Grym
2017-10-23 20:49:53
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But if you have no special requests and a white plastic window is good enough: then you will find that these are stocked in hardware stores. And there are standard stock sizes, e.g. 110 cm width (outer frame dimension, for rough opening 113.5 cm) is frequently requested.
How many home builders do you know who bought their windows at the hardware store?
The statement is quite correct, there is no standard size. It certainly makes sense to order several windows of the same size, which can bring slight cost advantages. Above all, it looks better.
But for a normal new single-family house, there is no standard size and usually no hardware store products. Larger elements eventually become disproportionately expensive because installation is difficult. That is why there are often these 1.50 - 1.75 meter "wide" patio doors...
And again, when it comes to windows, there are countless variants, starting with the number of mushroom cams (8-12, depending on the size of the window, would be good), the color or laminated safety glass and special fittings, which e.g. cannot be drilled out and resist force from outside. Lockable fittings or fittings with push buttons. Flat thresholds at patio exits. Then don’t forget the gutter. RAL installation with sealing tapes is hopefully standard nowadays?
Or with electric blinds there are mechanical-electric ones (2 switches next to each other), electronic ones (short tap and they run to the end position), those with timers or further automation or a KNX solution.
Karsten had already written something like this once:
- Take white windows without extras from Poland
- no (!) blinds
and I don’t know if Karsten is also of the opinion, but here you can also save:
- no satellite dish, there is IPTV from Telekom anyway (or more and more households are completely giving up TV)
- WLAN instead of LAN
- fewer sockets, there are distributors and extension cords
- standard sanitary equipment
- IKEA kitchen with IKEA appliances; preferably kitchen separated, then cheap fronts can be used
- concrete roof tiles instead of clay roof tiles
- window rebate ventilation instead of ventilation system
etc. etc. etc.
Regarding resale, it depends on the location: in a good location you can really invest. In a less demanded location you can’t get everything back anyway.
Heating radiators definitely reduce the value disproportionately compared to underfloor heating nowadays. Definitely no one will appreciate your special tile taste either. But with tiles the extra costs are limited anyway. If you have to lay 25 sqm (bathroom floor and partly walls) and the tile costs 10 EUR more, then it is only 250 EUR extra cost.
Kitchen, bathroom, floor coverings, tiles, etc. are fittings and are mostly never fully priced in at resale. But things like circulation, underfloor heating, geothermal drilling, all components, clay roof tiles, electrical systems (as far as appropriate; no one pays KNX surcharges when buying existing buildings, but network and electric blinds/raffstores definitely increase the value of the house) etc. belong to the building fabric and definitely affect the price, as far as you sell or have to sell in a sought-after location.