Building a house at 21 years old .. too young?

2020-09-17 11:14:18

Here an extremely large discussion is being spread that I don’t think is wanted at all...

The OP wanted our help.. improvements/opinions etc. I think it’s quite good when you "open his eyes" and say: Hey, look, you want children, so here’s the tip: do this and that in the nursery or hey: there are these and those things coming up for you, which means you’ll need more space here and there. It’s more well-meaning advice than saying: No one is allowed to make mistakes.

At that age, you don’t look into the future, that’s the "problem", but as a result, the OP might regret a few years from now that he has no wardrobe and never has space for one! That can happen, right? That’s what we’re pointing out to him! I suspect that people here just want to give tips so that the OP isn’t unhappy in a few years. That’s what is meant by optimization and thinking about the future. Everyone makes mistakes, that’s clear, it’s about which mistakes can be avoided, which the OP only recognizes after getting tips here, which he currently doesn’t see but might understand if he deals with it!

You’re right! As an old guy, I like that a young person approaches things less naively, while nowadays I often worry about things that I would have just smiled away before. Back then... And of course it’s helpful for him to get hints here regarding function etc., I would have wished for some of those myself back then. Only sometimes it also gets very personal, whether he is old enough, whether someone sees life correctly, all those problems etc., and there I think that one or two hints are enough and as writes, ultimately something else is spread widely and rather negatively judged.

2020-09-17 14:41:15

I just also think that if someone at this age plans something like this, it is "probably" a very down-to-earth guy who possibly wants to make this his dream and might even live in it for a very, very long time,

I rather think that someone who is already quite mature at such a young age and is above-average self-reflective for their age will not stop maturing anytime soon and might build even more houses on their further life path than or – that does not exclude that he can assume based on his self-assessment to maintain the status from the end of the current year for ten or more years. But I would also not be surprised if he continues maturing quickly for a while and discusses his second house here in four years. So, now I am curious to hear what he himself will say about this at his next visit in this discussion.

2020-09-17 15:32:05

It's not about how flexible you are at what age, or whether you have three or thirty jackets, but in my opinion it is about the fact that, no matter how old you are, you pay a considerable sum for a house. And at least I am made in such a way - and I already was in my early 20s - that I want to have everything as perfect and good as possible. A house is not like a T-shirt from H&M that I wear twice and then I just don't like it anymore and it goes into the clothes collection.

If I had had the opportunity, I probably would have built even in my early 20s - I already designed houses for fun and games back then. When I saw a great plot of land, I thought about which dream house I would have built on it, etc.

I think so too. I already knew at 15 that I wanted to move into my own home, preferably different from my parents'. I drew a lot, houses I had been inside, apartments, houses I only knew from the outside... all looked different from what I built and would build now. My purchased terraced house at 32 was affordable and nice. The 2 sqm hallway immediately annoyed me, no south-facing window... I only noticed that later. The current house also has flaws: the diligent reader knows that because of Corona and other circumstances a caravan has now moved in with us ... the parking space had to be created first, because we never, ever thought that a third vehicle would need space here ... if we had known, "then we would have built very differently." But it's not a big deal.

An extremely large discussion is being stirred up here that I don't think was wanted at all...

Such discussions are nice. I haven't read anything harmful here so far. However, I actually understood it so that the OP wanted opinions about the floor plan and is now rather sobered or offended. That is naturally unfortunate.

2020-09-17 16:17:59

I haven't read anything bad here yet. However, I actually understood it that the OP wanted opinions on the floor plan and is now rather disillusioned or offended.

In the opening post on August 1, the OP gives the impression of still being in the provider selection phase, in post #31 from September 2 he then talks about an appointment in November. I’d say he’s not letting anything burn. I haven’t read him express disillusionment or offense. I would appreciate his statement on how final the detailed planning is. With my suggestion regarding the bay window smoothing, I’m probably too late, but I still hope the division of the stairwell space into pantry and shoe cabinet is feasible. If the train for one or the other optimization option (at "House One") has already left: "Tel Aviv" (or something like that), as the French say and then my overall attitude (referring to young builders) is "better the flair in hand than the Jette on the roof" – every step forward on the real estate ladder counts.

2020-09-17 16:23:12

On August 1st, the OP gives the impression of still being in the phase of finding a provider, in post #31 from September 2nd

The opening post was on August 1st 2019.

2020-09-17 16:26:27

The opening post was on August 1st 2019.

Oops, ouch, mea culpa

Building a house at 21 years old .. too young?

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