thickness with brick facade)
- Windows with triple glazing, colored on the outside, u-value = 0.7 W/m²K
- Electric roller shutters in the bedrooms
- Guest toilet with shower
- Roof covering with engobed clay tiles Nelskamp F 7
- Patio doors with new-build threshold
- Underfloor heating on ground and upper floors
- Ventilation system with heat recovery and central heat exchanger Vallox type controlled residential ventilation - SC with integrated summer bypass in the utility room, 4-stage controller Vallox VSS, duct system for supply and exhaust air
- Velux (roof windows)
Otherwise, tiles in the usual rooms; painting and other flooring work are additional. The total cost for the house is 195,000 euros!
I have the following questions:
Can you comment on the price? Does anything stand out? (I know this is not a complete list.)
Do I need a solar system for domestic hot water (which is included in the purchase price), or can I remove it and still meet the KfW 70 standard?
Here are the floor plans:
I look forward to your comments ...
Our house concept is a gable roof with the highest possible knee wall (about 150 cm (59 inches), 25-degree slope) and a transverse gable facing south and the garden.
We have now found a provider who made us the following offer with the following floor plan and specifications:
- Single-family house with approx. 170 sqm (1,830 sq ft) of living space
- Upper floor with floor-to-ceiling windows
- Utility room with entrance door
- Double doors to the living room
- Roof overhang at the eaves approx. 80 cm (31 inches) and at the gable approx. 30 cm (12 inches)
- Insulation according to KfW 70 standard (two-layer, 45 cm (18 inches) wall thickness with brick facade)
- Windows with triple glazing, colored on the outside, u-value = 0.7 W/m²K
- Electric roller shutters in the bedrooms
- Guest toilet with shower
- Roof covering with engobed clay tiles Nelskamp F 7
- Patio doors with new-build threshold
- Underfloor heating on ground and upper floors
- Ventilation system with heat recovery and central heat exchanger Vallox type controlled residential ventilation - SC with integrated summer bypass in the utility room, 4-stage controller Vallox VSS, duct system for supply and exhaust air
- Velux (roof windows)
Otherwise, tiles in the usual rooms; painting and other flooring work are additional. The total cost for the house is 195,000 euros!
I have the following questions:
Can you comment on the price? Does anything stand out? (I know this is not a complete list.)
Do I need a solar system for domestic hot water (which is included in the purchase price), or can I remove it and still meet the KfW 70 standard?
Here are the floor plans:
I look forward to your comments ...
W
Wanderdüne27 Nov 2013 23:41hetjam9 schrieb:
So,
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What’s wrong with a quarter-turn staircase?
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Can you think of any improvements?
RegardsI prefer straight stairs, and I also like stairs that make a statement rather than being inconspicuous.
In this case, the staircase is located right at the main entrance and thus in the area where dirt is tracked in, which may bother some people…
Making improvements to a floor plan is always challenging because if you change the stairs, everything else changes as well.
You also have to consider the surroundings; here, I could imagine a building design that takes the length of the lot into account.
Best regards
WD
Wanderdüne schrieb:
I prefer straight staircases, and I also like stairs that are designed to make a statement rather than being plain.Just because someone has a personal preference doesn’t make it better or worse. For me, a staircase is a functional element that should ideally be unobtrusive. I wouldn’t design it to stand out – but that’s just my opinion.
@hetjam9: A little advice for you as a future homeowner: Try to get as many references as possible from the builder and talk to those people. They can usually give you very detailed information about any issues with that provider. That way, you’ll know what to expect from your builder. For example, in our construction specifications, it stated that a site container would be provided by the factory. The container was emptied four times during our project – this wasn’t specified, but it shows the quality of a good builder: they empty it as often as needed. Other homeowners who have worked with your builder will immediately know about such details (especially if they would involve additional costs).
W
Wanderdüne28 Nov 2013 11:15Wastl schrieb:
Just because someone personally prefers something doesn’t make it better or worse. Exactly, that’s why I asked in an earlier post whether this staircase is really what was intended.
Many homeowners see a staircase as a given, but in a new build it is, of course, basically fully customizable.
In this project, however, it cannot be changed—the issue with the first step remains and must be accepted.
Regards
WD