Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I partly don’t understand the demands either. For some, it reads as if all older houses have the quality of life of a tin shack in the slum. :)

We recently bought a house built in 1977. Not messed up, what was done was done by good craftsmen. We are currently bringing it up to a good standard in terms of insulation, electrics, plumbing, etc. Great location, great layout for my small family, nice neighbors whom we’ve known for a long time (have lived on this street for 20 years). One should be aware that material costs also play a decisive role in this. Doing electrical and plumbing work myself is too risky for me. Everything fits for us; new builds with similar parameters (120 sqm living space, 250 sqm plot, but no basement, no garage) have recently (February 2022) sold here for a crazy 850 K€. We are nowhere near that with our house, but it’s also not KFW-something, although also not a tin shack. Cost for new bathroom, new guest toilet 28 K€, drywall builder 5 K€, insulation between rafters in attic 5 K€, new electrics with network and plenty of sockets 16 K€, insulation in attic room 8 K€, replacement living room window unit 3 K€ (the rest is okay), electric shutters 6 K€. All in all, you end up with about 20% of the purchase price when renovating an older house, you have to know that. And you also have to make compromises sometimes, but it's no different with new builds.

We recently bought a house built in 1977. Not messed up, what was done was done by good craftsmen. We are currently bringing it up to a good standard in terms of insulation, electrics, plumbing, etc. Great location, super layout for my small family, nice neighbors we have known for a long time (living in the street for 20 years). One should be aware that material costs also play a crucial role. Doing the electrical and water work myself is too risky for me. Everything suits us, new buildings with similar parameters (120 sqm living space, 250 sqm plot, but not basement, no garage) recently (February 2022) went for an insane 850k€. We won’t reach that price with our house, but it’s also not KFW (some program) or anything like that, but also not a tin hut.

My neighbor built a bungalow in 2020 with EL 125 sqm for 200k. Just over 700 sqm of land and it’s only between about 70-90€/sqm, but you have to put that in relation. Including incidental building costs, land, etc.

My neighbor built a bungalow in EL with 125m2 for 200k in 2020.
A good 700m2 of land and the price there is only somewhere between 70-90€/m2, but you have to put that into perspective.
Including additional construction costs, land, etc.

Alone in GruBo, the square meter price is around 1,000€/m2. Nothing can be done, it has to be paid. And the nice areas have long been built on. It’s then rather close to the motorway, tram, and other noise sources.

In GruBo alone, the price per square meter is around €1,000. If you do nothing, it gets paid. And the nice areas have long been built up. It's then more likely near the highway, tram, and other noise sources.

Yes, Bavaria near Munich probably, there the land alone makes the difference. Salaries are correspondingly higher, if a streetcar worker here can pay off his single-family house mortgage with €650/month, that felt like luxury.

Yes, Bavaria near Munich probably, there alone the land makes the difference. Salaries are then correspondingly, if a street tree worker can repay his single-family house property with 650/month, that felt like luxury.

The craftsmen's salaries are then correspondingly as well ;)

The craftsmen's salaries are correspondingly higher then too ;)

But are the journeyman wages really that much higher after taxes? I really wonder about that.
Does a roofer or mason who tears down his house here for 650€ and gets 2.2k net really get 4k net in Bavaria to cover 1.8k per month for the property?
I applied directly in Munich right after my studies back then, and after the salary offer, I immediately declined again.