City villa or classic gabled roof house? Advantages? Costs?

Hello,

- "1.75-storey"

Interesting description - especially when you consider that, according to building regulations, there are only I-, II- or multi-storey buildings

Rhenish greetings

(3) New idea: - flat gable roof with 25-35 degree roof pitch - "1.75-storey" - 1.80-2.60 m knee wall, attic studio built up to the gable height - Gable: vertical full-format windows - Eaves: horizontal bands of light under the eaves e.g. Schwörerhaus show home in Fellbach near Stuttgart or Fingerhaus show home in Hannover

Great idea!!!

I had only suggested that twice before, but I guess it didn't catch on, or:

Hello, acquaintances of ours have a knee wall of 2.10 m. thus plenty of space for normal windows and room arrangements and still a gable roof. The attic is not developed but has an exposed roof truss, which feels very cozy due to the wood cladding. No "ouch-ouch feeling" when standing under the slope there

That's why I gave the example of our acquaintances: With a room height of 2.10 m, it is already considered a full storey, even though it is not a complete floor. But that might be a compromise. No dormers or roof windows would be needed because usually windows can also fit into the eaves side here.

In our house, we have a knee wall of 1.80 m, inside with floor coverings we now have about 1.65 m. In hindsight, I find that too low because we really lose one side for placing furniture.

But we also have so-called "knee wall windows" upstairs, which give us additional light. (see avatar)

Sometimes I wonder whether all the answers are really read or simply ignored.

And yes, then I get a bit grumpy.

(3) New idea: - flat gable roof with 25-35 degree roof pitch - "1.75-story" - 1.80-2.60 m knee wall, attic studio fully developed up to the gable - gable: vertical windows in full format - eaves: horizontal bands of light under the eaves e.g. Schwörerhaus show house in Fellbach near Stuttgart or Fingerhaus show house in Hannover

Well, that's out of the question for us. We definitely don't want to convert the roof; after all, we're building with a basement. The house will definitely have the eaves facing forward because, due to the plot layout (approx. 20x30m), I want to build as wide and as shallow as possible so there’s more garden left.

I absolutely do not want large window areas in the gables, especially no floor-to-ceiling ones. You would just be looking at the 2.5-story neighboring building (on both sides). That’s why I definitely want big windows at the front and back. Our plot is non-buildable at the back. The street side is also okay; it is very wide, and the opposite building still has a large front yard and is only 1.5 stories. You don’t get the feeling of looking straight into the neighbor’s room.

Jaydee, sorry that I haven’t responded to your posts! I wasn’t quite sure how to say in a charming way that I don’t like a visible roof truss ops:.

I think it will probably end up being a "city villa" style after all; my husband is quite enthusiastic about that, too.

"Stadtvilla" is not a new invention either; I grew up in such a house from the 1920s. I always found the rooms with sloping ceilings at friends' houses very cramped as a child. (Probably a matter of getting used to) We are building rectangular, with two full floors and a gable roof at 30 degrees on top. It would also fit your neighboring buildings and not look so small in between. If you want it to look a bit "cozier" from the outside, you can compensate for that with a larger roof overhang.