3-FH planned without basement, your feedback on my floor plan

  • Erstellt am 2018-09-14 11:50:00

tumaa

2018-09-15 13:46:01
  • #1
The property has already been cleared out... 20k, complete with filling in the old basement (RC material) The ground floor was our idea and the architect then drew it.... in our case, the living and dining area is on one level, on 2 levels it would of course be nicer.
 

kbt09

2018-09-15 13:53:50
  • #2
Why should something like that be nicer on 2 levels?

You should first work on the basics:

    [*]HAR/technology belongs in a generally accessible room
    [*]Washing machines / drying space for 3 households
    [*]Bicycles, parking spaces, garden stuff, etc. for 3 households .. for me a basement

And when we point out financing issues, it's not for fun. When I read something like

then I obviously wonder how reliable financing plans are.

I had roughly calculated it in , really just roughly, but are cold rents in the area of about 8 euros/sqm even achievable? And then without the features I listed above?
 

Climbee

2018-09-15 14:07:59
  • #3
If you prefer to live over 2 levels, then plan the two apartments to be rented out stacked on top of each other on one half of the house and your house over 2 levels, possibly 3 levels if the attic is added, on the other half of the house. So basically a semi-detached house with two residential units on one side and your residential unit on the other side (and you can take the nicer side).

Advantages:
- You have a separate entrance and do not have to share the stairwell with the tenants
- You have direct access to the attic and it can possibly extend over the entire house area and be used only by you.
- No one can stomp around over your head
- Clever garden layout gives you more of a feeling of having your own house than if someone is always looking down from the balcony above
- As storage space, you can provide the tenants with a garden shed (more cost-effective than a basement)

The previous remarks still apply of course (storage space, parking spaces for rented units, freezer room accessible to all, larger bathroom for a family of five).

Nevertheless, I also get really nervous about the financing. Let a problem tenant catch you and then the house of cards collapses. You have to be able to manage at least one year without rental income without having to ask for help. It takes ages to obtain a legal order and lawfully evict someone from an apartment. During that time you will incur legal fees in addition to the missed rent. Usually, you can be glad if you finally get the people out of the apartment. The outstanding rent is usually never recovered, just like the legal costs. Such people have no money and you cannot get blood from a stone. And don’t come with "choosing tenants carefully". It can always happen. My parents rented to a well-paid software developer who was in the hospital for a long time due to an accident that was not his fault, could not work (he was a freelancer), received no money, paid no rent, then skipped town... etc. Until you can even request a bailiff (and before that you are not allowed to enter the apartment)... as I said, count on a worst case of 1 year of lost rent plus additional costs. And you will be stuck with those. I would only do something like this if I know that I can handle the worst case. Of course everyone hopes it never happens, but you should be prepared. I don’t see that here.
 

tumaa

2018-09-15 14:32:20
  • #4

We had also considered it... need to discuss it again.
With the tenant, sure, it’s annoying, but that can happen to you as an owner too... that’s why 2 tenants, so in the worst case you are at least somewhat secured if 1 tenant defaults... that’s why it’s safer for the bank, from what I’ve heard.
 

kaho674

2018-09-15 14:40:53
  • #5

Well, if the question of financing is so unimportant, then you have enough money to find an architect or draftsman who will cobble together a few designs for you. But he will probably ask about the money first. No one will pick up a pencil here beforehand because it’s pointless.
 

haydee

2018-09-15 14:46:43
  • #6
Gutting is not emptying
Door, windows, insulation, electrical cables out, wood and ceiling paneling off

The offer is extremely cheap. Do you have comparable offers?
 

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