Now I think to myself, I might as well do it properly with underfloor heating
One is not neater than the other; it’s simply a different system. Due to the negative association with night storage heater technology, people tend to glorify one and condemn the other. But as is often the case, it’s not that simple. We currently have underfloor heating everywhere, but our guest room is rarely used. We basically heat it all the time, even though we hardly need it, and when we do need it, we can’t warm up quickly because underfloor heating is far too sluggish. I miss individuality with this system. Since I had a normal radiator heating system in the old house, with which I was satisfied, I was looking forward to underfloor heating. Now I have to say that I find it quite nice but also recognize its drawbacks for me. We are now building a Kfw40Plus house and will heat the entire house with infrared heating, plus a central wood stove. Therefore, my decision would clearly be infrared heating in the basement, forward flow temperature. Not the floor in stone/tiles. If you want to use the room, you warm it up; otherwise, you don’t. I believe that this type of heating will be cheaper in daily use as well, since with underfloor heating you would always have to maintain room temperature or plan your TV enjoyment days in advance and still end up heating unnecessarily. In my opinion, your specific question here is precisely the perfect case against underfloor heating, not to mention the horrendous production costs. For example, you can also stylishly integrate modules into the ceiling, etc. Once you delve deeper into it and stop clicking through the carnival vendors, you will find something suitable.