ᐅ Demolishing a prefabricated house from the 1960s and rebuilding

Hello everyone,

We are just starting to explore the topic of property acquisition and have the family opportunity to purchase a plot of land with a prefabricated house from the 1960s.

Unfortunately, due to the construction methods used at that time, the prefabricated house is contaminated with hazardous materials such as asbestos. For this reason, and because the prefab construction back then is likely not as good as today’s standards, we are currently considering the following option:

• Demolish the prefab house
• Keep the basement
• Build a new (prefabricated) house on the existing basement

Unfortunately, we currently have no knowledge of how best to approach and discuss such a project in advance. Are there people with experience who can recommend which types of companies to contact in order to evaluate the feasibility and costs of such a project? (Specific company recommendations for Hamburg are also welcome, if available.)

I’m not sure if this is relevant for a general question like this, but as mentioned above, it is a Hanse prefabricated house from the 1960s.

We would appreciate any advice.

Best regards from Hamburg