Planning the dream house after shocking calculation

So, as already mentioned. The costs are all realistic so far. Also the total costs. I don’t know what you expected with a house with a basement.

Again, a few points. The bathroom on the ground floor can certainly be designed to be barrier-free, that is correct. But a potentially needy person definitely does not fit in there together with a caregiver. It is really too small for that.

Now to the hallway: if you don’t have children yet, then the hallway will probably actually be too small. Where does the stroller go? Always in the garage (if you have one)? Where do the thick muddy clothes go in winter, the rubber boots, all the bags a child has (kindergarten bag, school bag, music bag, sports bag)?

Then I have 2 suggestions for the 2nd dressing room: Either actually a children’s bathroom or a small utility room for the washing machine and dryer. I personally find it more practical if the technical equipment and washing machine are separate, then the technician (electricity reader, water reader etc. etc.) does not always stand right in front of the (dirty) laundry and you save yourselves the stairs ;-)

Then I have 2 suggestions for the 2nd dressing room: either an actual children's bathroom or a small utility room for the washing machine and dryer. I personally find it more practical if technology and washing machine are separate, so the technician (electricity meter reader, water meter reader, etc. etc.) is not always standing right in front of the (dirty) laundry and you save yourself the stairs ;-)

Since when does a technician actually come to the house for meter readings? In our case (in the old house) no meter reader came by in 10 years because of self-reading. In the new house with a heat pump, someone only has to go to the utility room if repairs are needed. Therefore, two separate rooms usually make little sense.

From this point of view, two separate rooms usually make little sense.

Maybe not desired by all builders, with good planning (paths, comfort, soundproofing), two rooms are, in my opinion, the better solution.

Since when does a technician actually come into the house for the reading? In our (old house) not a single reader came by in 10 years, because of self-reading. In the new house with a heat pump, someone only needs to go into the utility room if repairs are necessary. Therefore, having two separate rooms usually makes little sense.

In our case, the electricity and water meter readers still come by personally every year. Only if you are not at home can you read the meters yourself or an estimate is made.

And still: two separate rooms make sense, especially if, like us, you build without a basement. That way the utility room remains "my room" with proper kitchen furniture, worktops, and so on. I would never have had the space if the technology had also had to be accommodated there. For comparison: my current combined utility and technology room is about 15m2 and more than the washing machine, dryer, and 1 small cabinet somehow don’t fit in there. Connections everywhere, fuse box, exhaust and supply air for the heat pump and controlled residential ventilation, and so on. In the new house, we are putting the technology into 4.5m2 (right near the front door), and my utility room will be a really nice 12m2. There will then be a proper kitchen (without stove) where the washing machine and dryer are built in and still plenty of storage space left for kitchen stuff that you don’t necessarily want in the kitchen. :-)

Manu1976, but you live in an apartment/house where there is a shared meter with other parties, right?

Manu1976, you live in an apartment/house where there is a shared meter with other parties, right?

No, I already live in a single-family house that we built ourselves in 2008. That's how it is in our village, I don't know it any other way. It's the same at my parents' single-family house and their rented row house (the houses are in 3 villages in 3 different districts).