ᐅ Finding Affordable Building Plots, Alternative Solutions Possible
Created on: 3 Apr 2022 20:37
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Peter Pohlmann
I attended a training course located in the middle of an industrial area between Salzgitter and Hildesheim. There was a large sign at the entrance advertising commercial plots for 20.95 euros per square meter (about 1.95 square feet). And what did I find right in the middle of it?
A really nice single-family house with a double garage, a well-maintained garden, and a large plot of land. But how is that possible? There was no sign of commercial use.
After doing some research, I found out that many municipalities sell commercial land at very low prices, significantly cheaper than regular residential building plots. And there is especially plenty of commercial land available. A house can also be used as a home office, and a business license costs 25 euros. Basically, almost every photovoltaic system operator is considered a business owner.
In my hometown, there are also beautiful commercial plots available very cheaply, with excellent and unobstructed views. Such great residential plots are hard to come by.
This way, you can potentially acquire a very affordable plot, possibly larger in size, and have some advantages. A house with an office can also be classified as a commercial property. Of course, it always depends on the situation. You wouldn’t want to build right next to a logistics company that operates 24/7, though.
A really nice single-family house with a double garage, a well-maintained garden, and a large plot of land. But how is that possible? There was no sign of commercial use.
After doing some research, I found out that many municipalities sell commercial land at very low prices, significantly cheaper than regular residential building plots. And there is especially plenty of commercial land available. A house can also be used as a home office, and a business license costs 25 euros. Basically, almost every photovoltaic system operator is considered a business owner.
In my hometown, there are also beautiful commercial plots available very cheaply, with excellent and unobstructed views. Such great residential plots are hard to come by.
This way, you can potentially acquire a very affordable plot, possibly larger in size, and have some advantages. A house with an office can also be classified as a commercial property. Of course, it always depends on the situation. You wouldn’t want to build right next to a logistics company that operates 24/7, though.
Fuchsbau35 schrieb:
For families with small children, this is definitely not a top location. And for many other people, it isn’t either.
I wouldn’t want to live there, no matter how cheap the land is. I know a family living in a commercial area. My daughter was invited to a birthday party there, and at first, I thought I had the wrong address because the area is known as a commercial zone.
The family lives there with their three children, who are now teenagers. The surroundings include smaller commercial units and several residential buildings that have some kind of commercial use integrated. So, it seems some others have had the same idea. Above all, the location itself is quite good in terms of infrastructure. You really have everything close by.
From what I noticed driving through a few times, there is a painting company with a large, impressive townhouse and a small bungalow-style building next door used as an office, a supplier of painting materials, a small insurance agency (or maybe something related to rentals), a fence supplier, and a somewhat larger administrative building located at the end of the area. None of these commercial units affect the family’s living situation—no one is crowding them or anything like that. It’s all very spacious.
In any case, commercial zones don’t always mean shipping containers.
The family also has a fairly large plot of land (I estimate around 4000 square meters (about 1 acre)), where their house stands, and they operate a kind of handyman or facility management business integrated into the property.
And driving through the area, they are not the only family living there, which surprised me at the time.
I doubt it’s plausible to establish that a single-family house is subordinate to a commercial operation in this case. And having metalworkers and beverage wholesalers as neighbors—well, at least you won’t need an alarm clock.
@Yaso2.0, thanks for the practical report.
It seems that some parties have found each other here, and the authorities are probably turning a blind eye.
Alternatively, as a major investor, one could buy the entire area and then sell or even lease the other plots only to “quiet” businesses.
@Yaso2.0, thanks for the practical report.
It seems that some parties have found each other here, and the authorities are probably turning a blind eye.
Alternatively, as a major investor, one could buy the entire area and then sell or even lease the other plots only to “quiet” businesses.
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Pinkiponk4 Apr 2022 12:50Tolentino schrieb:
And then having a metalworker and a beverage wholesaler as neighbors – well, at least you don’t need an alarm clock.I agree with you. For this reason, I have turned down several building plots located in mixed-use areas; we previously lived in such a zone, with a scaffolding company opposite and a metal workshop three houses down. (Our new home is in a purely residential area.) In my opinion, mixed-use areas can have more disadvantages overall than commercial zones.
Benutzer200 schrieb:
Oh, by the way, photovoltaic systems are not considered commercial operations.No, that falls under agriculture ;-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant schrieb:
No, that’s agriculture ;-)If the district offices were involved, this could be an opportunity for building in rural areas outside the official development zones.P
Peter Pohlmann4 Apr 2022 12:54@Fuchsbau35
If you want to build a house solely to gain an increase in value, you are probably doing something wrong.
I built my house to feel comfortable in it and to fulfill my personal wishes. Any potential increase in value is not really important to me. I don’t plan to sell it anyway. And if the value drops by half tomorrow, I wouldn’t care. I live there. Either way.
Therefore, location only matters in real estate speculation. For a home you live in yourself, your own standards come first. Not those of a bank or a developer.
Ten years ago, you could buy cheap houses in rural areas here. Nobody wanted them. Today, they are worth a fortune and aren’t even listed anymore. Times change, don’t they!
If you want to build a house solely to gain an increase in value, you are probably doing something wrong.
I built my house to feel comfortable in it and to fulfill my personal wishes. Any potential increase in value is not really important to me. I don’t plan to sell it anyway. And if the value drops by half tomorrow, I wouldn’t care. I live there. Either way.
Therefore, location only matters in real estate speculation. For a home you live in yourself, your own standards come first. Not those of a bank or a developer.
Ten years ago, you could buy cheap houses in rural areas here. Nobody wanted them. Today, they are worth a fortune and aren’t even listed anymore. Times change, don’t they!