Basement living versus more living space on the ground floor

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I also thought: bungalow with a basement underneath. But I want to hear experiences about what is more cost-effective: partial/living basement or pure utility basement and larger house footprint.

I have drawn the dimensions into the development plan. Your error is more than 3 m from the dimensions. The location of the property should be possible to narrow down, for example, is there a bend in the building boundary? [ATTACH alt="Grundstueck123.JPG"]71214[/ATTACH]

The thin blue line is your property according to the survey plan. Unfortunately, one cannot say whether the location in the E/W direction is correct.

We are also happy to search ourselves if you tell us the municipality and the development plan designation.

As mentioned, in this specific case a partial basement is economically nonsense. So a full basement with an adjoining room in the hill and storage rooms for you, possibly also a guest room and a utility room; the excess valley-side basement part would be, due to its location, a living basement – suitable for a granny flat. So pick a catalog bungalow that, except for the storage room, would meet your needs "on a slab" and put a utility and living basement underneath. The option "only utility basement, but smaller" is not up for discussion here, the slope has decided that. You practically have to build a full basement and have the choice to use the unused area as a granny flat (additional effort: living basement standard for these rooms, parking space for the second residential unit) or keep it as a utility basement. Of course, instead of a granny flat, you can also rent out storage rooms, which then do not require parking spaces.

We are also happy to search ourselves if you tell us the community and the development plan designation.

As mentioned, in the specific case a partial basement is economically nonsense. So a full basement with a utility room in the hill and storage rooms for you, possibly also a guest room and a utility room; the surplus valley-side basement part would by its location be a living basement – so suitable for a granny flat. So choose a catalog bungalow that, apart from the storage room, would meet your needs “on a slab” and place a utility and living basement underneath. The option “only utility basement, but smaller” is not up for discussion here, that has been decided by the slope. You basically have to build a full basement and have the choice to use the unneeded area as a granny flat (extra effort: living basement standard for these rooms, parking space for the second residential unit) or have it as a utility basement. Of course, instead of a granny flat you can also rent out storage rooms, which then do not require a parking space.