Floor plan single-family house OWL approx. 150 sqm with east garden

Didn't you know the prices beforehand?

Yes. But when we were finally faced with the choice of which brick to use, it was the thin format. Just because of that, we need 36% more bricks and the installation also becomes more expensive. With the standard format, we would have stayed within the budget.

We are also having significantly more recessed spotlights installed in the ceiling than we had originally thought.

One thing leads to another.

Ah, building a house is nice..... stressful.

After the almost final talks with the kitchen studio, we wanted the countertop to run into the window sill. They also adjusted this with the construction company and lowered the rough kitchen window. However, the information that, of course, all windows on the outside should still be aligned was lost in communication.

The result would have been that the corner window looks significantly different from the rest - both in format and in position. We looked at it on site and a row of bricks will be added so that everything fits again. The kitchen will then just have a normally deep countertop. Really exciting what all can happen on a construction site.

Then we could finally get in touch with our room design and what can I say - we have way too many windows and too few exterior walls. We will have this corrected now by bricking up one window. Especially that window was always under discussion with us - it had been added back into the design in the last few days before finalizing. Now it is coming out again.

We can then put a nice display cabinet there or hang a picture on the wall. Otherwise, this would have been very limited in the entire cooking/dining area.



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Then we hope this decision turns out to be the right one. At this stage, closing is certainly easier than reopening. The general contractor is still checking just in case if he has 150 extra bricks and I have also informed the energy consultant about the change.

We can then put a nice display case there or hang a picture on the wall.

The forest is the most beautiful "picture" you can imagine! So I wouldn’t wall that up, but place a slim display case between the two windows. Our floor plan is very similar, except we even have floor-to-ceiling windows on the side. I find it really nice when I sit at the table and can look into the garden instead of at a wall. And someone is always sitting with their back to the living room/sofa.

I think it’s good that the kitchen window is higher again now. From the outside it always looks messy anyway when you can see everything that’s on the countertop. Opening the window is also a problem.

The forest is the most beautiful "picture" one can imagine! So I wouldn't wall it up

Thank you for the contribution. The forest will remain, but the view will still be built over.

In the long term, the view will either be the neighbor's kitchen or carport. We will then be able to look at the forest a bit further behind the noise barrier through our three floor-to-ceiling windows facing east.

Then you may brick up

Hello everyone,

I need some critical collective intelligence once again.

This week we had the appointment with the window fitter and site manager about the usual what, how, where, how expensive. In the kitchen, we have the faucet in front of the window, and so far it is not foldable. Contrary to the original plan, we are not getting roller shutters but rather venetian blinds on the 3 kitchen windows.



Now on site we decided on fixed glazing for the two corner windows. Partly for aesthetic reasons, so the central bar is missing, and partly for practical reasons, so we don’t have to worry about the faucet.



Is that a stupid idea?

Cleaning the windows from the outside is possible, and the venetian blinds can also be cleaned well this way.

We have a controlled residential ventilation system with exhaust in the kitchen and a recirculating extractor hood (KMDA from Miele) will be installed in the kitchen. Cross-ventilation will no longer be possible, but the maximum is the upper window and then the sliding door out to the garden.

On site, the fixed glazing felt right; afterwards I’m wondering what I might have overlooked?