ᐅ Large office space or a separate guest apartment?

Created on: 16 Jan 2021 12:09
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Kati2022
Hello everyone,

The time is slowly approaching. Our municipality will be selling building plots in the new development area starting mid-March. Since we are a family with two children, we have a good chance of securing a plot.

I have been thinking about this for a long time and now need your opinion. Since I am a teacher, I definitely need an office. My husband is also working more and more from home, so the room could be a bit larger. The house is planned to be an energy-efficient house standard 40/40+. Maybe it would be better to build a separate apartment for the office right away? That way, we might benefit twice from the subsidy. Of course, a separate apartment costs more (50,000? 100,000?), but it also offers more flexibility...

Does anyone here use a separate apartment as an office? How large should the unit be? What is clear: bathroom + kitchenette + separate entrance. A room size of 16–20m2 (170–215 sq ft) would be completely sufficient for us (+ WC with shower + small kitchenette (2m2 / 21.5 sq ft)).

What do you think?
BauPaar1 Sep 2023 00:20
old desecrator 😉

Besides exaggerated initial price expectations, it was not sold after all... Our 'capacity to endure' lasted 7 years but is now nearing its end again, accompanied by a recent change in the situation:

https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/50er-guter-zustand-renovieren-oder-verkaufen.46012/