Hanging house in the Southwest Palatinate - Our House Construction 2.0

Good evening everyone

I have a small collection thread here for photos and construction progress for our second building project. We have already moved to the Palatinate to be closer to the construction site. Now we are eagerly and happily watching how our (hopefully final) dream house is being built near the family.

A big challenge we still face is the facade design. I love the Nordic style with clinker bricks and muntins. But that won't work here: first, no one here can do the bricklaying, second, it would stand out too much. It will be a plaster facade. How we will color the facade and windows to still create a bit of country house / cottage flair is currently still a mental construction site.

Other than that, I am showing you our plans here and how it is now finally coming together. The drawn support pillar near the kitchen island could still be removed with a slight extra charge, so it will be omitted.

The room for "garden tools" under the garage will get a partition wall for the statics. It will not be fully developed living space like in the house, but there will be underfloor heating, a lockable door & a window. It should then house some of the building technology alongside the garden tools because the HAR is very small, and maybe serve as a party cellar.

We had 3 construction companies in the close selection. In the end, we decided on the "doer" – a builder who was recommended to us here by friends and family. No homepage, no smartphone, but he himself is on site every day in his overalls. He has a very good reputation in this area and hardly ever builds single-family houses anymore. We were a bit lucky thanks to connections, and a very long, pleasant initial phone call that got us a foot in the door. So far we are very satisfied with the decision.

Well, then I’d like to wish you already lots of success with Building 2.0 ;) You’ve been gathering ideas all the time anyway, from what I’ve read from you so far. So there probably won’t be much left for the "change debate," right?

Wouldn’t the entrance area suit as a staircase? I know it’s always annoying when you enter a house and first see stairs, but have you ever thought about that?

Well, then I’d like to wish you all the best with Building 2.0.
You’ve been collecting ideas all along, etc., from what I’ve read from you so far. So there probably won’t be much left for the “change debate,” right?

Thank you very much.
There isn’t much left to change in the floor plan, that’s true.
What is currently being discussed are the windows. Colors. Possibly muntins? In the kitchen, for the 3m-long window, I’d like to have a bench underneath. So not a built-in window seat (that doesn’t really work there), but implemented with kitchen furniture. Therefore we’re considering putting in a panoramic fixed window there. The view in that direction is beautiful.

Wouldn’t the entrance area be suitable as a stairwell? I know it’s always awkward when you enter a house and see stairs right away, but did you ever think about that?

We actually hadn’t thought about that. I like that on the left side we have such a wide wall for coat storage. In our previous house, I missed that a bit. There, the stairs were right next to the door, and I always lacked something to sit on and change shoes. Pragmatically, we always did that on the stairs, even though the coat rack wasn’t more than 2-3 meters away. That should be different this time.

I’m uploading a few pictures here again showing how it currently looks.

The area is really awesome! I can imagine how great the view from the kitchen window is :D

Your house views immediately reminded me of a Mediterranean house. And I pictured it in cream white with white sash windows. Have you already decided on the roof color?

We had three construction companies in the shortlist. In the end, we decided on the "doer" – a contractor who was recommended to us here through friends and family. No homepage, no smartphone, but he is on the construction site himself every day wearing his overalls. He has a very good reputation in this area and actually only rarely builds single-family houses anymore.

I always say that with customer-focused contractors, the homepage is almost typically correspondingly low priority. But that someone like that "only rarely builds single-family houses anymore" – respect!