Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

2. Holding onto plots of land is inexpensive. I saw that with my building gap. The previous owner paid a few euros in property tax per year, that was it. I have long been in favor of imposing a drastic tax increase on plots of land that are not subject to a building obligation but remain undeveloped. We are talking here about land that has been developed for construction. If someone maintains it as a private meadow, they are harming the entire society.

I wanted to spontaneously agree with you; we ourselves have also searched very intensively for a plot (an existing house was not available). To be honest, where we are now building our single-family house was previously a truly beautiful meadow that provided a home for many animals. We will try to preserve that too, but when I walk through Leipzig, I still see many building gaps and very much hope that they will not be developed. However, there should not be parking spaces there either (I say this even though I mostly go to Leipzig by car) as it is now, but truly natural meadows or perhaps small parks.

Edit: I just got an idea. Maybe it would be effective if builders of apartment buildings were required not only to provide parking or garage spaces but also green spaces; that is, that a small park for the tenants must be offered for every apartment building. That would ease urban development in cities and perhaps also convince more people to live in apartments who now want to build a single-family house. But presumably, there are simply too many of us.

in an established residential area you have to be satisfied with DSL at 6 Mbit

With such a speed, my employer would cancel my home office immediately. They require at least 16Mbit. The problem is usually not the download, but rather the very poor upload. I would definitely think twice about moving into an existing development!

That is supposed to come with the property tax C in 2025.

Will that come? I estimate that the property tax will not be 3-4 times as high. More likely a doubling. That means for us, with €250 / sqm and 1,500 sqm, an increase from €280 to about €550 per year. That still does not hurt the property owner.

Don't know if this helps, but I also want to contribute something

Last week got a few prices

Laying sewage connection 8m unpaved area including connection to inspection shaft and house about 1.5m soil excavation and backfilling including sidewalk closure 2 days
~2500 €

From the general contractor’s plumber: Outdoor water tap to living room wall (~12m) with tap meter surcharge to standard 200€ net

A single additional socket 28€ net
32a cable including fuse next to the house (for wallbox) including 4m cable outside (about 10m inside) I think it was 5mm² 210€ + 79€ for the fuse net

Oh, one more thing: Wheel loader this Friday to already remove the pile of soil that is still on the property = 120€ for the day, whole weekend would have been 180€ (just the wheel loader)

Wow, that’s quite a bit, actually everything, cheaper than 10 years ago ;)

Uih, there are quite a few things, actually everything, cheaper than 10 years ago ;)

I admit you could probably tell that we were positively surprised, I had expected much higher prices and mentally I was already sorting out what I didn’t need to be honest... luckily I didn’t have to cancel any of it

With such a value, my home office would be directly canceled by the employer. He demands at least 16Mbit. The problem is not the download, but usually the very modest upload. I would already consider whether I want to move into the existing area!

Yeah, with cable, as I said, you get more. I now have Vodafone and have left Telekom aside for the time being. With Vodafone, it works great during the day. Only in the evening there are more frequent dropouts, probably because the node is oversubscribed or something. Hoping that at some point a third-party provider comes up with the idea to lay fiber optic. With a colleague in the suburban area, several companies are doing this in the old settlements.