Hi,
I actually don’t want to build a house because I find new housing developments too boring, the building regulations too strict, and the plots too small.
However, I have looked at a building plot. It is a gap in a commercial area, 8m (26 feet) wide and 125m (410 feet) long. Market value is 25,000 euros. It will be auctioned soon. That is well below the local average, but I assume this is mainly due to the location in the commercial area and next to a main road?
There is a problem though: one side of the 8m (26 feet) border faces a busy main road with a lot of noise. But I want peace and quiet both inside the house and in the garden.
Could this be solved somehow through appropriate building design or placement?
I’m free to decide on which side to place the house and garage. I’m thinking of a spacious garage plus a roughly 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft) house. It should be a bungalow/timber frame/wooden house/Frisian house/Swedish house.
With everything included, I don’t want to spend more than 200,000 to a maximum of 250,000 euros. Is that even realistic?
Best regards
I actually don’t want to build a house because I find new housing developments too boring, the building regulations too strict, and the plots too small.
However, I have looked at a building plot. It is a gap in a commercial area, 8m (26 feet) wide and 125m (410 feet) long. Market value is 25,000 euros. It will be auctioned soon. That is well below the local average, but I assume this is mainly due to the location in the commercial area and next to a main road?
There is a problem though: one side of the 8m (26 feet) border faces a busy main road with a lot of noise. But I want peace and quiet both inside the house and in the garden.
Could this be solved somehow through appropriate building design or placement?
I’m free to decide on which side to place the house and garage. I’m thinking of a spacious garage plus a roughly 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft) house. It should be a bungalow/timber frame/wooden house/Frisian house/Swedish house.
With everything included, I don’t want to spend more than 200,000 to a maximum of 250,000 euros. Is that even realistic?
Best regards
I lived for 20 years near a busy federal highway. Eventually, you stop noticing the noise. Nowadays, I would only consider a property by a federal highway if it offers a clear, unrestricted view of nature—ideally facing northwest, where the sun sets. That way, you can enjoy sitting outside in the evening and watching the sunset on the horizon. It’s really wonderful being close to nature. Of course, the plot needs to be somewhat larger for this; otherwise, you just get a regular garden atmosphere.
The 8 meters (around 26 feet) along the federal highway probably doesn’t account for the land prices?
Keeping the house quiet is easily achievable today with good-quality windows (it’s just a matter of cost). It’s still relatively noisy outside. Back then, we had a noise barrier wall that absorbed part of the noise.
The 8 meters (around 26 feet) along the federal highway probably doesn’t account for the land prices?
Keeping the house quiet is easily achievable today with good-quality windows (it’s just a matter of cost). It’s still relatively noisy outside. Back then, we had a noise barrier wall that absorbed part of the noise.