I’m not quite sure how to start this thread properly. I hope I’m in the right section. I’ll just begin.
I’m still quite young, but I have always decided that only a prefabricated house is an option for me. My interest is not just for a few months, but rather spans several years, as I am planning my future with a long-term perspective. I want to build early because I want to pay off the house as soon as possible. I have already visited several well-known prefab house companies and have been really impressed. Since we don’t live far from a company headquarters (Frankenberg), I have also visited model homes several times.
Having a steady job with a regular income is, of course, a requirement that I meet.
I already have a plot of land, so I don’t have to worry about that.
Equity will also be available.
My question is simply whether there are other young homebuilders here who might share their experiences with me. Perhaps there are also recommendations on whether my decision to take on such a commitment so early is the right one or not.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Greetings from Hesse!
I’m still quite young, but I have always decided that only a prefabricated house is an option for me. My interest is not just for a few months, but rather spans several years, as I am planning my future with a long-term perspective. I want to build early because I want to pay off the house as soon as possible. I have already visited several well-known prefab house companies and have been really impressed. Since we don’t live far from a company headquarters (Frankenberg), I have also visited model homes several times.
Having a steady job with a regular income is, of course, a requirement that I meet.
I already have a plot of land, so I don’t have to worry about that.
Equity will also be available.
My question is simply whether there are other young homebuilders here who might share their experiences with me. Perhaps there are also recommendations on whether my decision to take on such a commitment so early is the right one or not.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Greetings from Hesse!
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pagoni202017 Sep 2020 11:14exto1791 schrieb:
Here, a very large discussion is being stirred up that I don’t think was intended at all...
The original poster wanted our help—improvements, opinions, etc. I think it’s good to “open their eyes” and say: Hey, you want children, so here’s a tip—do this and that in the kids’ room, or hey, these things will come up that will require more space here and there. It’s more like well-meaning advice than saying: Nobody is allowed to make mistakes.
At that age, people don’t look to the future—that’s the “problem.” Because of this, the original poster might regret not having a wardrobe years from now and never having space for it! That’s a real possibility, right? We are pointing that out to him! I assume people here just want to give tips so the original poster won’t be unhappy in a few years. This is about optimization and thinking ahead. Everyone makes mistakes—that’s clear—but it’s about which mistakes can be avoided that the original poster only realizes after getting these tips here, which they currently don’t see but might understand when they consider them! You’re right! As an older guy, I appreciate that a young person approaches things with less naivety, while I often think about things now that I would have just laughed off before. Just the way it was back then… And of course, it’s helpful for him to receive advice here regarding functionality, etc.—I would have wished for that myself many times before. But sometimes it also gets very personal—whether he is old enough, whether someone really understands life, all those problems—and I think a few hints are enough. As @exto1791 writes, in the end something else is often blown out of proportion and judged rather negatively.
exto1791 schrieb:
I just think that if someone at that age is planning something like this, they are probably a very down-to-earth person who might want to make this their dream home and possibly live in it for a very long time, I tend to believe that someone who is young but already quite mature and more self-reflective than average for their age will likely continue to mature and may even build more houses over their lifetime than @hampshire or @nordanney. That doesn’t exclude the possibility that, based on their own assessment, they expect to maintain the current status of this project for ten or more years. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if they continue to mature quickly and discuss their second house here in about four years.
Now, I’m curious to hear what they will say about this themselves during their next visit to this discussion.
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Climbee schrieb:
It’s not about how flexible you are at a certain age, or whether you own three or thirty jackets, but in my opinion, it’s about the fact that, no matter how old you are, you spend a considerable amount of money on a house. At least that’s how I am – and I was even like this in my early twenties – wanting everything to be as perfect and of good quality as possible. A house is not like a T-shirt from H&M that I wear twice and then decide I don’t like anymore and donate.
If I had had the chance, I probably would have built a house in my early twenties – I was already designing houses for fun back then. Whenever I saw a great plot of land, I’d imagine what dream house I would build there, and so on. I think the same way. I already knew at 15 that I wanted to live in my own home, preferably different from my parents’. I drew a lot: houses I had been inside, apartments, houses I only knew from the outside... all looked different from what I built and would build now. The townhouse I bought at 32 was affordable and nice. The 2sqm (22 sq ft) hallway immediately annoyed me, and no south-facing window… I only realized that later.
The current house has its flaws, too: anyone who’s been following knows that because of the pandemic and other circumstances, we now have a camper van parked here… the parking space had to be created first, since we never even thought a third vehicle would need to fit here… if we had known, “we would have built very differently.” But it’s not a big deal.
exto1791 schrieb:
This seems to have sparked an unnecessarily big discussion, which I don’t think was intended… Those discussions are quite nice, though. I haven’t read anything negative here so far. But I did understand it to mean that the original poster wanted opinions on the floor plan and is now somewhat disappointed or offended. That’s obviously a shame.
ypg schrieb:
I haven’t read anything negative here so far. However, I actually understood that the original poster (OP) wanted opinions on the floor plan and is now somewhat disappointed or offended.In the opening post on August 1st, the OP seems to still be in the process of choosing a provider, but in post #31 from September 2nd, he mentions a site appointment in November. I’d say he’s making sure nothing gets left to chance. I haven’t seen him express disappointment or offense. I would be interested in his feedback on how finalized the detailed planning is. My suggestion to straighten the bay window probably came too late, but I still hope that dividing the space under the stairs into a pantry and a shoe cabinet is doable. If for one or another optimization option the train (regarding “House One”) has already left the station: “Tel Aviv” (or something like that), as the French say, and then my general approach (referring to young homebuilders) is “better to have the ambiance in your hands than the jet on the roof” — every step forward on the property ladder counts.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
On August 1st, the original poster still seemed to be in the process of choosing a provider, according to post #31 from September 2ndThe opening post was on August 1st 2019.Tassimat schrieb:
The opening post was on August 1st 2019.Oops, ouch, my badhttps://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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