Regarding the TV, one is also supposed to be set up in the living room. We’re trying to play around a bit here with a furnishing program. Are there any recommended ones?
I can actually recommend pencil with graph paper for you, maybe also suitably prepared cutouts in the size of each piece of furniture. We have sometimes put together different "scenarios" with height, etc., at home from whatever we had. I can live with all sorts of things, but I try to prevent making an unconsidered blunder that would bother me permanently. Maybe you can also go to a furniture store and clarify there (independently of the brand) in which constellation of furniture you want to live (in the living room). Your explanation of your individual way of life appeals to me (not because I want it the same way), because it obviously exactly reflects your own life and not what others do elsewhere.
Regarding the subsidy, it would be about €130,000 difference if you calculate with an interest rate lock-in of 3% for 30 years.
So you are saving yourselves €130,000 through this subsidy?
By hobby, the video game room and cinema room were meant. That simply requires a lot of space and we already own most of the equipment. It has also always been my wish to accommodate something like this in my house.
Well then I would also plan this area now so that it comes as close as possible to my original wish. If you spend that much money on this hobby, it should be planned as best as possible (distances, seating position, toilet, water connection for a small bar, acoustics, or similar).
The office was just a thought since I occasionally work from home remotely. However, an office is not really necessary here.
For such rather rare cases, I wouldn’t plan a separate room; that can also be done sometimes in the TV room, in the still free child’s room, or also sometimes in the living room.
The fireplace is supposed to be used in winter and late autumn.
I suspected that summer would be rather excluded there. Nevertheless, I recommend that you precisely and critically examine the mode of operation and circumstances beforehand, because a number of people, including myself, consider that to be a somewhat nonsensical contradiction. Recently, advocated for this and also explained her individual usage here understandably and in detail, which I always appreciate. But that also shows that you really have to think about how it interacts with underfloor heating and clarify whether you want that yourself as well.
We wanted a double garage because we have two cars and both start work early. Also, a lot of snow falls here in winter since we live in the Allgäu.
I understand that, although for cost reasons I always rather advocate for a carport; however, I meant the driveway width, which I read was 5m. Obviously, you don’t have too tight a budget, because otherwise I would fear that in the interior area, namely where you actually live, quality and comfort might become strained if you are rather generous beforehand. I would find that unfortunate, because for my part I always like to experience comfort directly and nearby, and therefore I’m reluctant to spend unnecessary money on garages, fences, etc.
That about the purlin is good to know.
That is, of course, not universally valid; I can only tell you how we have it here, and it does not represent a visual disadvantage for us.
Good tip about the seat depth. We will discuss that again if a seating window is supposed to come.
To be sure: I wrote "seat height," i.e. measured from the floor. Such a desired window naturally also needs sufficient "seat depth," and that is exactly the problem, that it protrudes into the room.