Floor plan draft for a 220m² single-family house

Floor-to-ceiling here would also be fixed glazing, nothing tilts. A fan is needed in the WC.

They are supposedly tilt windows and as such, they are also drawn that way.

The large "partial" basement offers as much space as a full basement would usually require. You don’t need two home cinemas. The mini partial basement is disproportionately expensive; I would rather extend the garage to 9 m and leave out the basement entirely.

Well, the living room is not a home cinema. When the family is sleeping, etc., you will never have proper cinema sound there. I want to have real equipment in there and that only works in the basement of a detached single-family house.

Also, there are things you prefer to store in the basement rather than in a 9m long garage.

With the savings from dropping the basement in favor of extending the garage (and possibly 20° DN more attic space) you could accommodate grandma differently: if she comes twice for two weeks a year, the children will move together once and for the other time she will surely get a good rate in a nearby hotel garni.

Hotel Garni... I didn’t want to get divorced so quickly.

One solution would indeed be to accommodate her in one of the children's rooms. But we would still like to have a basement for storage, building services, and home cinema...

Even the large partial basement is not a knockout cost-wise.

They are supposedly tilt windows

Floor-to-ceiling tilt windows in unattended ground floor rooms - I would never come up with such an idea in my dreams. I clearly prefer the same height as the kitchen window, fixed in the wardrobe, and tilt-and-turn in the WC.

Hotel Garni...... I didn’t want to get divorced so quickly.

Exactly for that reason, I would give grandma a room with a bathroom, breakfast optionally still at the hotel or with the family.

Also the large partial basement is not a cost knockout.

Then take the large partial basement; the small partial basement is a relatively expensive joke.

Floor-to-ceiling tilt windows in unsupervised ground floor rooms - I would never even dream of such an idea. I clearly prefer the same height as the kitchen window, fixed in the wardrobe, and tilt-and-turn in the WC.

Good thing we noticed that.

Would you seriously have taken a WC without a tilt window? I don’t think that’s acceptable at all. Exhaust air or not.

Then you can also put roller shutters on both windows (although the front side rather has venetian blinds; but I don’t really think those fit these windows).

If all else fails, there will just be aluminum roller shutters everywhere, and that’s that.

How do you actually see the idea of a break-in?

We don’t have a cellar door that would be a critical point, but the T30 door in the garage to the house is a textbook situation for a burglar. The GÜ had recommended securing it from the inside with a massive continuous bolt. But I wouldn’t want to have to remove such a bolt every time. Unfortunately, this is a point that still tears me back and forth; to make the door or not to make the door...

My wife is very afraid of break-ins and said after talking to a neighbor that she would prefer roller shutters everywhere and no more venetian blinds. But does that really bring much more burglary protection? The decisive factor should probably be RC2 characteristics on windows and doors, shouldn’t it?

In the guest room, we won’t install a 76 cm window but a shallower one that no one can get through; then it doesn’t need a secured grate that is, who knows, how secure. We don’t want a light well anyway, just a window with a cellar grate. But such a one also in the home theater. Building services says it’s not necessary to build with a window.

Speaking of building services. How about taking the building services room in the small 6 m² room and moving the storage room to the right? We are talking here about the larger partial cellar of the two options! We have definitely decided on that one.

to secure with a massive continuous bar from the inside. But I wouldn’t feel like removing such a bar every time

The locking bolts of the bar are operated via a lock, of course operable from both sides.

My wife is very afraid of burglaries

Women also have colder feet. Seriously: with the most upscale shack on the street, that is obviously justified. A random junkie won't break in just to see if there’s a twenty hidden in the coffee can. This is not a job for amateurs.

In the guest room we won’t install a 76 cm window but a flatter one, where no one can get through;

Light has to pass through after all, otherwise you don’t need a window. Back when burglars were still adults, XY was still hosted by Eduard Zimmermann.

How about taking the building services room in the small 6 m² room and instead placing the storage room to the right?

From my point of view it’s all the same, there will be downpipes in both locations and risers make sense in both places. In the smaller technical room there would then consistently be only technology, because nothing else fits in.

We are talking about the larger partial basement of the two options here! We have finally decided on that.

Yes, from my point of view the time has come to put checkmarks behind individual items on the list.

Yes, from my point of view, the time is ripe to put a checkmark behind individual items on the list.

Definitely. Everything relevant for the building application must be decided tomorrow because they are supposed to start the drafting tomorrow. The only open point here should be the basement and - possibly - the question about the two floor-to-ceiling windows next to the entrance. How it looks for the building application regarding the T30 door to the house, I’m not sure. The tendency would be to keep it, although we would only do it if it is really very well secured against burglary and if it costs €3,000 plus X, then that would be too much for us. Everything else with venetian blinds vs. roller shutters I don’t think is decisive, but it should still be finalized promptly.

The locking bolts of the latch are operated via a lock, of course operable from both sides.

Wouldn’t that be noticeable if you stand in the cloakroom? We wanted to design it openly (another point I hadn’t seen at all and which was not incorporated as discussed in the last draft....).

Light has to pass through after all, otherwise you don’t need a window. Back when burglars were still adults, XY was moderated by Eduard Zimmermann.

From that, what would be your tip for the 1-2 basement windows?

From my point of view, it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other; at both places there will be downpipes and at both places risers make sense. In the smaller utility room, it would then be consistent to have only technology, because nothing else fits in there.

I was also concerned about placing the technology in only one room as small as necessary and also to make it somewhat quicker to reach from the basement stairs....