ᐅ Enlarge and completely renovate a single-family home, or demolish and rebuild?
Created on: 19 Dec 2021 18:54
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zizou89
Hello everyone,
Here is the situation:
We have the opportunity to buy a plot of land (600 sqm (approximately 6458 sqft)) with a house from the 1960s that offers 105 sqm (approximately 1130 sqft) of living space over two floors for 150,000 €. The value of the land alone (land reference value) is 130,000 €.
For us, however, the house is too small. We would like to undertake the following measures (the development plan allows all of these):
1. Extend the house by 3 meters (about 10 feet) to the rear and 3 meters (about 10 feet) to the side.
2. Add extra floors.
3. Install a new roof.
4. Replace the exterior facade.
5. Complete interior refurbishment.
In other words: we basically want to redo everything.
Would this be financially worthwhile, or would demolition and rebuilding make more sense? Are there any tips regarding funding options (KfW programs) or similar?
Please excuse me, as I am (still) a complete beginner. I understand that it is impossible to predict costs here, but maybe there are people who have undertaken a similar project 🙂
I would appreciate any information.
Here is the situation:
We have the opportunity to buy a plot of land (600 sqm (approximately 6458 sqft)) with a house from the 1960s that offers 105 sqm (approximately 1130 sqft) of living space over two floors for 150,000 €. The value of the land alone (land reference value) is 130,000 €.
For us, however, the house is too small. We would like to undertake the following measures (the development plan allows all of these):
1. Extend the house by 3 meters (about 10 feet) to the rear and 3 meters (about 10 feet) to the side.
2. Add extra floors.
3. Install a new roof.
4. Replace the exterior facade.
5. Complete interior refurbishment.
In other words: we basically want to redo everything.
Would this be financially worthwhile, or would demolition and rebuilding make more sense? Are there any tips regarding funding options (KfW programs) or similar?
Please excuse me, as I am (still) a complete beginner. I understand that it is impossible to predict costs here, but maybe there are people who have undertaken a similar project 🙂
I would appreciate any information.
11ant schrieb:
... first of all, I would recommend your facade as a model if you really want something stylish and new 🙂I would be very interested in seeing it now 😉
Climbee schrieb:
I would definitely switch the living area and the kitchen. As it is now, the living area is a walk-through room – is that what you want? Meanwhile, the kitchen is tucked away in a cozy corner, which, in my opinion, is not necessary.
Since you’re doing a full renovation anyway, relocating the utility connections shouldn’t be a problem, but having a sofa that everyone has to pass by to grab a drink from the fridge, and a kitchen where I have to carry my groceries all through the house—that wouldn’t be my idea of comfortable living.
And if you want to keep the extension as planned, I would also swap the bathroom and bedroom there, so the quietest corner can be used as the sleeping area, and the bathroom and walk-in closet can be en suite. Otherwise, the early riser has to go through the bedroom to get from the bathroom to the closet—which is unnecessary! Those are great suggestions. I’ll try to revise my floor plan mentally. Whether this will actually work out somehow, I’m sure the architect will tell me.
Now I just have to find the right architect for a project like this!
Climbee schrieb:
I would definitely swap the living area and the kitchen. As it is now, the living room is a walkthrough space – is that what you want? Meanwhile, the kitchen is tucked away in a cozy corner, which in my opinion isn’t necessary.
Since you’re doing a full renovation anyway, moving the utility connections shouldn’t be a problem, but having a sofa that everyone has to pass by when grabbing a drink from the fridge, and a kitchen where you have to carry your groceries through the entire house, wouldn’t be my idea of comfortable living.
And if the extension stays as planned, I would also swap the bathroom and bedroom there, to have the quietest corner as the sleeping area and to create an en suite bathroom with a dressing room. Otherwise, the early riser has to go through the bedroom to get to the bathroom and then the dressing room – which is unnecessary! Then it would probably look like this. I think it makes more sense!!!
I completely lack imagination on how to design an en suite bathroom in a room like this 😀
No, no, just swap the bedrooms with bathrooms; access the area through the walk-in closet – a strict separation between bathroom and closet is not necessarily required, possibly plan for decentralized ventilation in the bathroom. And then, lastly, the sleeping area.
Here, again, you have to go through the sleeping area when getting dressed and ready.
Here, again, you have to go through the sleeping area when getting dressed and ready.
zizou89 schrieb:
I have absolutely no idea how to design an en suite bathroom in such a space.A walkthrough bathroom... I actually encountered that about 15 years ago in a hostel in Warsaw. But the adjacent room was rented by a stranger. Never mind.I would rather partition off a small hallway in the top left corner, or otherwise reduce the bathroom size, to definitely eliminate the walkthrough room.
With the layout arranged from bottom to top as bathroom – dressing room – bedroom, this would be possible.
Personally, I would leave out the walk-in closet wall in the bedroom to create an uninterrupted 2 x 2 m (6.5 x 6.5 ft) yoga area in the bedroom with a view of the garden.
Personally, I would leave out the walk-in closet wall in the bedroom to create an uninterrupted 2 x 2 m (6.5 x 6.5 ft) yoga area in the bedroom with a view of the garden.
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