Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Regardless of construction costs (which is only incidental here anyway): Münster wants to ban the construction of new single-family homes. Somehow it’s only a small step from there to banning semi-detached and terraced houses... Politics is becoming more and more overbearing and will certainly save the world—or rather the climate—once again with the ban :rolleyes: You can just buy existing single-family homes, “no one can afford new construction anyway”! But no one can afford those old single-family homes either. Gutting them, renovating them to be heat pump-ready, who is supposed to be able to pay for that? Everyone has gone crazy!

And once again, fake news are being spread by the usual suspect. The single-family house is not being banned in Münster; it only takes a back seat in future development plans. This means future development plans will only allocate few building plots for single-family houses and more for semi-detached houses and terraced houses.

And that makes sense, because otherwise a few wealthy people would buy up the building plots from those who cannot afford a single-family house with an 800m² plot, but only a semi-detached house with 400m² or a terraced house with 200m² plot.

Because one step to make building more affordable again, especially where land is insanely expensive, is to reduce the size of the plots. And that only works with semi-detached or terraced houses.

And that also makes quite a bit of sense, because otherwise a few people with a lot of money buy up the building plots from those who can’t afford a single-family house with 800m² of land, but only a semi-detached house with 400m² or a terraced house with 200m² of land.

From the municipality’s perspective, however, that can also be desirable. It usually brings in more income tax ;)

Otherwise, I wonder why the plots aren’t simply made smaller. The "rich" certainly won’t build on 300sqm.

Well, whatever – I have a 90sqm single-family new-build floor area on >800sqm of land – I really feel dirty :rolleyes:

And once again, fake news is being spread by the usual suspect. Single-family houses are not banned in Münster; they merely take a back seat in future development plans. That means future development plans will only allocate a few building plots for single-family houses and more for semi-detached houses and terraced houses.

I recommend everyone simply read the resolution proposal: The "quasi-ban" is well outlined there. But besides that, there are many more things that are ecologically sensible — whether one likes it or not is another question. But well, for families, surely lots of 140 sqm apartments will be built, since with 2-3 children you won’t be able to get into your own house anymore (with new development plans). And the large balconies and roof terraces also replace the garden very well. Naturally affordable in terms of price, of course… *irony off*

Those who are crowing here now couldn't afford a plot of land in Münster anyway, let alone 800m². And that also applies to families with 2 or 3 children. For them, a detached single-family house has been unrealistic in Münster since the interest rate hike at the latest. But it's like with the speed limit. The loudest are always those whose vehicles can't reach 250 anyway and who don't even dare to go over 150.

I recommend everyone to simply read the resolution draft: The "quasi-ban" is well outlined there. But besides that, there are many more things that are ecologically sensible – whether one likes it or not is another question. But well, for families, surely plenty of 140 sqm apartments will be built, since with 2-3 children you can no longer (with new development plans) move into your own house. And the large balconies and roof terraces also replace the garden very well. Of course, affordable in terms of price, obviously... *Irony off*

If you would now also write what this planning applies to. For ONE new development area? For ALL future development areas? Only inner city? Metropolitan area? Densification on existing plots?