Regulations come first
Right from the start, you need to narrow your search to designs that comply with the local spatial development plan and building conditions. If we are buying a plot, we can check before purchasing whether these regulations suit us. However, if, for example, we have received the land, we are simply subject to such top-down regulations.
Pay attention to your habits
When choosing from ready-made designs, such as those available at domoweklimaty.pl, we must choose a house that will be as close as possible to our needs. Any alterations that were not planned at the outset may unfortunately cost us a great deal. That is why we should pay attention to functionality. Every family has a slightly different lifestyle, different habits and shared interests. Household members can certainly observe certain patterns of behaviour during the day, and these will undoubtedly be transferred to their new home as well. When considering a design, we should focus precisely on functionality and everyday comfort.
How much living space do we need?
Many people moving into their dream single-family home want more living space than they have had so far. However, we need to consider how much space we actually need. We certainly should not go overboard with the floor area, because maintaining such a place later may be too expensive, especially when it comes to heating costs—not to mention the construction costs themselves. It is therefore a good idea to adapt the size of the house to the number of occupants and their needs.
Do we need additional rooms?
When living in an apartment block, we cannot always afford additional rooms such as an office, pantry, separate laundry room or extra bathroom. Moving into a new house gives us the opportunity to finally consider creating such functional spaces. Therefore, it is worth thinking about this at the design stage.
We are building a house for many years
The stage of life we are at has a major influence on the design. Things will be different when we are starting a family, and different again when the children have already moved out. However, since we are building such a house for many years, we need to think further into the future than just our current situation. It is important that the house also works for us when we are at a different stage of life. In old age, for example, we may have difficulty climbing stairs, not to mention that we will no longer need a huge amount of space. It is therefore worth analysing its future functionality as well.
Everyone choosing a design for their future home should take the above advice to heart. It may make it somewhat easier to make the final—and, most importantly, right—decision.