GU - final deadline - what questions should we still ask?

The floor plan isn’t finished yet, it will come tomorrow. If it fits, then there will be a general contractor with whom we will build. For me it is somehow final already, especially since I have never done anything like this before.

It’s not about nitpicking: if you call an appointment where "personally I have never come this far in all the previous preliminary talks in this project" a "final appointment with the general contractor," that is misleading for 99% of the readers. That may be final in the sense of a general contractor selection, which started as a personal World Cup with a round of sixteen. But pretty much all other users expected from the headline that the building permit was already "through," if not even the foundation slab already cast. But nice, if despite this big misunderstanding the answers were still helpful to you. Lucky cow Elsa

Floor plan and patterning

these are points that can be clarified beforehand even if you have a buffer.

Sure, you are building a KFW house; at least the current Energy Saving Ordinance from 3 years ago was a KfW.

It's not about quibbling: if you refer to a "I personally have never gotten this far in all previous preliminary talks in this project" appointment as the "final appointment with the main contractor," that is misleading for 99% of the readers. It may be final in terms of choosing a main contractor, which started like a personal World Cup with a round of sixteen. But pretty much all other users expected after the headline that the building permit was already "approved," if not even the footing already cast. But nice that despite such a gross misunderstanding the answers were still helpful to you. Lucky cow Elsa

Then I'll just bring the thread up again at the appropriate time, then the title will fit as well

Fireplaces, everyone who has one here says it is a waste of money. The modern houses are so warm, the underfloor heating is very slow, anyone who then heats with wood or briquettes ends up with a sauna. That's why these things are always off here. As for the rest, underfloor heating works well with a gas boiler or air-water heat pump. Both are possible. I don't know controlled residential ventilation, we didn't buy that. Solar thermal on the roof does help, but not enough for the yield to exceed the original investment.

Fireplace, everyone who has one here says it's a waste of money. The modern houses are so warm, the underfloor heating is very slow, and if you also heat with wood or briquettes, you get a sauna. That's why these things are always off here.
As for the rest, underfloor heating works well with a gas boiler or an air-water heat pump. Both are possible. I don't know controlled residential ventilation, we didn't buy that. Solar thermal on the roof brings something, but not enough that the yield exceeds the original investment.

I deleted the part immediately, you must have been super fast.

Fireplace, everyone who has one here says it’s a waste of money. The modern houses are so warm, the underfloor heating is very slow, and if you still heat with wood or briquettes you get a sauna. That’s why these things are always off here.

I always had a stove and of course I will have one again; I’m even willing to sacrifice the underfloor heating for it if necessary, which I don’t like anyway because of its slowness. Many things don’t pay off in the house or in life, but for me it’s something nice, nice to use a fireplace often. I am more annoyed by too much automation.