Norwegian house design

Norwegian house design, was always my dream when I came to live in Norway. I was very lucky to marry an architect.

After the Second World War, half of the houses built in Norway have been financed by the House Bank.

The bank was started in 1946 for three main reasons.

1. To provide houses for those people who find it difficult to obtain loans in an ordinary bank.

2. To increase the number of simple design houses being built.

3. To stimulate a better functioning market.

We built our house in 1979 with a loan from the House Bank. The land the house is built on we bought off a good friend of my father in law. Over the years using my wifes Norwegian house design, we have added several extensions.

With it being a House Bank house, there were a lot of restrictions regarding the design of the house. My wife is an architect, so of course she designed our house.

When we moved in, it had 2 bedrooms, lounge and kitchen on the first floor and 2 bedrooms on the second floor.

After 30 years, we now have a conservatory, a TV room extended from our bedroom leading out to the terrace, a cloak-room as you come in the main door, an outside Den attached to the house, which has one end open to the lawns and fish pond.

But best of all, 2 years ago, we built an English pub in the basement. I named it "Anfield Road" the home of my favourite football team, Liverpool.

Most of the beautiful private houses in Norway are made of wood, and nearly all of them have a basement.

Usually after the house is built, the basement is rented out to help pay the mortgage. It is usually a self contained apartment with its own entrance. This is a typical Norwegian house design, so you don’t really need to have any contact with the people living if you don’t want to.

We have never done this because of our big family, but they have all moved out now, hence the pub ;- )

They have system here in Jaeren where I live, what is unique. When you start to build a house, family and friends always offer their help to get the ground work done.

When the house needs painting, there they are again. It goes without saying that these people get help from us when they need it.

I remember when we dug out the foundations for our house and started with the cement work, there were over 20 people who turned up on a Saturday afternoon. Its very sociable and a lot of fun. After the days work there is dinner and a few well earned beers.

This system is still practiced throughout Jaeren today.

My wife Astrid is very well known throughout Jaeren for her house designs. She allows her customers to submit their own designs, and then she carefully makes suggestions for improvement, until they are completely satisfied. Astrid uses Data Design System (DDS) to do they actual drawing and if you wish she can make a three dimensional picture of the house. This picture is then placed on a picture of the land were the house will be built. By doing this you can then see how your new house will look even before it has been built.

My wife has designed houses for customers throughout Europe using the wonders of the internet. Suggestions and pictures are sent to the customer by Email. The customer can make any suggestions she/he wants and Emails back again. Astrid makes the necessary adjustments and when the customer is completely satisfied, the plans are printed and sent back again to be handed over to company who will build the house. Before they can start, the plans must of course be approved by the local council.

Norwegian house design has become very popular as far away as the USA.

Please, if you have any questions or if you are planning on building or improving your house, don’t hesitate to get in contact with us.

Contact details

Astrid Office: - 47 51434835

Astrid Mobile: - 47 98299425

Bob Home: - 47 51434127

Norwegian house design and Home

Do you really want a home job that pays ? (Join Free and Powerful)