ᐅ End Terraced House: Large vs. Small / Price vs. Space—A Dilemma
Created on: 3 May 2015 14:40
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Hallo333
Hello,
My girlfriend and I are planning to build and have found a developer who is currently constructing a small residential complex with 40 terraced houses. The houses are connected to a combined heat and power plant; heating and hot water are supplied via a heat exchanger system. (A maintenance contract is in place for 20 years with a contractor.)
Now we are facing a dilemma, both in terms of price and space.
There are two options:
1. Terraced house with 130 m² (1400 sq ft), ground floor, first floor, and attic. Turnkey including land and garage for about 200,000.
2. Terraced house with 85 m² (915 sq ft), ground floor and attic. Turnkey including land and garage for about 169,000.
We were able to do an initial inspection of the shell construction of the first 20 houses.
Attached are the two floor plans.
For more information, feel free to write here.
Best regards
My girlfriend and I are planning to build and have found a developer who is currently constructing a small residential complex with 40 terraced houses. The houses are connected to a combined heat and power plant; heating and hot water are supplied via a heat exchanger system. (A maintenance contract is in place for 20 years with a contractor.)
Now we are facing a dilemma, both in terms of price and space.
There are two options:
1. Terraced house with 130 m² (1400 sq ft), ground floor, first floor, and attic. Turnkey including land and garage for about 200,000.
2. Terraced house with 85 m² (915 sq ft), ground floor and attic. Turnkey including land and garage for about 169,000.
We were able to do an initial inspection of the shell construction of the first 20 houses.
Attached are the two floor plans.
For more information, feel free to write here.
Best regards
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toxicmolotof4 May 2015 00:38No, it’s not justified by the fact that not everyone can paint their house as they please, but rather because it is more cost-effective for the investor. So, you are buying a condominium in the form of a house with all its advantages and disadvantages. For example, you cannot simply replace your windows later, insulate the facade, possibly build an extension, or set up a garden shed, etc.
Are you sure that the combined heat and power unit belongs to the contractor and not to you? That you then rent the combined heat and power unit to the contractor and contractually buy the heating and electricity back? Usually tied to a 10-year contract? Who owns the heating system including the pipework (not the combined heat and power unit)? What costs (besides the actual heating costs) arise from the contracting?
Are you sure that the combined heat and power unit belongs to the contractor and not to you? That you then rent the combined heat and power unit to the contractor and contractually buy the heating and electricity back? Usually tied to a 10-year contract? Who owns the heating system including the pipework (not the combined heat and power unit)? What costs (besides the actual heating costs) arise from the contracting?
Definitely not the smaller one. If anything, go for the larger one. And if you have any say in the design: the bathroom window is way too small, and in the attic I would separate the area above the children’s room from the studio again and create a storage room and a small bathroom there. This way, you’ll have the option later to create a children’s floor and a parents’ floor :-D
By the way, how wide are the houses? They seem extremely narrow to me. We once lived in a house that was 5.50 meters (18 feet) wide, and I already thought that was pushing it. But these seem even narrower.
Honestly though: if you pay off the smaller house in 10–15 years, think about whether it might be worth investing a bit more now and paying it off over a longer period. Interest rates will rise again at some point, and houses definitely won’t get any cheaper.
PS: We live very close to you ;-)
By the way, how wide are the houses? They seem extremely narrow to me. We once lived in a house that was 5.50 meters (18 feet) wide, and I already thought that was pushing it. But these seem even narrower.
Honestly though: if you pay off the smaller house in 10–15 years, think about whether it might be worth investing a bit more now and paying it off over a longer period. Interest rates will rise again at some point, and houses definitely won’t get any cheaper.
PS: We live very close to you ;-)
Hello,
the developer offers exactly that: installing a partition wall in the attic to create a "small" loft space. Additionally, a shower bathroom is included. However, this will incur additional costs of about 10,000€.
They are approximately 6 meters (20 feet) wide.
Wow, then you must be familiar with the living situation and social life in Ludwigshafen itself -.-
We just want to get away from here!
I probably have an appointment with the developer today or tomorrow, where my list of questions will be addressed first.
I will also bring up the topic of underfloor heating then 🤨
Best regards
the developer offers exactly that: installing a partition wall in the attic to create a "small" loft space. Additionally, a shower bathroom is included. However, this will incur additional costs of about 10,000€.
They are approximately 6 meters (20 feet) wide.
Wow, then you must be familiar with the living situation and social life in Ludwigshafen itself -.-
We just want to get away from here!
I probably have an appointment with the developer today or tomorrow, where my list of questions will be addressed first.
I will also bring up the topic of underfloor heating then 🤨
Best regards
Sounds like LU-Melm?
I would also pay attention to the size of the gardens and how they are laid out.
We have similar parks here, and the gardens were arranged so that basically everyone can see into each other's gardens. Of course, this is unavoidable with townhouses, but there is a difference between someone being able to look in diagonally from the left or right and someone being able to look in directly from all sides.
I would also pay attention to the size of the gardens and how they are laid out.
We have similar parks here, and the gardens were arranged so that basically everyone can see into each other's gardens. Of course, this is unavoidable with townhouses, but there is a difference between someone being able to look in diagonally from the left or right and someone being able to look in directly from all sides.
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Bauexperte4 May 2015 14:13Hallo333 schrieb:
They are probably about 6 meters (20 feet) wide.I really find that hard to believe given the stated room dimensions 😉Regards, Bauexperte
Hallo333 schrieb:
They are probably about 6 meters (20 feet) wide.I doubt that. In that case, the floor plan would tend to be more square.
Based on the floor plan ratio, the width is more likely between 4.80 (small house) and 5.20 meters (large house), including the side walls.
You can also see this quite clearly from the bed in the bedroom, which, with a standard size of 2.00–2.20 meters (6.5–7.2 feet), takes up about half the room’s width.
Edit: Building expert was faster
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