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?
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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chand198617 Apr 2019 09:35Nordlys schrieb:
Ms. Thunberg has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. This is not defamation, but a fact. Exactly. And since you attached this fact to one of your points without any context, it comes across as if you are trying to discredit the movement itself by pointing to the condition of its leading figure.
If that is the case: utterly low. If not: then why mention it at all?
(now my kindly silence is also over...)
It’s my land. And if I want to plant palm trees there, no matter how pointless that may seem, I want to plant palm trees.
I actually agree with that. There was a northern German emigrant, Konny Reimann, who just built however he wanted in Texas, including a wooden lighthouse. I wonder if he even applied for a building permit / planning permission for that? Enviable; something like that wouldn’t be possible in the strictly regulated environment of Germany.
I actually agree with that. There was a northern German emigrant, Konny Reimann, who just built however he wanted in Texas, including a wooden lighthouse. I wonder if he even applied for a building permit / planning permission for that? Enviable; something like that wouldn’t be possible in the strictly regulated environment of Germany.
Nordlys schrieb:
Ms. Thunberg has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. This is not defamation, but a fact. Who is talking about defamation? I would rather call it discrimination or something worse.
Seriously, Karsten! Go to the corner and be ashamed!
Climate Protection through Homebuilding: Call me simple-minded, maybe I’m just seeing things too simplistically, but here in Germany, we are not the world’s environmental destroyers. Just look at all the hype about plastic! Plastic bags, straws, and cotton swabs are seen as huge evils in supermarkets, yet more and more small packages appear on the market, where every single biscuit is individually wrapped. Or those awful “squeeze pouches” with yogurt or puree for children. Tea bags are individually wrapped again, coffee capsules, vegetables, and fruit are wrapped individually. Is that really necessary?
And what’s the point if we drive electric cars and use heat pumps, but ultimately have to buy the electricity from abroad, from unreliable nuclear power plants near Germany’s borders?
With homebuilding, it continues. All the insulation glued to the facades has to be produced somewhere and – even worse – eventually disposed of. My mother-in-law had her house fully insulated 10 years ago. It will never pay off; in some places, there is already damage, green patches, and elsewhere the plaster is peeling off.
I also believe that everyone should decide for themselves how energy-efficient their home should be. After all, we pay enough for oil, gas, and electricity – everyone should calculate for themselves what standard and consumption they are comfortable with.
Of course, we could also completely “seal” and “wrap” our old half-timbered house. That would just cost a few hundred thousand and bring the risk that everything ends up rotting. I’d rather spend a few extra dollars every year for a (smaller than expected) additional oil consumption and improve thoughtfully.
Where a significant effort could be made in terms of climate protection would be air and sea travel, as well as maritime freight transport. Flights and travel simply need to be more expensive; it cannot be that you can fly to Barcelona for 30 euros. That is luxury at the expense of the environment. When I see that two weeks in Egypt including the flight cost less than two weeks on the Baltic Sea coast, something is wrong. And bananas for 1 euro per kilo are definitely not necessary.
And what’s the point if we drive electric cars and use heat pumps, but ultimately have to buy the electricity from abroad, from unreliable nuclear power plants near Germany’s borders?
With homebuilding, it continues. All the insulation glued to the facades has to be produced somewhere and – even worse – eventually disposed of. My mother-in-law had her house fully insulated 10 years ago. It will never pay off; in some places, there is already damage, green patches, and elsewhere the plaster is peeling off.
I also believe that everyone should decide for themselves how energy-efficient their home should be. After all, we pay enough for oil, gas, and electricity – everyone should calculate for themselves what standard and consumption they are comfortable with.
Of course, we could also completely “seal” and “wrap” our old half-timbered house. That would just cost a few hundred thousand and bring the risk that everything ends up rotting. I’d rather spend a few extra dollars every year for a (smaller than expected) additional oil consumption and improve thoughtfully.
Where a significant effort could be made in terms of climate protection would be air and sea travel, as well as maritime freight transport. Flights and travel simply need to be more expensive; it cannot be that you can fly to Barcelona for 30 euros. That is luxury at the expense of the environment. When I see that two weeks in Egypt including the flight cost less than two weeks on the Baltic Sea coast, something is wrong. And bananas for 1 euro per kilo are definitely not necessary.
berny schrieb:
It’s my land. And if I want to plant palm trees there, no matter how pointless that may seem, I want to plant palm trees.
I basically agree. There was this northern German emigrant, Konny Reimann, who just built whatever he wanted in Texas—including a wooden lighthouse. I wonder if he even applied for a building permit / planning permission? Enviable; that wouldn’t be possible in the heavily regulated Germany at all…It would be possible if there weren’t any nosy neighbors.
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chand198617 Apr 2019 09:56berny schrieb:
Enviable; something like that wouldn’t be possible in the heavily regulated DE... I wish your neighbor would build a wooden lighthouse with four floors right on your property line, so that you no longer get a single ray of sunshine on your terrace or in your living room. Your pretty perennial bed would also rot away in the shade. After all, it’s his land, and the shadow on yours is simply a consequence of his choice...
We agree there are too many rules. But if everyone does whatever they want, mutual consideration goes out the window — and in too many cases, that’s already dead. My land -> I want -> I do.
In the USA, regulations in residential areas, often established by neighborhood associations, are frequently even stricter than here. So much for the “Land of the Free.”
If you own a square kilometer (0.39 square miles) of land, you simply have very different options. The neighbor is simply far away.
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