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

If you are satisfied with the spots, then everything is fine. Yes, we also have wall lamps over (and one under the open) stairs instead. They serve the same purpose, the main thing is not to break your neck in the dark.

Yes, I seem to remember that burying the cisterns makes up a large part of the costs. If you can hide the cistern well behind the garage, that’s a good solution. Or are there really fancy-looking cisterns? Maybe we will have a cistern too, but I always call it a rain barrel. So we place a rain barrel at the downpipe of the house, which of course has limited capacity and no pump—at what point is a cistern a cistern?

Oh yes, a very original pattern/color play on the wall. I even like the one with the round lamps, one of which is still sitting on the floor, even better! Very pretty. But the steps in the photo are still provisional, right?

Speaking of mosaic tiles, I once went to a shop with our wall and floor tiles and they had wonderful shimmering, semi-transparent glass mosaic tiles. The delicate, different shades harmonized perfectly with my tiles, even the saleswoman was enchanted, a world full of sparkling lakes, delicate water lilies and smiling bathing elves unfolded before our inner eyes.
And then she quoted the price. When she told me, she was the first to grimace. 580 euros per sqm. I was like: Uh, ouch. She said: Net. I said: Yikes.

glittering lakes, delicate water lilies, and smiling bathing elves appeared before our inner eyes. And then she quoted the price. When she told me, she was the first to make a face. 580 euros per sqm. I said: Uh, ouch. She: Net. Me: Yikes.

Yes.... then mother-of-pearl shimmers with glass and color, infinite possibilities... wonderful. With us, however, only half as expensive and also only 2 sqm... The tiler then of course charges extra for laying as well.

The annoying thing is, in tile stores there is a price on the mosaic tiles, which is not only net but also refers to a strange, usually not comparable quantity, which is small. "One strip." The gross price per square meter is then quite, quite different again...

Yes, half the price for 1-2 sqm, that is more manageable. It can really look fantastic, my brother-in-law has something like that in his shower too, a dream.

We have that too. Although I wouldn't really call that "indulged". It only cost the extra price for the one switch.

I just forgot something:
- We also treated ourselves to a masonry laundry chute (with a lockable stainless steel lid) between the upstairs bathroom and the utility room on the ground floor.

But it really is a good idea with the media switch, at the moment I walk around in the evenings and turn off the standby devices. The tip might just come in time for us, the electricians are currently jumping through the first rooms.

Practical extras are always good. If I had grown up as a child in such a house, I think I probably would have had a lot of fun trying out all sorts of things on a trial run. So it has an educational added value, experiences with the inclined plane. Just kidding. Also, I’m probably imagining it wrong right now, a shaft is probably vertical and not a slide.

Yes, the shaft is vertical and because of the children:
You get three guesses why the cover is lockable.