300 m², hillside location, built in 1963, buy or not?

  • Erstellt am 2025-07-14 22:03:11

wiltshire

2025-07-16 13:11:11
  • #1

The remark is absolutely correct.
The usage forecast is not universally valid. Friends of ours have an outdoor pool with a counter-current system, which is used daily during the warmer season. Another friend is shutting down the swimming pool at the bungalow from the mid-70s because she doesn’t even get in anyway.

This house is luxury. Perhaps one from past years, certainly no longer up-to-date but nevertheless it is a luxury estate.

If it were a matter of reason, it would have to be demolished, the settlement densified and a multi-family house built on it. Well, reason is not everything.
 

wiltshire

2025-07-16 14:29:18
  • #2
A nice fantasy... This all-rounder of FDP politics (which was quite different in the 60s and 70s than today) had, as far as I know, no family of his own. But to pick up on the fantasy – the house should serve excellently as a film set, representing in many details the fashions of that time and what "one" had as a "man of the world." In the past, the rule of thumb was "one month's rent per shooting day." The budgets probably did not get very high. That certainly doesn't finance the house, and even less so securely, but the idea has charm, doesn't it?
 

ypg

2025-07-16 15:46:39
  • #3

The question is whether there is a legitimate interest in this purchase or simply the lasting impression of a special property that theoretically could be had.
Sure, you would now say it is the former because you are looking. Nevertheless, you have to take off the rose-colored glasses during a search sometimes.
Who doesn’t know that during a vacation they deal with the local prime locations and imagine having something like that (even though realistically it is absurd – for whatever reasons).
You also see one or the other special specimen on online portals or while driving through villages, and that permanently if the property is special in any way – whether size, location, substance, or purchase price – so that the sale proves to be rightly difficult unless someone with deep pockets comes along and can bring the treasure or the fairy-tale castle to life.

I keep quiet about the costs of a renovation because I am not an expert. Nevertheless, you have to balance needs and supply: a staircase, for example, is necessary to connect two floors. Certainly unnecessary is a hall with a fireplace corner where the staircase ends, which would also have to be included in the renovation plan in terms of area and height. The same applies to a party basement or party attic conversion with bar and whatnot as well as a balcony.
Some 20-30 sqm more living space than you actually need is quite nice too, but you don’t get it for free (here).


sqm of land plus sqm of old house, you certainly come to this purchase price. Probably the land alone justifies this selling price.
With an age over 60 years, everything is probably paid off. An official administration/care or heir community can also sit it out for a long time.


Yeah, many things can be great. But you don’t buy a house because of great details – unless you have money in (overflowing) abundance.


So basically, it’s just admiring. Like when you had a crush in 10th grade who was much, much prettier than yourself and therefore unreachable. Later you found out the crush only had a nice facade and it wasn’t worth spending so much mental energy on them. You are finding that out right here.
And it doesn’t matter who was with the crush before, in this case, who lived in this house before.

Personally, I am basically attracted to the architecture of the 60s, so also this house. But honestly? The large plot with the full tree population would deter me. If you look at the orientation, the garden faces the wooded and rather dark north, the front garden is in the south. The slope also plays a role. I would not consider it practical for everyday life or friendly.
 

wiltshire

2025-07-16 17:21:03
  • #4

Yes, that is wonderful!

If you look at the house on the property, for example on Apple Maps, you can see that the garden behind the house has more area without trees than some entire properties discussed here. The south-south-west slope allows a lot of light and a good view even from the rear part of the garden. Very nice, very privately usable. Some of the trees have become a bit large, but that can be handled carefully.

Everyone has different priorities in everyday life. Privacy and a great view of the landscape are great everyday qualities of a house. For that, you have to walk 20m to the mailbox and to the car. What can annoy one person every day can delight another person every day.
 

ypg

2025-07-16 21:50:49
  • #5
The spacious lawn area can also be seen in the exposé in one of the photos. ..there I see leafless trees. In that respect, you have the garden area, which is probably dense due to vegetation. And yes, one could prune. I do not consider views to be suitable for everyday life. In my opinion, short walking distances and more count for that. As a psychologist, one should know how to convince someone of something or also get them out of it ;)
 

wiltshire

2025-07-17 08:57:38
  • #6
Since things on the internet are often misunderstood and the most wonderful subtexts arise: I am not a psychologist. That’s what I mean by different priorities. One person first thinks: "What would bother / hinder me?" Another person first thinks: "What could I like about it / what would do me good?" There are situations and places where I gladly take the slightly less comfortable path and dislike the maximally efficient path. Every day.
 

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