Detached single-family house, 146 sqm, with hipped roof

Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 350K. But we definitely don’t want to plan that from the start.

Yes, you should. The price of €240,000 involves some additional costs. Also, Town & Country doesn’t give anything away for free.

If you have such an extreme tendency downward, better plan a basement with the living spaces. Entrance then in the bedroom floor upstairs.

P.S. We have 2.46 ceiling height

What do you think of the ceilings??

So included in the price are roller shutters, underfloor heating, heat pump, sealing according to Dinxxx, showers with a height of 6cm, extra washbasins, extra cold washbasin in the utility room, additional sockets, additional cat7 connections, the photovoltaic system and a patio door with a lowered threshold where both halves can be opened without a central beam.
For flooring and walls, I think the contractor calculated €6000 material and €6000 labor costs. By planning in advance, I meant more like planning everything that is important of course but the rest as a buffer for unforeseeable items. And not "Oh, we still have €30,000 in the budget, let's plan some extra luxury."

I have such respect for the earthworks. I’ll be glad when that’s over. I’ve read too many horror stories about it.

We do have living space in the basement, right, or what do you mean?
A front door upstairs would come at the expense of the kids’ rooms.

We have living space in the basement, or what do you mean?

What do I mean? Ground floor at sidewalk level with entrance and bedrooms, basement with living rooms and terrace... without an outside staircase. I mean: I don’t exactly imagine it being pleasant to go "down" every time... that already smells like algae and moisture. Since you are approaching the house construction quite frugally now (doesn’t help), you can very well manage with a room height of 2.46 meters. Don’t see that too critically. If you accept every suggestion here, mine can be included but doesn’t have to be, then you will be 80,000 € poorer within 12 hours. Otherwise, regarding the current state: move the floor entrance staircase, enlarge child 3’s room, adjust the others. Plan windows more thoughtfully. Door to the bedroom either through the dressing room or move the door 70 cm to the corner. The visible corner construction won’t ever be done anyway. Swap kitchen and living room. Remove the door opposite the entrance door. Urgently put a window in the west. Plan a fixed cloakroom. Plan laundry washing.

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Alright, now I understand. UG is living and terrace. We'll reconsider the door. We don't really like the many steps outside. But if we enter upstairs, I just have to go down inside.

The windows actually also require work. We want one more in the west and possibly another next to the terrace door. But no floor-to-ceiling ones because of space for furniture.

We initially planned to swap kitchen and living room, but then abandoned it again because of the bathroom upstairs. Because of the piping. Can you hear it a lot when the pipes run there?
Basically, we'd prefer the kitchen in the sunny corner and the living room in the east corner.

Thanks for the ideas!

If you plan the main entrance upstairs, you might be able to save the money for the outdoor stairs? Above all, you save yourselves from snow removal and gritting in winter

For the change, some dimensions would need to be adjusted so that a wardrobe fits in the sleeping area. Possibly swap the utility room and parents' room.