Hello everyone, we are Ina and Philipp. We both want to take the next step and build our own home.
We are intentionally moving away from the big city back to the countryside (Ina comes from a rural area). Perhaps some of you remember we have posted here before and shared some bad experiences with looking for land. Thanks to your advice, we quickly figured out what to watch out for. We want to actively share our journey toward homeownership here and are grateful for any tips and tricks.
What is the current status?
We are currently in contact with an owner (over 70 years old) of a plot of land who is willing to sell us 1,400 square meters (15,070 square feet) for 50,000 euros. All utility connections except for gas are already available at the site. The land is currently farmed as agricultural land. The plot is located next to a low-traffic federal road.
Yesterday, we spoke with potential neighbors. They also bought from this gentleman in 2011 and are still very satisfied with the quality of living and housing in the area. The neighbors were in the same situation back then—the land was also used as farmland.
Next Tuesday, we have an appointment with the bank. We will discuss whether to finance the land or possibly pay in cash. The advisor told us on the phone yesterday that we should generally consider paying for the land in cash rather than financing it.
If everything goes well, we will call the owner on Tuesday and hopefully tell him that we want to buy the land. He said yesterday he would then send us all the documents.
We have a specific idea we want to realize: a bungalow (the neighbor’s house is already a bungalow) modeled after a Swedish-style home.
Currently open questions:
Do you already have any advice on what we should pay attention to?
I (Philipp) have some doubts and would prefer to finance the land because the €50,000 should serve as equity/reserve for building the house.
There is a sewage access point right at the edge of the property. The owner said—if I understood correctly—that he would also talk to the water utility company to see if we would not have to buy that part of the land.
Thank you very much for reading this far. We wish you a nice weekend and will continue to report here openly and regularly. We appreciate any feedback or suggestions on things we can clarify early on.
We are intentionally moving away from the big city back to the countryside (Ina comes from a rural area). Perhaps some of you remember we have posted here before and shared some bad experiences with looking for land. Thanks to your advice, we quickly figured out what to watch out for. We want to actively share our journey toward homeownership here and are grateful for any tips and tricks.
What is the current status?
We are currently in contact with an owner (over 70 years old) of a plot of land who is willing to sell us 1,400 square meters (15,070 square feet) for 50,000 euros. All utility connections except for gas are already available at the site. The land is currently farmed as agricultural land. The plot is located next to a low-traffic federal road.
Yesterday, we spoke with potential neighbors. They also bought from this gentleman in 2011 and are still very satisfied with the quality of living and housing in the area. The neighbors were in the same situation back then—the land was also used as farmland.
Next Tuesday, we have an appointment with the bank. We will discuss whether to finance the land or possibly pay in cash. The advisor told us on the phone yesterday that we should generally consider paying for the land in cash rather than financing it.
If everything goes well, we will call the owner on Tuesday and hopefully tell him that we want to buy the land. He said yesterday he would then send us all the documents.
We have a specific idea we want to realize: a bungalow (the neighbor’s house is already a bungalow) modeled after a Swedish-style home.
Currently open questions:
Do you already have any advice on what we should pay attention to?
I (Philipp) have some doubts and would prefer to finance the land because the €50,000 should serve as equity/reserve for building the house.
There is a sewage access point right at the edge of the property. The owner said—if I understood correctly—that he would also talk to the water utility company to see if we would not have to buy that part of the land.
Thank you very much for reading this far. We wish you a nice weekend and will continue to report here openly and regularly. We appreciate any feedback or suggestions on things we can clarify early on.
P
philipp19901 Sep 2019 13:25ypg schrieb:
This is a small disaster.
Please don’t call something a draft when it’s just a quick sketch where no room layout will actually work. I mean, even a blind person can see that a bed and a room door won’t fit in 190 cm (75 inches).
These are slap-in-the-face moments for architects.
Okay. How should anyone here know otherwise?
If you want people to discuss floor plans, please go to the appropriate subforum.
There you will also have to fill out a questionnaire asking for all the necessary information needed to assess a design. You should also specify any disabilities, so it becomes a clear matter and not a side issue during discussion.
Read. Just read the pinned posts in the subforum.
However, you should have a professional involved. The plan can then be discussed here when it is ready. Let’s do it this way.
My biggest concern is that you might believe the sense of space shown in the photos in post #81 can be achieved with the floor plan presented in the same post (?)
The floor plan in post #93 reminded me of a mobile home / "tiny" container holiday cabin, and the children’s rooms felt more like sleeping compartments on a night train. A freestanding bathtub partially blocking the door frame doesn’t really fit. Do you have difficulty judging space? The floor plans look as if someone used a furniture template at a different scale, and objects regularly have unusual positions relative to the nearest corner. Even the closet home office seems like several scale worlds colliding. Only the tax office would be fully satisfied with this (since it is a separate room), but most workplace safety regulations would be impossible to meet there.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
The floor plan in post #93 reminded me of a mobile home / "tiny" container holiday cabin, and the children’s rooms felt more like sleeping compartments on a night train. A freestanding bathtub partially blocking the door frame doesn’t really fit. Do you have difficulty judging space? The floor plans look as if someone used a furniture template at a different scale, and objects regularly have unusual positions relative to the nearest corner. Even the closet home office seems like several scale worlds colliding. Only the tax office would be fully satisfied with this (since it is a separate room), but most workplace safety regulations would be impossible to meet there.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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