Hello everyone, we are Ina and Philipp. We both want to take the next step and build our own home.
We are intentionally moving away from the big city back to the countryside (Ina comes from a rural area). Perhaps some of you remember we have posted here before and shared some bad experiences with looking for land. Thanks to your advice, we quickly figured out what to watch out for. We want to actively share our journey toward homeownership here and are grateful for any tips and tricks.
What is the current status?
We are currently in contact with an owner (over 70 years old) of a plot of land who is willing to sell us 1,400 square meters (15,070 square feet) for 50,000 euros. All utility connections except for gas are already available at the site. The land is currently farmed as agricultural land. The plot is located next to a low-traffic federal road.
Yesterday, we spoke with potential neighbors. They also bought from this gentleman in 2011 and are still very satisfied with the quality of living and housing in the area. The neighbors were in the same situation back then—the land was also used as farmland.
Next Tuesday, we have an appointment with the bank. We will discuss whether to finance the land or possibly pay in cash. The advisor told us on the phone yesterday that we should generally consider paying for the land in cash rather than financing it.
If everything goes well, we will call the owner on Tuesday and hopefully tell him that we want to buy the land. He said yesterday he would then send us all the documents.
We have a specific idea we want to realize: a bungalow (the neighbor’s house is already a bungalow) modeled after a Swedish-style home.
Currently open questions:
Do you already have any advice on what we should pay attention to?
I (Philipp) have some doubts and would prefer to finance the land because the €50,000 should serve as equity/reserve for building the house.
There is a sewage access point right at the edge of the property. The owner said—if I understood correctly—that he would also talk to the water utility company to see if we would not have to buy that part of the land.
Thank you very much for reading this far. We wish you a nice weekend and will continue to report here openly and regularly. We appreciate any feedback or suggestions on things we can clarify early on.
We are intentionally moving away from the big city back to the countryside (Ina comes from a rural area). Perhaps some of you remember we have posted here before and shared some bad experiences with looking for land. Thanks to your advice, we quickly figured out what to watch out for. We want to actively share our journey toward homeownership here and are grateful for any tips and tricks.
What is the current status?
We are currently in contact with an owner (over 70 years old) of a plot of land who is willing to sell us 1,400 square meters (15,070 square feet) for 50,000 euros. All utility connections except for gas are already available at the site. The land is currently farmed as agricultural land. The plot is located next to a low-traffic federal road.
Yesterday, we spoke with potential neighbors. They also bought from this gentleman in 2011 and are still very satisfied with the quality of living and housing in the area. The neighbors were in the same situation back then—the land was also used as farmland.
Next Tuesday, we have an appointment with the bank. We will discuss whether to finance the land or possibly pay in cash. The advisor told us on the phone yesterday that we should generally consider paying for the land in cash rather than financing it.
If everything goes well, we will call the owner on Tuesday and hopefully tell him that we want to buy the land. He said yesterday he would then send us all the documents.
We have a specific idea we want to realize: a bungalow (the neighbor’s house is already a bungalow) modeled after a Swedish-style home.
Currently open questions:
Do you already have any advice on what we should pay attention to?
I (Philipp) have some doubts and would prefer to finance the land because the €50,000 should serve as equity/reserve for building the house.
There is a sewage access point right at the edge of the property. The owner said—if I understood correctly—that he would also talk to the water utility company to see if we would not have to buy that part of the land.
Thank you very much for reading this far. We wish you a nice weekend and will continue to report here openly and regularly. We appreciate any feedback or suggestions on things we can clarify early on.
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philipp199031 Aug 2019 08:47Escroda schrieb:
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Plot division .......... 3000,-
Site plan for building permit / planning permission .......... 800,-
Building staking .......... 800,-
Notary and land registry .......... 1000,-
...Sorry, I expressed myself incorrectly. I think I already have the costs; the issue is about the remaining points where we can sort this out.
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philipp199031 Aug 2019 09:08This is our current idea for a floor plan.
The green areas are planned to have open ceilings so that the roof structure is visible.
The horizontal red wall in the living room will be built like this, but it will not extend all the way to the roof—only about 2 meters (6.5 feet) high:
The vertical red wall is planned roughly like this; the TV will be placed behind it. The beam thickness will be adjusted. Here, too, the beams will be used as room dividers and will not reach the ceiling.
The floor plan is not practical for everyday living. It is a holiday home layout. Because: the entrance area is too small to accommodate a family, the living room is too narrow, and there are conflicts with the children's bedrooms. Children’s bedrooms are not places for retreat.
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Strahleman31 Aug 2019 10:22philipp1990 schrieb:
This is our current idea for a floor plan There are quite a few issues with it though. At first glance, I would say almost every room is too small if the furniture sizes are accurate. For example, in the bedroom, you would have to squeeze through a narrow gap to get into the bed (and you’d have to do this twice). At the dining table, four chairs couldn’t be used properly, and in the bathroom, you also need to carefully aim over the two sinks placed in front of the toilet. I would recommend reconsidering the plan’s overall layout from scratch.
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philipp199031 Aug 2019 10:39ypg schrieb:
The floor plan is not practical for everyday living. It looks more like a holiday home layout.
Because: the entrance area is too small to accommodate a family, the living room is too narrow and has conflict points with the children's rooms. Children's rooms are not places for retreat. Strahleman schrieb:
There are quite a few issues. At first glance, I would say almost every room is too small if the furniture sizes are correct. For example, you would have to squeeze through a narrow gap to get into the bed in the bedroom (twice even), four chairs cannot be used properly at the dining table, and in the bathroom you also need to aim carefully between the two sinks in front of the toilet. I would fundamentally reconsider the layout in this configuration. Thanks for the replies. We are open to solutions. The entrance area is mainly to prevent the cats from running out onto the street.
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