Very often, city dwellers want to go to rest somewhere in the woods or on the lake, away from the daily hustle and bustle. In this case, a private house is what a person needs who feels the need to leave the noisy metropolis and reunite with nature. A country house is built from a variety of materials on the market, both for a long time and widely used, and from natural, environmentally friendly wood, which creates a special atmosphere in the house and the desire to come to the countryside more often.
Quite often we ask ourselves the question: “Will I be able to build a house for myself, taking into account all my wishes and possibilities, or is it easier to buy?”.
With great confidence, we can say the following. A house is not an apartment, where, with a certain number of rooms, there is not such a large variety of layouts on the market. The house is an individual. Your individuality. Your face and your ego.The house built by you (according to your project or sketches) will have individuality in the first place, as well as fully meet your requirements in terms of the number and location of rooms, utility rooms, and orientation to the cardinal points.
It is important to understand that drawing a sketch of your house on paper and starting its construction by purchasing the necessary materials, even with a team of professional builders, is a huge mistake. If you are not a certified architect, you will definitely need a house construction project completed by specialists from a specialized company that has all the necessary licenses and permits.
The task of preliminary designing or creating a sketch of a country house can now be facilitated by a huge selection of ready-made projects of private houses, cottages available from developers. You can get acquainted with the most rationally executed in the spirit of the development of modern technologies, taking into account economy, ergonomics, energy efficiency, the latest technical solutions.
One of the cornerstone questions that you will ask yourself in the first place is the number of storeys of the house. You should not be guided by the narrow-minded opinion "the higher, the cooler." If you are planning to build your cottage somewhere among ship pines rushing to the sky, with a nearby expanse of a blue lake or a bay covered with small lambs of waves, it might be worth considering building with a 3+ storey. Of course, it is necessary to take into account not only the cost of its construction, but also its maintenance, especially during the heating season.In most cases, we are faced with the need to consider the construction of a house located in the private sector within the city, in garden partnerships or country cottage complexes. Unfortunately, in such cases, the area of a personal plot rarely exceeds 10 acres, or even much less. And all that you can see from the height of the balcony of the third floor is the windows of neighboring houses and their owners bent over the bed. It should be noted to notice a very dubious pleasure.
The relatively small size of personal plots dictate the need to reduce the area of the development spot in order to realize your wishes in the number and size of indoor premises while maintaining sufficient territory for landscaping, building utility rooms, and recreation areas. In this situation, the most profitable solution may be the construction of a two-story house. With a significant reduction in the building area, you will save on the main costly parts of any house - the foundation and roof. The location of sanitary facilities on top of each other will save on communications. Of the minuses, first of all, it is worth noting the need to install an interfloor staircase that is convenient for moving. This will take away a certain internal area of \u200b\u200bthe house, as well as additional financial costs for its design, manufacture and decoration.
If you choose a relatively budget project, do not want to give a significant part of the family budget to pay for utilities, then you should first determine the location of the interior, especially residential, relative to the wind rose. So, bedrooms and technical rooms are best located in the north-eastern part of the house, guest rooms - in the south-western.Do not forget that the main energy losses in the house are concentrated on window and door openings. If you want to install stained-glass windows "on the floor", place them in the most illuminated areas of the house. The complex architectural design of the outer walls (a large number of external corners) also leads to significant energy losses in strong cold winds, the so-called "chilling".
In general, there is an opinion that the golden rule of the future owner of a private house is not to save on foundation, roof and windows.
And remember, a real developer is seen not by how he starts construction, but by how he completes it.
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