What did you indulge in at the house, what did you give up?

: Didn’t you plan a room for washing and drying? This week we even already bought a ceiling dryer, which was briefly on offer at the "small prices". However, since I have never used the thing before, I can’t really share any experience with it yet. It’s definitely intended as a solution where you can also use the middle of the room for drying if needed. With 200 sqm, maybe you can also occasionally use a guest room in winter with a portable dryer, right? You have to be a bit flexible after all.

Hi,

yes, of course we also have a storage or utility room. That’s where the laundry will be dried in the future; most of it ends up in the dryer anyway. I just hope the space will be enough. With 4 people—one of them female and in puberty—quite a lot comes together. We don’t have a guest room... but upstairs I have a storage room, so that could work too....

We could have built a basement, but on the one hand our costs would have risen considerably, and on the other hand we don’t need such a large basement. We now have about 55 sqm of basement, and it is already quite "cluttered" with useless stuff. Therefore, we refrained from it and I’m already looking forward to not having to run to the basement forever, but having everything on one level. We planned our rooms (bedroom, dressing room, bathroom) and living room, kitchen, guest toilet on one level on the ground floor and moved the two children’s rooms, children’s bathroom, and study upstairs. Because of the very large ground floor, we have a very spacious first floor.

: You say it yourself, that little bit of moisture from the laundry doesn't make a relevant difference regarding the dryness of the air. So where exactly is the problem now if I dry my laundry inside the house? (And I don't understand why you even present the energy-consuming dryer as a better alternative.)
: With the storage room, it just depends on what is permanently stored there, hehe. I also think it's good when all the main rooms are on the ground floor.

Hello,

: You say it yourself, that little bit of moisture from the laundry doesn't make a relevant difference regarding the dryness of the air.

Please do not take this out of context. I wrote: "And yes, controlled residential ventilation tends to cause dry air; a bit of moisture in a room - especially in a utility room - doesn’t really make a difference." That is something different from claiming: "that little bit of moisture from the laundry doesn’t make a relevant difference regarding the dryness of the air."

... And why you even portray the energy-consuming dryer as a better alternative, I don’t understand.)

With that attitude, in my opinion, you should neither wash, nor dry, nor blow-dry your hair, nor operate a refrigerator, nor drive a car, etc.; nor do anything except build a real PH.

Wet laundry brings moisture into the house. Since controlled residential ventilation has become almost indispensable nowadays due to the very airtight construction – precisely to avoid moisture risks – it also seems illogical to me to voluntarily and unnecessarily counteract the acquisition of controlled residential ventilation.

Foolish greetings

Hello,

I am also aware that there are many "good" GUs out there... we would build with ours again at any time... but the majority of companies work differently... at least that’s how it comes across when I read the builder diaries, etc... but I digress...

Believe me – it only works the other way around!

If you read construction diaries in which the builders describe the construction with partners other than cheap partners, you won’t find the problems you outlined. The vast majority of BU/GU/GÜ/architects in Germany work in the interest of their clients, as they live off recommendations.

Where high additional costs are described, it was usually the cheap offer price at the bottom right that triggered the signature. I do not want to condemn cheap providers by any means, because from my point of view they have their raison d’être. But it should also be noted that there are builders who are absolutely resistant to learning and rely on "it will turn out well in their construction project", even though the internet is full of contrary statements. Or how else, what do you think, can it be explained that there are still construction diaries with the problems you described?

Foolish greetings
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Hello,

We could have built a basement ...

I am on your side

I just wanted to point out that a basement - even standing in water - does not have to become a money pit if the foundation recommendations from the soil expert and the structural engineer have been followed.

Foolish greetings

Okay, so I don’t have anything further to add about warts.

: Sorry, even the repeated explanation doesn’t convince me and doesn’t change the fact that I will completely worry-free dry my laundry in the utility room.

: I’ll ask about the motor lock, meaning at the front door? You can probably lock it from your phone and such? Or is a motor simply safer than a mechanical lock?

This is really an interesting thread.