ᐅ End Terraced House: Large vs. Small / Price vs. Space—A Dilemma

Musketier schrieb:

Based on the floor plan proportions, the width is likely between 4.80m (15.7 ft) for the smaller house and 5.20m (17.1 ft) for the larger one, including the exterior walls.
You can also see this clearly from the bed in the bedroom, which with a standard size of 2.00–2.20m (6.6–7.2 ft) takes up about half the room’s width.

Those are expensive dog houses!

Musketier schrieb:

Edit: Bauexperte was faster

Only this once 😀

Regards, Bauexperte

Hello,

I just visited the construction site again. It’s a good 5 meters wide, so definitely not 6 :-(

Bauexperte schrieb:
Those are expensive doghouses!

Just this once 😀

Regards, Bauexperte

I understand that the older generation sees it that way, if I may put it like that.
Even my parents don’t like the idea of “living in sardine cans.”

However, I’m in my early 20s and don’t have €100,000 in equity to build a proper single-family house ;-)

The houses are located in Maxdorf, if that means anything here.
The developer is a Mr. Hermle; maybe someone here knows him?

Best regards

Of course, you can describe it that way, although I’m only “old on paper” ;-)

It has little to do with having equity and much more with common sense. I admit that you may not have much experience in this area yet. Just think about who—if it ever comes to that—would buy your little dream house for a high price? Also consider whether it makes more sense to spread the advertised square meters over one floor rather than three.

In the end, when my son was your age, I would have always advised him against a project like the one you currently dream of. And rightly so, as I learned last Friday; he and his girlfriend got engaged. Both will be 34 in the middle of the year and want to have children ;-)

Best regards, Bauexperte

In our case, it’s mostly the older generation that built the settlement houses with 80m² (860 sq ft). Nowadays, apartments and houses (if you can afford it) are getting bigger and bigger.
In your early twenties, you usually don’t have a lot of equity, but you have plenty of time to pay off the mortgage. Your income may also improve significantly with career advancement. For example, I am now earning twice as much as I did 8 years ago when I was in my late twenties.

Bauexperte schrieb:
Those are expensive doghouses!

@Bauexperte
By the way, I don’t find the term “doghouse” very polite, especially considering that the person is trying to realize their lifelong dream.

During our search for existing properties, we also came across such “handkerchief-sized lots” with terraced houses of 120m² -130m² (1290 - 1400 sq ft) (built between 1995 and 1997).
They were practically thrown on the market for €130,000. But we didn’t get past the outside viewing because neither of us could really imagine living there.
Although we don’t have more living space now, I find the quality of living by far better. However, we paid twice as much for it.
The question is whether the quality of living is worth that much to you.

@ Musketier

I didn’t want to be polite, but rather get straight to the heart of the matter.

A lifelong dream... in your early 20s?

They are doghouses, or sardine cans if you prefer, and an outrageous amount of money is demanded for them. That concerns me, I admit that openly. Also, that a young person—who really has no way of knowing what fate has in store—commits early to a property, especially an overpriced one.

I think I’m allowed to express these key points more bluntly; I haven’t even touched on the consequences yet ;-)

Regards, Bauexperte
Bauexperte

I understand what you were trying to achieve with that. However, in my opinion, objective arguments would have been more appropriate.