Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Here, non-renovated stock from 1940-1965 with just over 1000sqm of land currently goes for 190-260k... And usually is not online for 14 days...

New building plots at 125-145€

It's not a building material, but I'm still happy about the price

Renting? With prices equivalent to 40 years of rent and current interest rates, ownership is an incredible luxury. Especially with an older property that constantly requires maintenance

I doubt that. We had the calculation a few pages ago with the shell house from Massa Haus. 300k with a lot of own work and a basic standard. Plus land, various incidental building costs, kitchen, and you're quickly over 400k. 20% equity (=80k+) then means a loan of 320k upwards. That gets you a payment starting at €1500. For a house in the lowest price range and relatively cheap land.

And why does it absolutely have to be a detached single-family house at all costs? Then, in 40 years, we end up with a frequently discussed topic here again:

"The owners, grayed by then, are overwhelmed with the maintenance of the building and let the place decay. At the same time, the ancillary costs eat their hair off their heads because the house was never updated energetically to the current standards over the years..."

Then better a nice condominium with janitorial service and mandatory reserve funds for necessary renovation measures and from the start lower ancillary costs.

Then rather a nice condo with janitorial service and mandatory reserve funds for necessary renovation measures and from the start lower additional costs.

With a 5 sqm balcony and 24 neighbors, I can hardly contain my joy at having to live in something like that...

But the cat also eats mice, I don't like it... maybe there are also people who like this kind of living

With a 5 sqm balcony and 24 neighbors, I can hardly contain my joy at having to live in something like that...

But the cat also eats mice, I don't like it... maybe there are people who like this way of living

Well, you have a funny idea of a condominium. I understand you like this: there’s either the super-duper-once-in-a-lifetime-built single-family house that you never leave until you die, or a panel building.

The developers in our area therefore don’t build panel buildings, but really nice complexes. With our apartment (1st floor) we don’t have a balcony at all, but a 65 m2 terrace, which is very nicely landscaped by the gardener and fits together with the other terraces into a nice overall picture. We have exactly one direct neighbor.

Everyone has to know for themselves how they want to live and what they can and want to afford.

Having to mow the lawn and maintain the outdoor areas constantly in summer, having to clear snow in winter and having to take the garbage bins out and back in yourself in all weather – I can hardly contain my joy...

Pushing the trash bin out yourself... Hopefully your health isn't as bad as it sounds if this job overwhelms you...

New building here: 5sqm balcony and 16 apartments, 2 blocks opposite... Wonderful

I did say there are people who like apartment buildings... We simply don't belong to them... And apparently you don't either because you're here ;)

Then I’d rather have a nice condominium with janitorial service and mandatory reserve funds for necessary renovation measures and from the start lower additional costs.

Your property may be nice and even have a large terrace on the first floor. But that is not usual. Neither in new buildings nor in existing ones. And living nicely is clearly much more expensive than living modestly. It wouldn’t necessarily have had to be a detached house for us either; we would have taken a townhouse in Konstanz as well. But the 60s townhouses here are more expensive than our entire new build. No wonder when the 3-room apartment in an old building already costs 500k, which by the way is not really affordable either. In any case, I am looking forward to simply being able to go outside this summer and have peace and quiet. No people throwing glass into containers at night or students still partying.