Ground-level pool instead of bathtub?

I think the idea is great, but it must be very expensive!
When it’s finished, it would be great if you could post a photo here. Also of how you solved it in the lower room.

See you then
Sam22

I think the idea is great, but it’s certainly very expensive!
When it’s finished, it would be great if you could post a photo here. Also of how you solved it in the lower room.

See you then
Sam22

Hi Sam,

I think I could fill a dozen books with similar clever ideas
- but you’re right, it probably won’t be cheap.

I’ll gladly keep you updated, so what the architects generally say about it.

If it turns out to be doable and feasible, and if it’s not too expensive and we go ahead with it, I’ll of course also take photos.

But first, the house has to be built
So don’t count on decent photos before a year or so – after building the house and interior design, there’s still decorating to do

Many greetings
Honigkuchen

Hi Honeycake,
you always have such great ideas, it would be nice if you would make a homepage about the house and the progress.
I am sure we would all like to see how things are moving forward.
Wouldn’t that be something for you??
Your fan
Angie

Hi Honeycake,

you always have such great ideas, it would be nice if you made a homepage about the house and the progress.
I’m sure we would all love to see how things are moving forward.
Wouldn’t that be something for you??

Your fan
Angie

*lol* @ fan – thanks for the compliments, but those really belong to the many magazines I like to use for inspiration when it comes to furnishing.

I’m just a perfectionist, and since you usually only build a house once in your life, I have thought about a lot in the past months and read a ton.

I can only recommend everyone to inform themselves thoroughly, even if all the construction magazines eventually get on your nerves...

The problem is always the dreary money – so sometimes I just leave things unfinished, so that when the money is there, they can be caught up on, or existing things can be easily rebuilt/replaced without having to break anything or chisel anything out.

Maybe I’ll have to do the same with my dream bathroom... we’ll see. I’m really curious what the architects say.

- Homepage about building the house: – hmm, well, there are already quite a few such sites; I don’t really believe that our future house would be representative enough for others to use as a guide – it’s always such an individual thing, and hillside houses are always a bit different and not as common as most new builds... but I’ll have to take thousands of photos anyway just for warranty reasons and so I know where the cables run (so I know not to drill there ). I don’t think I’ll have time to upload them online DURING the construction, but maybe afterward.

At least I can definitely put up photos of the more or less finished house online, if that can be of any help to someone – which, as I said, I don’t really think since my taste is surely a bit odd.

- And when the house is eventually finished inside and out, what comes next? The garden, and that’s going to be a pain :-(
According to the soil report, we have a heavily clayey silt, so clay soil, and roots don’t grow through it (and water drains poorly).

That means making the soil healthy first; I read something about mixing in sand and putting a lot of lime on it, because then earthworms come, and they dig through the soil, making it permeable, and poop out fine humus (or something – I just skimmed through this on the internet, I need to study it carefully sometime).

- But the “how do I turn our clay soil into good, fertile garden soil” question I’ll ask in 1-2 years or so.

Best regards,
Honeycake

Hi,

precisely because it is a house on a slope, it could be interesting for many. Because houses on just one level are as common as sand on the sea.

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Rocky

Hi,

precisely because it is a house on a slope, it could be interesting for many. Because houses on just one level are as common as sand by the sea.

See you

Rocky

Hi Rocky, yes exactly, that’s why I think it probably WON’T be interesting for many, since for most home builders that probably WON’T be the case?

- Hey, a propos Rocky: You still need to answer my question(s) in your thread regarding the cellar / Caribbean theme, otherwise I won’t be able to give you any proper furnishing/decorating tips in the next few days

I can say a few rough things already, but with dimensions, knowledge of lighting conditions, and such, it would be easier.

Regards
Honigkuchen