ᐅ Building a new house vs. buying and converting an existing warehouse: what makes more sense?
Created on: 17 May 2009 20:15
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milamber
Hello everyone,
Nice forum that I just discovered here.
I plan to move into my own place within the next few months and have already started looking into this topic. However, I have the following problem: I find typical houses boring! I don’t want to spend a lot of money on something that wouldn’t really make me happy. For me, only lofts, studios, or artist spaces are an option.
My dream idea would be a small hall where I could build a kind of balcony for the bedroom. The rest would be a completely open living area. It is clear, though, that such a building wouldn’t be very energy efficient and would definitely need renovation. Also, I’d like to have skylights (I’m a big fan of plants and wouldn’t mind having a large tree right in the middle of the room).
Would it therefore be more practical to build a house and just leave out all the interior walls? Of course, with the appropriate ceiling height. Would such a house be cheaper? After all, it would lack a lot of interior materials.
How realistic is it to find such a small hall in Karlsruhe at all? (Only if someone here knows the situation in that city).
Nice forum that I just discovered here.
I plan to move into my own place within the next few months and have already started looking into this topic. However, I have the following problem: I find typical houses boring! I don’t want to spend a lot of money on something that wouldn’t really make me happy. For me, only lofts, studios, or artist spaces are an option.
My dream idea would be a small hall where I could build a kind of balcony for the bedroom. The rest would be a completely open living area. It is clear, though, that such a building wouldn’t be very energy efficient and would definitely need renovation. Also, I’d like to have skylights (I’m a big fan of plants and wouldn’t mind having a large tree right in the middle of the room).
Would it therefore be more practical to build a house and just leave out all the interior walls? Of course, with the appropriate ceiling height. Would such a house be cheaper? After all, it would lack a lot of interior materials.
How realistic is it to find such a small hall in Karlsruhe at all? (Only if someone here knows the situation in that city).
Der Da schrieb:
Either he built the house and is now annoyed to live next to a brothel, or he’s happy about it—maybe there are resident discounts. You seem to know your stuff.