Floor plans - Do you see potential for improvement? Ideas?

I didn't give it much thought before either, and in our current house we only have just under 2.50m. When we looked at various show houses, we noticed that a higher room looks significantly better. In my opinion, it has to be at least 2.60m. For our new house, we are now planning for a finished room height of 2.70m. I would take a close look and measure again in the show houses beforehand. You can't change the room height later, and a few centimeters more make a big difference. For us, an increase of 12.5 cm including higher windows cost almost 1700 euros, I didn't find that very expensive.

Best regards
Sabine

Hello Sabine,
experiencing 2.67 m was already amazing. It looks great! The only thing is that the additional costs of €6,000 are still a bit high for me at the moment. The windows are also enlarged, and unfortunately, they are made of wood/aluminum. Not an easy decision, but it feels like a sensible investment.

I will reflect on it and then negotiate with my wife.

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Björn

Is that the surcharge just for the ground floor?

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Sabine

Yes. Only for the ground floor....

I would miss some storage space. Okay, you have a basement, but every time you need the vacuum cleaner, for example, you have to go down to the basement? The same applies to all cleaning supplies. I would allow myself a bit of storage space both on the ground floor and on the upper floor.

Thank you for your feedback!

We thought about that at the beginning as well, but a large wardrobe was more important to us. In our current apartment, we use a Pax wardrobe element for storing the vacuum cleaner and cleaning supplies. It works, but it’s certainly not optimal. As the husband, I just have to go down to the basement more often.

Just before the building application, I have 3 final questions:

Is a clear room height of 2.39 m in the basement sufficient?

Is the strip window in the stairwell enough to illuminate it?

Do you have an idea what the drawn 4 x 8 m garage will cost us? I was thinking of a precast concrete garage.

Thanks again for your tips!

Do you have an idea of what the drawn garage 4 x 8 m will cost us? I was thinking of a precast concrete garage.

We are paying around €10,200 for a precast concrete garage from Hundhausen measuring 9x3m. However, this includes a remote control, sectional door, window, etc. With a width of 4m, you probably have to consider that the heavy transport is more complex, as according to our manufacturer the police then have to escort it, and so on.