Our BU basically sets the house price there, so to speak.
We also built in the affordable Lower Saxony: signed a contract 7 years ago for 185,000... I never added it all up what came from the trades during construction, but quite a lot was added. So to speak And YES: we are all talking here about the pure house price. We are not talking about earthworks, paving work, splash protection around the house or the entrance platform, nor drainage or rainwater connection to the sewer... with tiles we were probably around 230,000/240,000... you do have a tiler, after all...
You can post the construction service description here. There are some who will take a look.
Don't let anyone tell you that some things are not doable. However, I haven't read about anyone here who exaggerated. The costs can surprise you. The word "
ready for occupancy" is just as little a registered term as
turnkey, so be careful!
I don't think even , our penny-pincher, managed with just 6000 for her small kitchen...
By the way, here 1500 per sqm is a benchmark, so in our area.
If you say so
A big item would be enough power outlets, for example. If your BU thinks that "ready for occupancy" means 2 pieces in the kitchen are enough, then you have to upgrade. That costs money. What about internet? LAN? And don't come at me with WLAN
A second sink for four people? A cabinet in the bathroom? A mirror? I can't imagine you say "you only build once," but small stuff and DIY store goods also cost money.
We will measure it exactly and then see further. We also don’t have as many shoes and jackets. Currently managing with much less space...
But it always grows!
You are young and don't have that much yet.
It all increases: clothes, kids’ stuff, cleaning stuff, junk. Before you throw things away, you hoard. We are two and our 14 sqm large office holds a big cabinet with workspace and files and such stuff, the other side winter jackets and crafting stuff as well as wrapping paper, card games, holiday plans and collections.
At move-in only 1 computer workstation, now there have to be two. So a desk also stands in there. By the way, we don’t have a printer. And the books are also on shelves above the door*. One sports device had to give way due to lack of space. Now my husband wants to do spinning, of course at home. We live in the change of our own time. What is the current state, won’t be the current state in the house. I’m not even talking about a drum set. Let it be the sewing machine, later maybe the dryer, the bigger freezer or actually a food processor that takes up space.
Your utility room is primarily for the technology. For gas you need a hot water storage tank. Ok, you don’t have controlled residential ventilation, but then:
Broom, mop with bucket, vacuum cleaner, handheld vacuum, window cleaner, dryer for wool/sports/hand wash, dirty laundry container (some have three!), space for ironing board and basket with clean laundry, washing machine, dryer (this also works stacked), cleaning agents, electrical kitchen devices (fondue set, roaster, deep fryer, baking pans, clay pot, champagne cooler), canning jars, freezer or beverage cooler, shoe cleaning supplies, yellow bag, beverage bottles (crate of water, beer and juice), a few supplies like onions and potatoes, bags and sacks for shopping or gift wrapping, decorative stuff (2 boxes Christmas decoration, 1 box Easter, 1 box general), gift wrapping paper, office folders, writing stuff, office supplies, infrared lamp, medicines, photo equipment, hobby stuff (badminton game, fishing rod and such has to stay outside), hand tools, drill, cordless drill, a few paint buckets, white paint, brush and roller, electrical stuff, light bulbs, batteries, vases, spare cutlery, picnic basket, small step ladder, 2-3 flower pots and fertilizer, empties, dog food, cat litter box, 15 liters emergency water, sewing machine, fabric remnants, water sprayer for plants, suitcase, travel and sports bag, carpet and tile remnants, etc.
You can probably cross off 2-3, but I very likely also forgot some.
*By the way, the bookshelves under the ceiling are now gone because they felt oppressive.
The idea to equip the dressing room with a washing machine place is great, but because of the moisture it has to be specially planned again. So if you take that up, additional costs will already come to you. If you want to wash in the utility room, then consider that washed laundry could also be lying there in your dirt sluice. One could also use the saying here: don’t shit where you eat! Not even animals do that.
Right now you plan the utility room to be the jack of all trades, which it isn't. 9 sqm is not much. Also, your kitchen area isn’t nearly fully exploited. You roughly have about 6.80 running meters in the kitchen. That’s more than the 3.20 standard from a 3-room apartment. But we all know that storage or a kitchen should have a lot of storage so that there’s also space for batteries or the Tupperware collection. Properly planned and furnished it could get twice as much storage, but not for 6000€.
Some of your doors actually take up space, four doors in the kitchen, 2 in the utility room... I don’t want to criticize the second door in the utility room now, but you have to plan around it accordingly. What the utility room doesn’t have, has to go elsewhere. A little plan B never hurt anyone.
The TV will go, as written above, on the wall towards the office.
Think about whether the sofa will then have room in front of the TV or if you will still be able to get through the patio door. This was mentioned several times but not responded to.
The upstairs hallway is meant to be used. We read a lot and want to use the area as a book and reading corner.
Also here: the sqm of the children's rooms are probably just the floor area?! So the kids’ rooms are sufficient in size but nothing grand. I would rather use the space upstairs for the kids than for yourselves, and then put the kids in the living room... But whatever: you can always rearrange
Of course guests come through the main entrance. For limited time use, we are thinking of a couple of simple wall hooks.
We always use the stairs or the office for that :P
I would also make the storage under the stairs for the currently used jackets, bags and shoes. Shelves below, a rod above. Boxes to pull out further back. This also fits under the sloping roof.
About the floor plan
It’s not mine. I would probably remove/straighten these central walls on the ground floor and separate the hallway right behind the stairs with a straight wall. The door of the storage under the stairs from the front, so long side. Nice double doors to the dining area. Sliding door to the kitchen all the way to the right as planned and the utility room door with 65 cm distance to the wall. Then a nice 2-meter wall for tall cabinets will form in the kitchen, and behind the door in the utility room there is also storage space for a proper cabinet.
I would add one more window to the living room, but remove one in the office. Also for storage space. The kitchen can also take more light.
Plan a patio door at the dining area. Then there is also space for a sofa.
The shower upstairs is too short for "without shower door". The toilet could be a bit narrower... I would classically put the tub next to the toilet and the sink at the window. Then there is space for a longer shower and the tub can serve well as a shelf and seating area, right where you need it, in the middle of the bathroom
3.30 still just works as width for the bedroom.