ᐅ Is the real estate market increasingly forcing families to build their own homes?

Created on: 6 Apr 2019 11:35
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Thierse
Actually, we would prefer to avoid building. Unfortunately, existing properties within a 20 km (12 miles) radius have become quite expensive, and affordable rental houses with small gardens are simply scarce.

Until now, we have been living in an old rental apartment without a garden. We would like to change that, but there is a lack of options. The listings on various platforms are overcrowded with families looking for affordable housing.

Who is familiar with this situation, and how do you deal with it?
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Nordlys
14 Apr 2019 21:48
Yvonne, agreement is already more than I expect, as it is a personal perspective. And if someone younger than me dismisses it as old man stories from the past, that is also true—I am telling stories from the past. These early experiences are simply stored in my brain and shape my current view on things that I find exaggerated and unnecessary because they try to solve a problem that I do not see. Karsten
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ypg
14 Apr 2019 21:53
Karsten,
I think many problems wouldn't arise if more "ordinary people" didn’t consider themselves special and unique and complain about normal things, such as sharing a bathroom.
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Yosan
14 Apr 2019 22:02
In my opinion, an additional bathroom specifically for children makes sense starting from about three kids. At home, we had two bathrooms (one with a shower and bathtub, one with only a shower) and a very small guest toilet...for 5 children plus our parents.

The three toilets were definitely useful, especially when we all wanted to leave at the same time, but the two bathrooms were sufficient. The smaller one was shared by three people, the larger one by four.
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ypg
14 Apr 2019 22:21
Yosan schrieb:
In my opinion, an extra children's bathroom might only make sense starting from three kids. We had two bathrooms at home (one with a shower and bathtub, one with just a shower) and a very small guest toilet... for five kids plus our parents.
The three toilets were definitely useful, especially when we all wanted to leave at the same time, but the two bathrooms were sufficient. The smaller one was shared by three people, the larger by four.

Here in the forum, many people insist on having a children's bathroom just because they want to fulfill the dream of a bedroom, walk-in closet, and master bathroom. The master bathroom is, of course, internal and designed with luxury features that only an adult truly appreciates. Not so much child-friendly, hence the must-have children's bathroom.
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haydee
14 Apr 2019 22:25
190 sqm (2050 sq ft) without a kids' bathroom
I consider it unnecessary
Maybe I will miss it in 10 years
There is still the bathroom on the ground floor, which many others also have despite having a kids' bathroom.
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Bookstar
14 Apr 2019 22:39
In the vast majority of cases I have encountered, everyone uses one bathroom while the second remains unused. For this reason, I am always in favor of having only one bathroom per floor. Exceptions and different habits are the norm.