Hello,
I hope this is the right forum for my question.
I have a question about accessory apartments: Is a converted attic with various rooms and a bathroom but no kitchen automatically considered an accessory apartment? In theory, the entire area could be locked and is accessible via the main entrance, hallway, and stairs. However, from the hallway on the ground floor, you can access all rooms on the ground floor, meaning the upper area could be locked, but the ground floor area would be accessible to everyone, including potential tenants of the upper rooms. This may not be ideal from the landlord’s perspective. Additionally, separate billing for electricity and water would not be possible.
Another question: in the basement, there are various rooms, including a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom, but these are not connected as a standalone unit and cannot be locked off. Can this be classified as an accessory apartment?
I am less concerned with the potential rental of these spaces and more interested in whether they would be considered accessory apartments.
I hope this is the right forum for my question.
I have a question about accessory apartments: Is a converted attic with various rooms and a bathroom but no kitchen automatically considered an accessory apartment? In theory, the entire area could be locked and is accessible via the main entrance, hallway, and stairs. However, from the hallway on the ground floor, you can access all rooms on the ground floor, meaning the upper area could be locked, but the ground floor area would be accessible to everyone, including potential tenants of the upper rooms. This may not be ideal from the landlord’s perspective. Additionally, separate billing for electricity and water would not be possible.
Another question: in the basement, there are various rooms, including a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom, but these are not connected as a standalone unit and cannot be locked off. Can this be classified as an accessory apartment?
I am less concerned with the potential rental of these spaces and more interested in whether they would be considered accessory apartments.
cschiko schrieb:
I can contribute that, among appraisers, it is generally assumed that a house with a granny flat or secondary unit is worth about 10% less compared to a house without oneLess? As paradoxical as it sounds, in my case it would actually be better if it were worth less! ;-)
As mentioned, this is merely a rough guideline and not something definitive, since in the end, every property has its own unique characteristics. Since this isn’t a clearly separate secondary apartment, it is definitely a special case. The rental potential is certainly limited as a result. Regarding the basement, the first question is whether it is officially approved as living space at all.
cschiko schrieb:
Regarding the basement, the first question is whether it is even approved as habitable space?According to the architect’s plan, yes. The house is built into a slope so that the front side is at ground level and has windows. However, the rooms are scattered throughout the basement floor. To reach the bathroom, you need to go through the corridor. Between two rooms on one side of the house and the other side, there is a small anteroom, which leads to a room where all the utility lines converge, the inspection shaft is located, and the fuse box is installed. This means, as a landlord, you would have to have mandatory access to this room, which would intrude into the tenant’s area. The house was definitely not designed or intended as a house with separate secondary apartments; my parents, who built it, had no interest in that regard. Therefore, the only question is whether these would be considered secondary apartments, as the co-ownership claims.
Calli47 schrieb:
whether these are granny flatsForget it. Or better: the dear relatives can forget about it.
Here you can see that it’s an artificial enlargement of a completely ordinary single-family house, which was not designed to accommodate a granny flat.
Of course, with more or less extensive remodeling, you can add something extra or change the use of many buildings, but here we are dealing with a single-family home with a finished attic and basement—nothing more (if your description is accurate, and it can be assumed it is since you don’t gain anything from misrepresenting the facts).
ypg schrieb:
but this is a detached single-family house with a finished attic and basement—nothing more (if your description is accurate, which we can assume since you have no reason to misrepresent it)I hope it’s clear from my posts that I want exactly the opposite—that is, not to artificially increase the value of the house ;-) And I thank you for the many suggestions; that already reassures me!
I have one more question related to this: in the neighborhood, there is a similar house, similar in construction method, year built, size, etc. However, this house also has a completely separate apartment that is quite large and has its own entrance with a separate front door. There is no access from this apartment to the main house or vice versa. I know the approximate value of this house and could draw some conclusions about my own house from it. Is it possible to estimate, roughly in percentage terms, how much value an apartment like this can add to a house?
Calli47 schrieb:
Is it possible to roughly estimate in percentage how much value increase a house gets from such an apartment?In my opinion, no, since factors such as condition and features as well as the plot (size, orientation, layout) all play a role.
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