Floor plan design for a hillside house with 5 children's rooms

Today we spoke with the earthworks contractor. On Saturday we will meet at the property; at the beginning of March it starts [emoji898][emoji445]

And we have ordered a fireplace and are super excited [emoji7]. It will be installed in the front left corner when viewed from the front. Built mirror-inverted

We have completed the workshop planning meeting, been assigned a site manager, and with a bit of luck the construction start meeting will take place next week [emoji445][emoji126].

We were very pleased that we were able to move the sink in the parents' bathroom to the wall where the radiator is marked on the plan. These two simply swap places now, and as a result, we can even install our 1m wide washbasin. The air-to-water heat pump is now moving to the front of the house and thus away from the bedroom window.
The kitchen will get a window to the left of the sink, and we have discussed all the rooms with the electrician. Adjusted pricing from the electrician was already in the inbox this evening.

There seems to be a surprise with the earthworks, but we will only see that at the end of the week...

Then I am soon looking forward to photos.

Hopefully a good surprise

That will still prove itself [emoji85][emoji23].

Our shell builder is now confirmed and, for warranty reasons (earth-contact exterior wall, backfilling, etc.), prefers to carry out the earthworks himself. That’s what we wanted from the beginning. It was always said that we absolutely have to find an earthworker ourselves, which we have finally managed to do. And regarding coordination on the construction site, the site manager now also strongly recommends working with the shell builder.

I have been completely transparent with our really very nice earthworker we found ourselves. He is a) currently not very well health-wise and b) he clearly advises us to go with the shell builder as the earthworker. I find that very kind and generous, after all he is missing out on a comprehensive job. We highly appreciate that he gave us this feedback directly (in writing) and would definitely compensate him for preparing the offer in this case.

But now we will first wait for the shell builder’s offer and take it from there. We’re already a bit under pressure because the shell builder is basically resisting a bit if he doesn’t do the earthworks and backfilling... Let’s see how things develop.

Is it normal here that the person who builds the retaining walls also fills them up.

Do you have a lot of excavated material?

Is it normal here that the person who builds the retaining walls also backfills.

Do you have a lot of excavation?

It’s probably better that way. We wanted it like that from the beginning. They always said they don’t offer that. Well. Now they do after all.

We will have about 350 cubic meters to dispose of