ᐅ Costs for a Semi-Detached House

Hello @all!

I am planning to build a semi-detached house in the Ruhr area. After reading several discussions here about costs, many of which were very informative, I wanted to ask if you could provide a cost estimate for our small home...
As a layperson, it is quite difficult to realistically assess the price quotes.

Basic details:

Semi-detached house with 2 full floors
Hipped roof (not converted into living space)
7.6m x 10.7m external dimensions
Brick-faced facade
KfW 70 standard or better
Basement (watertight shell)

What costs (turnkey) are realistic?
How much extra does the basement typically add?

I can estimate the additional costs (land, purchase, temporary power supply, landscaping, garden, etc.) fairly well—please only estimate the costs for the house itself. Thanks ;-)

Best regards
Micha ;-)

Hello Micha,

Micha&Dany schrieb:

Semi-detached house with 2 full stories
Hipped roof (not finished)
7.6m x 10.7m (25 ft x 35 ft) exterior dimensions
Brick veneer
KfW 70 or better
Basement (watertight shell)
What are realistic turnkey costs?

Without painting and flooring, the price should be around EUR 210,000.

Micha&Dany schrieb:
How much extra does the basement cost?

About EUR 35,000 plus the cost of additional waterproofing for a watertight basement, approximately EUR 5,000–6,000.

Best regards

Hello building expert,

Thank you for the quick reply...
So the prices the providers gave us are actually realistic after all...
(All around 200k)

About six months ago, I requested a "hypothetical" quote for a detached single-family house (without a basement) – that was 150k back then.
After we found a plot of land, we wanted a concrete offer again – the same provider now quotes 195k for a semi-detached house (living area almost the same, layout the same) with a basement...

45k just for the basement seemed really high to me... 🙁

Best regards
Micha 😉

Hello Micha,

Micha&Dany schrieb:
45k just for the basement seemed very high to me… 🙁

Not necessarily, it depends on what kind of "basement" construction they offered you and which services (for example, earthworks) are included in that price.

Best regards

Hello Building Expert

I have a (cost) question that maybe you can help me with again 😀

I wrote that we *have to* build with a basement...
The reason is that the other semi-detached house is being built with a basement, so we have to support our half at the foundation level of the neighbor’s basement – or in other words, we have to build a basement too...

But I still don’t like the idea of a “basement” 🙁 (A basement is the most expensive storage room in the world)
Can you give me a rough price estimate for supporting the foundation instead of building a basement?
Or the total price if we don’t build a basement at all?!

Thanks a lot for your help 😎
Micha 😉

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PS: I mentioned in another topic that we *have to* build with a basement – my mistake *g*

Hello,

Micha&Dany schrieb:
But I still don't like the topic of "basements" 🙁 (A basement is the most expensive storage room in the world)

Yep 🙂

Micha&Dany schrieb:
Can you give me a rough price estimate of what a foundation support instead of a basement would cost?

Between EUR 8,000 - 10,000, depending on the existing conditions and soil quality. For the price without a basement, you can deduct the basement costs mentioned in the previous reply.

Micha&Dany schrieb:
PS: I had written in another thread that we *have to* build with a basement – my mistake *g*

No one _has to_ build with a basement; it is always a matter of weighing the pros and cons and personal preferences 🙂

Kind regards