Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Since you just mentioned the topic of portals... two of our neighboring plots have, completely inexplicably, ended up with a real estate agent who has been trying for many months to sell semi-detached houses there for 550k each (for context: Hintertupfingen, BR=68€, sold by the municipality for 98€/sqm). Yesterday, the price was reduced to 498k...

I see that everywhere too, sometimes very rapid discounts already at the offer stage. For renovation properties as well as high-priced houses. And suddenly there are open house viewings. That hasn’t happened for many years. Do agents suddenly have to do more than just post the ad, let it run for 4 hours, and show the first 5-10 people who have already shouted “I’ll buy” through the house for 10 minutes? Meanwhile, example calculations from a “financial advisor” are already appearing as attachments, to show that the properties can still be somehow financed (over 10 years..)

But I am still waiting for the ultimate proof that the market has turned – when the first renovation properties are offered with already pre-made hazardous materials reports.. ;)

Surely they have to do more now. Although the specific example was somewhat exaggerated from the start. This is simply not the area for semi-detached houses, and even if someone wanted to go for it, they were at least 100k too expensive. In between, the grapevine knew that a family with children and a grandmother was supposed to move onto one of the plots, but that now seems to have fallen through as well. I'm very curious; if nothing happens within about a year, I will also make a bit of a fuss about compulsory building. It's bad enough when the mayor gives plots to his brother-in-law (or whatever), but even worse when he then doesn't build anything.

Very, very easy? How do you think that should work? Bring on the tips ;-) I don’t mean "yeah, you can just skip the basement and plan living space downstairs and eventually build a carport next to the house" – because it’s way too late for a comprehensive redesign. Yes, above standard, but you need reinforcing steel, concrete, bricks, roof tiles, and windows for every (solid) house. But this is not supposed to be specifically about my project – and generally speaking, as you also say, unfortunately, the amounts that seem "small" at first glance already add up drastically nowadays …

Leaving out a double garage doesn’t require a fundamental redesign and saves several tens of thousands of euros. Not WANTING doesn’t mean not BEING ABLE TO. I guess (really just guessed) that there’s a not exactly cheap kitchen, the flooring will be high-end, maybe even Q4 level skim coated. As I said, just guessing. With a standard 08/15 house, these savings of course aren’t possible.

Leaving out the double garage does not require a fundamental redesign and saves several tens of thousands of euros. Not WANTING does not mean not BEING ABLE TO. I guess (really guessed) it’s a rather expensive kitchen, the flooring will be upscale, maybe even Q4 filled. As said, just a guess. With a standard house, these savings are of course not possible

As for us, a complete redesign would be necessary if we left out the double garage, since it is integrated into the house and there is a large living room above it. No idea how it would be in this case.

So for us, a complete redesign would have been necessary if we had omitted the double garage, since it is integrated into the house and there is a large living space above it. No idea how it would be in this case.

Exactly like that. Apart from the fact that it is quite nonsense that you can save "several tens of thousands of euros" by doing that. Then I might not have a double garage, but two living rooms that need to be developed.

Sure, if you plan one less floor from the start, without a basement and without garages, then it is significantly cheaper, that is logical.

By the way, our kitchen costs around 16k €, the floors are tiles and vinyl ... so nothing crazy.

So with us, a complete redesign would have been necessary if we had left out the double garage, since it is integrated into the house and there is a large living room above it. No idea how it would be in this case.

And you can’t plan a living space, omit a floor and save money that way? So it’s NOT possible, or it’s just NOT WANTED? By the way, there are also cakes for 10k, so the steel surcharge is already saved. Instead of vinyl, laminate. Saves a lot of money because the subfloor needs less preparation, material is cheaper and 1 room = 1 day in EL. There are so many little things you can save on if you want or have to. But this “can’t be done” or “then I have to redesign” are just excuses when the need is not yet great enough. At least in my opinion.