Floor plan discussion based on existing thread

Say something about the budget. We don’t want to be discussing castles in the air here. The basement/exit depends heavily on the importance of the aviary. Only you can assess the priority. What does the development plan say about terrain modifications? Excavations of almost 2 meters are quite extreme.

To clarify for the appointment:

Your planner has planned a ceiling height of 2.22 m in the basement. My plan specifies the minimum height of 2.40 m.

Say something about the budget. We don't want to discuss castles in the air here.

The basement/exit depends very much on the importance of the aviary. Only you can assess the priority.

What does the zoning plan say about terrain modeling? Excavations of almost 2 m are quite extreme.

Hello Hanghaus,

Budget: We would like to manage with our own work, friends/acquaintances or companies (partly self-employed: heating, building materials, excavations, trucks, drywall installers, window installers, roofers) with 500k. The plot as well as incidental costs such as notary, authorities, taxes etc. are paid. The architect also has this info, so we are curious about his cost breakdown.
If at the end 50k more are necessary to implement our "must haves," this is possible.

There must be an aviary, so no house construction should fail because of this. If necessary, it might also be possible elsewhere.

You can find all sparse info on the zoning plan in post #16

Regarding the appointment:

Your planner has planned a ceiling height of 2.22 m in the basement. My plan provides for a minimum height of 2.40 m.

We’ll take that with us! The architect said that his planned ceiling height for the basement would also be sufficiently high for the study and the bar. Maybe it’s better to meet halfway here? I could imagine that we could go for 2.30 m.

Let's take it! The architect said that his planned ceiling height for the basement would also be sufficiently high for the study and the bar. Maybe it's better to meet halfway here? I could imagine that we could go up to 2.30 m.

If the basement rooms are intended for residential use, the minimum height is 2.40 m. Then also 15 steps from the basement to the ground floor.

Mmh, why is that? It wouldn't be my first choice because of water and because you can hardly find a company that usually builds with it.

I don’t know anyone who has used that stone. That alone would increase my skepticism. What do the others in your area build with?

Less would be strange to me than to face pumice with skepticism. This building material has always had a high market share here (and certainly also in the Ahr valley – what do you mean by water?) .

If an architect messed with that, then he slept during his studies.

I do not follow the architect’s entire design process here.

If the basement rooms serve as living space, a minimum height of 2.40 m applies. Then also 15 steps from the basement to the ground floor.

Hello Hanghaus,
The question now is what is defined as living space. Essentially, it is about a study and a basement bar.

Only less would be stranger to me than approaching pumice with skepticism. This building material has always had a high market share here (and certainly also in the Ahr Valley - what do you mean by water?).

I do not follow the entire design process of the architect here.

Hello 11ant,
Nice and reassuring for us to hear that. We actually felt a bit uncertain about pumice stone. On the internet, you really find very little and opinions that are more than 10 years old.

Can you specify your concerns about the design process a bit? Ultimately, the process was a several-hour appointment on site, which we basically found good.