AxelH.
2022-07-13 13:24:38
- #1
We are already very excited! ... and a few more words because this is so requested here ... ;)I will soon send you a few floor plans as well.
Construction of an approximately 190 sqm city villa in Hessen (Wetteraukreis)
- Erstellt am 2022-07-10 17:36:31
Neubau2022
2022-07-13 13:32:13
- #2
Well, let's put it this way, the topic of controlled residential ventilation is discussed very controversially here. I can only report from my experiences. And they say: mandatory program. The tighter the house, the greater the need for air exchange, especially in the seasons when the balcony door is not always open. And probably no one likes to walk through the whole house twice a day to ventilate. Not to mention the air you find without controlled residential ventilation after a three-week vacation in your beloved home.
Heat recovery remains a topic regardless of how I heat the house. The heat should stay inside. And it doesn’t matter how it was generated.
Don't forget to use a controlled residential ventilation system with an enthalpy heat exchanger. Then you won’t have the problem with dry air.
Neubau2022
2022-07-13 13:47:45
- #3
Mold should not occur even without [Kontrollierte-Wohnraumlüftung]. Try to get lime plaster as interior plaster or at least a portion of the plaster should be lime. It is a natural mold protection.
AxelH.
2022-07-13 13:52:09
- #4
And then apply silicate paint. Protects as well.Mould should not occur even without controlled residential ventilation. Try to get lime plaster as interior plaster or at least a portion of the plaster should be lime. It is a natural mould protection.
Dribbdebach
2022-07-13 13:54:25
- #5
Mold should not occur even without controlled residential ventilation. Try to get lime plaster as interior plaster or at least part of the plaster should be lime. It is a natural mold protection.
"The Liapor walls are, upon request, affordably machine-plastered on one side at the factory. On the other side, a filler plaster is applied on the construction site." The construction performance description doesn't offer much on that. I’m requesting the lime plaster, thanks!
Machine application might also deliver a nice, uniform appearance? Or does it have an advantage on site?
Dribbdebach
2022-07-30 16:18:19
- #6
Dear community,
here is our current draft. It is a compromise between wishes and budget constraints, but we would implement it in this form. Only the “corners” of the guest room are still a thorn in my side, but that would probably only be fixed with more floor area.
Development plan/restrictions
Size of the plot 753 sqm
Slope: No
Floor area ratio 0.3
Gross floor area ratio 0.6
Building window, building line and border: 5m distance to the street
Edge development: Garage possible on neighbor boundary
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: Two full floors
Roof shape: All common roof shapes are allowed. Green roofs required under 10° pitch.
Style: No special features
Orientation: Our address is the street on the south side. We want to place our house quite far in the northern part of the plot. Access is then via the north side, and the front door is there, and the garden lies in the south. Building authority and land company have no objections.
Maximum heights/limits: Top of building 9.5m
Further requirements: cistern obligation, heat pumps inside
Owners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: City villa with hipped roof
Basement, floors: No basement, two full floors
Number of persons, ages: Four (40, 38, 7, 5)
Room requirements on ground floor, upper floor: see floor plan. We have removed the dressing room, otherwise it should basically remain as is.
Office: Family use or home office? Both.
Guests per year: regularly on weekends
Open or closed architecture: open kitchen, large living/dining area, otherwise classic room layout.
Conservative or modern construction: a matter of taste – rather modern, but no extravagant plans because of budget reasons.
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen, tendency toward cooking island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: No
Music/stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: double garage, but probably built later.
Utility garden, greenhouse: I grow fruits and vegetables, but more for pleasure, not for food security.
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should not be:
I like extravagant houses, but that doesn’t fit the budget, so rather classic construction. To avoid it being too boring, there is an oriel and a platform with columns at the front of the house (maybe a very slight touch of Roman style). Many floor-to-ceiling windows facing south. More glass fronts would be nice, but we set other priorities there. The living/dining area in L-shape was still planned – then there would have been an “extension” toward the garden for the dining area and outside a seating area for the terrace. But we omitted that because the house became too big overall.
The exterior appearance should be as harmonious as possible. Straight lines and symmetry are important to me. The shape and arrangement of the windows should meet these wishes but also create a nice spatial feeling inside.
Kitchen & living area should be the central place of the building, so we wanted to reserve as much space as possible there. Office on the ground floor for flexible working hours. A straight, single-flight staircase or a two-flight U-shaped staircase with a turning platform are our clear favorites.
Initially, we had a parent area on the upper floor with bedroom/dressing room/parent bathroom. Then the second bathroom was at the end of the corridor – we didn’t like that and changed it as shown. With dressing room, the bedroom would visually be too small for us. Also, opening the bathrooms for everyone in the house is more sensible.
Removing the guest room would significantly improve the floor plan – but we want to keep the room for several reasons. Family visits are planned at least every other weekend, which works better with a guest room. Also, we often have visitors and find it friendlier to have people in the house rather than a hotel. My wife can use the room as a home office and doesn’t have to put things away daily, plus the room has a nice view of the garden. One could probably manage without a guest room, but somehow it contradicts me to build a big house and then not have a flexible room. The office on the ground floor will probably be quite crammed (we are building without a basement) and would only be used as a sleeping place if there are multiple guests.
The “corners” of the guest room in the children’s room and bedroom are not optimal. I prefer rectangular rooms but don’t see a good solution there. Maybe it doesn’t bother much if you open the doors and there is that little corner. Alternatively, one could enlarge the corridor a bit and move the doors – but actually, the corridor is already very generous.
Regarding the bathrooms, why did it become three? On the ground floor one needs a toilet. The floor plan allows either a small cloakroom area in front of the toilet or enlarging the toilet. We chose the second option. Since we have children, it doesn’t hurt to have a shower next to the front door. Pure luxury, but very practical. Also, you are very flexible in case of unforeseeable events (disabled-accessible shower on the ground floor, division of ground floor/upper floor with office as bedroom if you want to rent out the upper floor), and guests accommodated in the office also have a bathroom. On the upper floor one could remove the shower in the small bathroom, but the advantages are small, since there should be a second toilet there.
Clear raw ceiling height on the ground floor 296 cm, upper floor 283.5 cm. Walls made of Liapor.
House design
Who designed it: Own wishes, drawn by the general contractor. Suggestions from the internet, GC plans, and talks with architect friends. I have drawn many dozens of drafts and we have continuously optimized the GC’s drafts. It is a compromise and not the dream solution – but our most important points are currently considered. We have been tinkering for several months and want to decide slowly.
What do you like especially? Why? The rooms and corridors are spaciously designed, with the high ceiling height it surely creates a very nice spatial feeling. The south orientation is, in my view, very successful and you have a good view of the garden. All rooms have practical layouts and can be furnished well. Although it is “only” a city villa, I find it visually appealing from the outside and I like the window arrangement.
The location on the plot I find perfect! Access from the north, garage in the northeast, garden in the south.
What don’t you like? Why? The guest room is a bit “squeezed,” see description above.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 480,000-520,000 depending on “additional packages.” Offers are available, most correspond to the price calculation or are cheaper, with two trades the prices still don’t fit our expectations.
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment: 550,000 (without plot, without garage, without exterior facilities.)
Favored heating technology: planned was air-water heat pump. The offer for geothermal energy is unfortunately not yet available.
If you have to do without, which details/extensions
-you can do without: Dressing room is already canceled. One shower less would be doable, but there should be three toilets. L-shape in the living area is already removed. Office could be smaller, corridors as well.
-you cannot do without: Large living area, office on the ground floor, two children’s rooms.
Why is the draft as it is now?
See descriptions above
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
We created many sketches and reviewed many drafts – the result is the one presented! It should therefore be a draft that one could roughly build as it is now. The revision with the GC architect is still pending, so there is still a professional review.
Questions: Do you see essential errors that argue against the planned implementation? Are there optimization possibilities? Have we overlooked something, do we not see the forest for the trees?
Many thanks for your time!
here is our current draft. It is a compromise between wishes and budget constraints, but we would implement it in this form. Only the “corners” of the guest room are still a thorn in my side, but that would probably only be fixed with more floor area.
Development plan/restrictions
Size of the plot 753 sqm
Slope: No
Floor area ratio 0.3
Gross floor area ratio 0.6
Building window, building line and border: 5m distance to the street
Edge development: Garage possible on neighbor boundary
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: Two full floors
Roof shape: All common roof shapes are allowed. Green roofs required under 10° pitch.
Style: No special features
Orientation: Our address is the street on the south side. We want to place our house quite far in the northern part of the plot. Access is then via the north side, and the front door is there, and the garden lies in the south. Building authority and land company have no objections.
Maximum heights/limits: Top of building 9.5m
Further requirements: cistern obligation, heat pumps inside
Owners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: City villa with hipped roof
Basement, floors: No basement, two full floors
Number of persons, ages: Four (40, 38, 7, 5)
Room requirements on ground floor, upper floor: see floor plan. We have removed the dressing room, otherwise it should basically remain as is.
Office: Family use or home office? Both.
Guests per year: regularly on weekends
Open or closed architecture: open kitchen, large living/dining area, otherwise classic room layout.
Conservative or modern construction: a matter of taste – rather modern, but no extravagant plans because of budget reasons.
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen, tendency toward cooking island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: No
Music/stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: double garage, but probably built later.
Utility garden, greenhouse: I grow fruits and vegetables, but more for pleasure, not for food security.
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should not be:
I like extravagant houses, but that doesn’t fit the budget, so rather classic construction. To avoid it being too boring, there is an oriel and a platform with columns at the front of the house (maybe a very slight touch of Roman style). Many floor-to-ceiling windows facing south. More glass fronts would be nice, but we set other priorities there. The living/dining area in L-shape was still planned – then there would have been an “extension” toward the garden for the dining area and outside a seating area for the terrace. But we omitted that because the house became too big overall.
The exterior appearance should be as harmonious as possible. Straight lines and symmetry are important to me. The shape and arrangement of the windows should meet these wishes but also create a nice spatial feeling inside.
Kitchen & living area should be the central place of the building, so we wanted to reserve as much space as possible there. Office on the ground floor for flexible working hours. A straight, single-flight staircase or a two-flight U-shaped staircase with a turning platform are our clear favorites.
Initially, we had a parent area on the upper floor with bedroom/dressing room/parent bathroom. Then the second bathroom was at the end of the corridor – we didn’t like that and changed it as shown. With dressing room, the bedroom would visually be too small for us. Also, opening the bathrooms for everyone in the house is more sensible.
Removing the guest room would significantly improve the floor plan – but we want to keep the room for several reasons. Family visits are planned at least every other weekend, which works better with a guest room. Also, we often have visitors and find it friendlier to have people in the house rather than a hotel. My wife can use the room as a home office and doesn’t have to put things away daily, plus the room has a nice view of the garden. One could probably manage without a guest room, but somehow it contradicts me to build a big house and then not have a flexible room. The office on the ground floor will probably be quite crammed (we are building without a basement) and would only be used as a sleeping place if there are multiple guests.
The “corners” of the guest room in the children’s room and bedroom are not optimal. I prefer rectangular rooms but don’t see a good solution there. Maybe it doesn’t bother much if you open the doors and there is that little corner. Alternatively, one could enlarge the corridor a bit and move the doors – but actually, the corridor is already very generous.
Regarding the bathrooms, why did it become three? On the ground floor one needs a toilet. The floor plan allows either a small cloakroom area in front of the toilet or enlarging the toilet. We chose the second option. Since we have children, it doesn’t hurt to have a shower next to the front door. Pure luxury, but very practical. Also, you are very flexible in case of unforeseeable events (disabled-accessible shower on the ground floor, division of ground floor/upper floor with office as bedroom if you want to rent out the upper floor), and guests accommodated in the office also have a bathroom. On the upper floor one could remove the shower in the small bathroom, but the advantages are small, since there should be a second toilet there.
Clear raw ceiling height on the ground floor 296 cm, upper floor 283.5 cm. Walls made of Liapor.
House design
Who designed it: Own wishes, drawn by the general contractor. Suggestions from the internet, GC plans, and talks with architect friends. I have drawn many dozens of drafts and we have continuously optimized the GC’s drafts. It is a compromise and not the dream solution – but our most important points are currently considered. We have been tinkering for several months and want to decide slowly.
What do you like especially? Why? The rooms and corridors are spaciously designed, with the high ceiling height it surely creates a very nice spatial feeling. The south orientation is, in my view, very successful and you have a good view of the garden. All rooms have practical layouts and can be furnished well. Although it is “only” a city villa, I find it visually appealing from the outside and I like the window arrangement.
The location on the plot I find perfect! Access from the north, garage in the northeast, garden in the south.
What don’t you like? Why? The guest room is a bit “squeezed,” see description above.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 480,000-520,000 depending on “additional packages.” Offers are available, most correspond to the price calculation or are cheaper, with two trades the prices still don’t fit our expectations.
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment: 550,000 (without plot, without garage, without exterior facilities.)
Favored heating technology: planned was air-water heat pump. The offer for geothermal energy is unfortunately not yet available.
If you have to do without, which details/extensions
-you can do without: Dressing room is already canceled. One shower less would be doable, but there should be three toilets. L-shape in the living area is already removed. Office could be smaller, corridors as well.
-you cannot do without: Large living area, office on the ground floor, two children’s rooms.
Why is the draft as it is now?
See descriptions above
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
We created many sketches and reviewed many drafts – the result is the one presented! It should therefore be a draft that one could roughly build as it is now. The revision with the GC architect is still pending, so there is still a professional review.
Questions: Do you see essential errors that argue against the planned implementation? Are there optimization possibilities? Have we overlooked something, do we not see the forest for the trees?
Many thanks for your time!