Hello community,
Regarding our house construction, I recently had to answer a lot of questions at work. We were discussing the daily commute, the surroundings, and the local infrastructure.
When searching for the right plot of land, many factors play an important role. Sometimes you have to accept compromises. For example, in our case, the infrastructure, meaning a kindergarten, has just been newly built within the residential area. The train connections to the major cities are perfectly located. And of course, having family a bit closer is also a plus. The price of land in rural areas is naturally different compared to city regions.
My question is: which criteria have been essential for you when searching for or choosing your plot of land? I’m also interested in your opinions regarding the daily commute. For me, it’s currently 60km (37 miles). However, my employer provides a job ticket that I can use seven days a week. And as mentioned above, the train connection to work is excellent.
I look forward to your active participation.
Thomas
Regarding our house construction, I recently had to answer a lot of questions at work. We were discussing the daily commute, the surroundings, and the local infrastructure.
When searching for the right plot of land, many factors play an important role. Sometimes you have to accept compromises. For example, in our case, the infrastructure, meaning a kindergarten, has just been newly built within the residential area. The train connections to the major cities are perfectly located. And of course, having family a bit closer is also a plus. The price of land in rural areas is naturally different compared to city regions.
My question is: which criteria have been essential for you when searching for or choosing your plot of land? I’m also interested in your opinions regarding the daily commute. For me, it’s currently 60km (37 miles). However, my employer provides a job ticket that I can use seven days a week. And as mentioned above, the train connection to work is excellent.
I look forward to your active participation.
Thomas
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Bauherren201412 Jan 2015 15:21Lassemann schrieb:
Not only is the connection to the current job important, but in case of a job change, a good connection (motorway/highway, suburban train, airport) is also essential. Who still works for the same employer for 25-30 years?I also think this is an important point. For us, it is clear that neither my husband nor I will or can stay with our current employer for another three years. Thanks to the motorway/highway access, we have a large catchment area with three major cities that we can reach very easily by car—better than if we lived in the city or closer to our current employer.
We built our house last year in the suburban area around Dresden.
We are both used to small-town life and accustomed to good transport connections (less than 5 minutes to the highway). After spending the last 7 years in a remote village, we have now finally moved back to a small town where everything needed for daily life (shopping, schools, kindergarten/daycare) is available. On top of that, there is excellent transport access with two highways reachable within 5 minutes and a great connection to Dresden (20 minutes to the city center). This means my wife gets to her workplace in the heart of Dresden faster than some of her colleagues who live in the city. My commute has shrunk to less than 5m (3 miles).
Besides the currently shorter travel time to work, we are also well positioned in terms of transport for any future job changes. Additionally, travel time to see the parents has also been reduced, which is quite important with a small child. Despite the distance of over 80km (50 miles), my parents can reach us within 45 minutes or we can get to them just as quickly.
Living in a big city wouldn’t suit us. While it might be possible to save on a car and thus partly offset the higher land costs, in my opinion, many city dwellers spend more money on everyday life (like going to the cinema or after-work parties), so in the end, not much more is left over.
The plot of land is nice but not perfect. It could have been 50-100m² (540–1,080 sq ft) larger. However, all the other conditions fit us perfectly, and the price was right, so we decided to go for it.
We are both used to small-town life and accustomed to good transport connections (less than 5 minutes to the highway). After spending the last 7 years in a remote village, we have now finally moved back to a small town where everything needed for daily life (shopping, schools, kindergarten/daycare) is available. On top of that, there is excellent transport access with two highways reachable within 5 minutes and a great connection to Dresden (20 minutes to the city center). This means my wife gets to her workplace in the heart of Dresden faster than some of her colleagues who live in the city. My commute has shrunk to less than 5m (3 miles).
Besides the currently shorter travel time to work, we are also well positioned in terms of transport for any future job changes. Additionally, travel time to see the parents has also been reduced, which is quite important with a small child. Despite the distance of over 80km (50 miles), my parents can reach us within 45 minutes or we can get to them just as quickly.
Living in a big city wouldn’t suit us. While it might be possible to save on a car and thus partly offset the higher land costs, in my opinion, many city dwellers spend more money on everyday life (like going to the cinema or after-work parties), so in the end, not much more is left over.
The plot of land is nice but not perfect. It could have been 50-100m² (540–1,080 sq ft) larger. However, all the other conditions fit us perfectly, and the price was right, so we decided to go for it.
We didn’t need a kindergarten or schools nearby; a bus stop was important to me, but not to my husband. He commutes at times when hardly anyone is on the road and there are no buses running, even in a big city. I needed a bus stop because I don’t have a driver’s license. Also, the property shouldn’t be too far from my husband’s workplace. We found a place 25 meters (16 miles) from WI that met all our requirements. Unfortunately, the bus service was later canceled, so about a year after moving in, I suddenly found myself without any public transport connection. The nearest bakery is already 5 kilometers (3 miles) away, even though we live in a city (although you wouldn’t notice that, since our neighborhood is quite remote and cut off, right in the middle of the forest).
Even when the bus was still running, it easily took me up to 3 hours to travel a 35-kilometer (22-mile) route one way and about 4 hours to return. Now I’ll have to get my driver’s license after all.
Otherwise, the location is good; my husband needs only about 15 minutes to cover the 25-kilometer (16-mile) distance in the middle of the night. By comparison, traveling within the city at normal traffic times by bus takes three times as long.
In my opinion, it’s more about the time required to travel a distance than the distance itself.
Even when the bus was still running, it easily took me up to 3 hours to travel a 35-kilometer (22-mile) route one way and about 4 hours to return. Now I’ll have to get my driver’s license after all.
Otherwise, the location is good; my husband needs only about 15 minutes to cover the 25-kilometer (16-mile) distance in the middle of the night. By comparison, traveling within the city at normal traffic times by bus takes three times as long.
In my opinion, it’s more about the time required to travel a distance than the distance itself.
Elina schrieb:
In my opinion, it’s more about the time it takes to cover a distance rather than the actual distance itself.Not necessarily. A longer distance also increases the mileage on a car (meaning you’ll need a new one sooner), and fuel costs are still higher when you drive further, even if you arrive faster.You can’t really say that. When I’m stuck in stop-and-go traffic in the city all the time, I use more fuel than driving on open rural roads. The total mileage isn’t that crucial either, since, for example, we don’t drive 10,000 km (6,200 miles) per year with a 25 km (15.5 miles) one-way commute and working 7 days a week. Before, when we lived in the city, it was only 5,000 km (3,100 miles) per year because we lived right next to the company parking lot, and my husband walked to work. Ten thousand kilometers (6,200 miles) isn’t really enough to justify needing a new car sooner.
If we had moved within the city, the mileage would probably be about the same as now, but the commute time would at least double due to city traffic. Just the bus ride to the city center from our previous apartment took 45 minutes, which is three times longer than my husband currently takes for the 25 km (15.5 miles) drive to work.
If we had moved within the city, the mileage would probably be about the same as now, but the commute time would at least double due to city traffic. Just the bus ride to the city center from our previous apartment took 45 minutes, which is three times longer than my husband currently takes for the 25 km (15.5 miles) drive to work.