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Would you want to show the floor plan of this masterpiece?

Actually, Müllerin and ypg, to whom I expressly thank here for attentively following my posts and for their understanding that I do not want to show floor plans for the well-known reasons, have already said everything.

To satisfy curiosity a little, here once again is the current photo and a few explanations about it:



On the left is the living room (with a small covered seating area), behind it the dining room and behind that the kitchen and pantry. Behind the column between the two large glass elements you can see one of the kitchen windows, so the house has a "through view" from south to north.
In the middle is the entrance area with a large hallway and staircase. The bathroom is located to the north.
On the right is the study. This, besides the large window area to the south, also has a terrace door to the east. If you leave the door that leads from the hallway to the study open, the house also has a "through view" from east to west.
By the way, on the ground floor we have only three doors: in front of the study, to the pantry and to the bathroom. Everything else is open or partially open, since the inner wall surfaces to the hallway, dining room, and kitchen are offset. If you enlarge the above image, you get a pretty good impression.

On the upper floor there is the roof terrace and three rooms as well as a bathroom.

Behind the earth mound is the cellar with three cellar rooms and the technical room. Hallway and staircase are open. On the north side there is also an exterior cellar staircase.

Are the extensions required by the development plan or voluntary?

As the house now stands there, it was planned by us. The extensions were intended from the beginning. We simply wanted to have as much living space as possible on the ground floor, but also to stay within the total living space.

Best regards

Axel

Preparations for the underfloor heating are in full swing here. Meanwhile, the insulation on the upper floor is completely laid, and the heating system is being prepared... at least the platform is already in place.

I'm asking very cautiously since I am not familiar with this yet: is the insulation around it? I've never seen it like this before... we are still in the shell construction phase, so maybe a somewhat "stupid" question

It rained so heavily here this week that the rain came through the masonry and through the hole that we will need later for the ventilation [emoji15]

But it’s dry again now. One neighbor was hit hard. The water came through the lifting station and the entire basement was flooded. The screed had only been in for 3 days [emoji22]

Is the insulation the stuff around it?

Yes, but I join in on the question: what kind of sand / flakes have been swept in there?

The extensions were planned that way from the start.

Hard to believe: intentionally planning to include a living room

Yes, but I’ll join in on the question: what kind of sand / flakes have been swept in there?


Hard to believe: deliberately planning a living room

The balls are also insulation to fill even the small gaps between the pipes. The rest are panels. On top of that comes a layer of insulation boards with the coating for the underfloor heating.

This is a perlite filling, but I’ll take a chance and say it is not quite properly installed. It requires 10% coverage because it will still be compacted and lose volume in order to achieve the properties of a bound filling. Such fillings also need a minimum thickness of 10mm over pipes – take a look at the ventilation ducts, or are they flush with the insulation?