Hanging house in the Southwest Palatinate - Our House Construction 2.0

Hello everyone!

A quick update on our construction. :)

We have the roof on. At the time the photo was taken, it wasn’t completely finished yet, but by now everything should be done. Saturday was a busy day of work.

The support pillars are now gone, the house looks much bigger now.

Next up on Monday is the plasterer for the utility rooms. The windows are supposed to arrive in about a week.
Contrary to the forum consensus, we’ve ordered the sash windows. It has to please us after all. ;)
Also, we went with the lift-and-slide door.
We paid an extra charge for the lift-and-slide system, a divided, electric external roller shutter for it, and the muntins. We were charged a four-figure amount for switching from black windows to white ones. All in all, this means an additional cost of about €2700.

We were shocked by the prices for the AC. In 2020, we paid €5000 including installation for an outdoor unit from Mitsubishi with 3 split units.
In the new house, we now have an offer for a Toshiba with 4 split units—probably a more powerful outdoor unit since we have a bigger house—at €14,000. :eek:
We spoke with the company and will now get offers for alternatives from other manufacturers. Toshiba was originally chosen because the customer service in the region is easily reachable and fast.
Of course, we expected to pay more than €5000, but we didn’t see the almost threefold price coming. Crazy stuff.

Next week is also the first electrical site inspection. We’re looking forward to it. Every inspection here also means “getting to know the trades.” In the village, things run a bit differently. The tradespeople here are much less “salesmen in suits” and much more “craftsmen in overalls,” compared to our first build. So far, I can’t find anything bad about it.

Oh yes – this time we probably won’t have any drama about the sanitary fixtures / the installation and warranty.
If we want, we can get a credit from the builder for what he had calculated for the sanitary stuff, order the stuff ourselves, and he’ll still install it for us. He said we’ll just check the things together on site beforehand to make sure everything was fine upon delivery. Very relaxed mindset, which already takes some stress off me.

Very very fast makes me happy.

But what about the first level, looks low for 15-18cm build-up? How is the floor structure?

I believe 20cm is the floor structure at the bottom. However, wood will be placed on the steps, it should not remain a concrete staircase. I think that should work out. At least I hope so :D

Very nice project! We are also currently building, started two weeks later than you. We are currently pouring the in-situ concrete slab.

Very nice project! We are also currently building, started two weeks later than you. We are currently pouring the in-situ concrete slab.

Good luck to you! Do you already have a rough plan on how things will proceed timewise? These are exciting times to build. I’m glad we have the tiles on the roof and the heat pump has been in stock at the builder for months. He said if he were to order the same heat pump today, he would pay double and has no idea when it would be delivered. For the antenna tiles, he recently said he drove to 5 different building material dealers because you can’t get them anywhere anymore. He said the tiles might cost 100€, but you can burn 200€ worth of fuel for that. :D

Thanks, same to you!
Next week the upper floor will be built and the ring beam will be poured. By the end of the week after next/beginning of week 51 the roof frame should be erected and sealed.
Then there will be company holidays for the time being and it will continue from 10.01. :D Let's hope the weather holds.

Our general contractor or rather his plumber/heating engineer fortunately also has the heat pump in stock. We also ordered the photovoltaic system in time.