I admit upfront that I have practically no knowledge about house construction ;-)
My parents’ house is a semi-detached home from the 1980s, located in the center of a village in Bavaria, about 50 km (30 miles) from Munich. Nothing is supposed to happen to this property.
The other half of the semi-detached house belonged to my grandmother. I don’t know the exact year it was built, but I estimate it to be around 80-100 years old. The house has brick walls, no basement, low ceilings (one of which is starting to sag a bit, apparently made of wood?), an uninsulated roof structure, and the total height is about 1 meter (3 feet) lower than my parents’ house. It faces the street and practically has no garden.
The plot used to be a farm. There is still a large brick building on the site (about 40 cm (16 inches) wall thickness, presumably as old as my grandmother’s house, tall and large enough for a single-family home), which was used to store tractors and hay. This building is located relatively close to the neighbors’ properties and therefore probably does not meet current regulations. The floor is not concrete (foundation?). Behind this building there is still a fairly large garden.
My questions are:
1) Which of the two buildings (grandma’s house or the “hay barn,” or neither) would you convert into a residential building for rental purposes (to wealthy tenants from Munich ;-) ) according to current standards?
2) What is more practical: new construction or renovation? I think that the hay barn could not be built today with the same outer walls. With the proper distance from neighbors, space will be tight. One neighbor wouldn’t mind, but I can’t predict the other’s reaction.
3) How should I proceed?
4) I have read that there is government funding available for converting agricultural buildings into residential properties. Is this true?
5) I am not in a hurry, and there seems to be a shortage of skilled workers at the moment. Should I wait a bit longer?
Wishing you all a good start to the new year!
My parents’ house is a semi-detached home from the 1980s, located in the center of a village in Bavaria, about 50 km (30 miles) from Munich. Nothing is supposed to happen to this property.
The other half of the semi-detached house belonged to my grandmother. I don’t know the exact year it was built, but I estimate it to be around 80-100 years old. The house has brick walls, no basement, low ceilings (one of which is starting to sag a bit, apparently made of wood?), an uninsulated roof structure, and the total height is about 1 meter (3 feet) lower than my parents’ house. It faces the street and practically has no garden.
The plot used to be a farm. There is still a large brick building on the site (about 40 cm (16 inches) wall thickness, presumably as old as my grandmother’s house, tall and large enough for a single-family home), which was used to store tractors and hay. This building is located relatively close to the neighbors’ properties and therefore probably does not meet current regulations. The floor is not concrete (foundation?). Behind this building there is still a fairly large garden.
My questions are:
1) Which of the two buildings (grandma’s house or the “hay barn,” or neither) would you convert into a residential building for rental purposes (to wealthy tenants from Munich ;-) ) according to current standards?
2) What is more practical: new construction or renovation? I think that the hay barn could not be built today with the same outer walls. With the proper distance from neighbors, space will be tight. One neighbor wouldn’t mind, but I can’t predict the other’s reaction.
3) How should I proceed?
4) I have read that there is government funding available for converting agricultural buildings into residential properties. Is this true?
5) I am not in a hurry, and there seems to be a shortage of skilled workers at the moment. Should I wait a bit longer?
Wishing you all a good start to the new year!
SeeeD schrieb:
There is some kind of misunderstanding. Wealthy people from Munich would never live 50km (30 miles) away from their city and employer. 😀 There are moderately wealthy and truly wealthy people 😉
And I think you might not be aware of the distances and prices down there.
Augsburg, Landshut, Landsberg, and the Chiemsee area are up to 60km (37 miles) away, and people commute daily.
Starnberg is 20km (12 miles), Tölz 40km (25 miles) – these are holiday regions where commuting into the city for work is possible (which I wouldn’t do because a long commute would negate all other advantages for me, but many people do exactly that).
Still, this won’t get us anywhere until the original poster has checked with the relevant authorities what is actually allowed.