Thursday, August 1, 2013

Sampling the Materials for our House ~ Bemusterungstermin

Yesterday we had what they call here as Bemusterungstermin. It is the day when we visit the ProHaus Main Office and check, decide or choose the different samples of roofs, types of windows, types of doors, stairways, and all the materials we need to finish and build our house. It do not only mean choosing the colors and design, but.... it is more about the technical part of the house such as the heating system, the type of roof, the insulation panels, conditioning or ventilating units, chimney and many more. And since we are building a house with basement, the list of things is longer.

Building a house in a tropical area, where I grew up, do not need a lot of things that of the house here in Europe. Here, there are a lot of things to consider, as mentioned above, there is heating system, insulation panels, conditioning or ventilating units, chimney, the basement should be properly insulated, you should follow the law regarding house building in your area and many more.

We arrived in the city of Nordhorn the day before our schedule. We had an overnight in a nice hotel. We started at 9am of the next day and ended up at 6pm. I know... it was a long day! We had a lunch break in between though. The conversation started from discussing the things/materials that we need, but is not yet part of our contract. Ouch... meaning more costs :( On the other hand, we made some changes that lessened the costs, but did not help with saving. To make the story short, we ended up having more costs than expected. There are some things that we would like to clear up with our Sales Person, Mr. K. We hope that this will give us a positive result.

It was tough to decide on a lot of things about the house in just few hours... specially that there are a lot of options and choices. But atleast, at this point, I would say, I am contended on how I am picturing our dream house in my mind. We are on the theme, simple is more ;)

Oh and by the way, after lunch, we received the first big bill that we need to pay :((





















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