Construction financing: sensible or nonsense?

  • Erstellt am 2018-11-28 13:42:57

Zaba12

2018-12-13 08:48:21
  • #1

Regarding frugality: the calculation is quite simple. You have €3700 available and save €1200 monthly. What about the remaining €2500? You practically pay hardly any rent. If I now deduct the mentioned €250 from the €2500, you still spend more than we do, as a family of four, with rent, living expenses & insurance, etc., assuming that.

You did not write whether you also set aside some of the €2250 for vacations, etc.

Basically, €30k is also equity but in the context of a construction project (which is not the construction financing itself—here several thousand euros already make a difference) of several hundred thousand euros is more to be seen as pocket money or at best a buffer.

I don’t want to attack you now, even if it might come across that way. But certain trains of thought must also be relativized and viewed soberly. Including mine, gladly.
 

brauk346

2018-12-13 16:54:24
  • #2


All good. As I already wrote, I wanted an assessment. I am definitely grateful for criticism or food for thought.

As I said. We don’t spend everything. I only gave the data here that I thought were relevant.

I have already been to the bank and got some information. To make a noticeable “jump” in the interest rate, we would need an additional €13k in equity. We basically have that, but we prefer to keep this sum under the mattress. For emergencies. As a buffer.
With €30k equity and partly credited own work, we were at a loan-to-value ratio of around 80%, if I recall correctly. Of course, more equity is better. I totally agree with you there, but if it doesn’t make sense financially, then I don’t declare it for the financing and rather keep it as cash at home.

When our floor plan and planning are fixed, I will go back to the bank and have everything recalculated. I will then present the results here.

Best regards
 

Zaba12

2018-12-13 17:03:10
  • #3
I am curious what kind of floor plan will come out and above all whether the total sum can actually be maintained.

We have really calculated generously and an unexpected €20k more has been added. According to the current status, where the shell construction is not yet completely finished.

Partly self-inflicted, partly not, and that even though we held back on the bathroom.
 

brauk346

2018-12-13 18:25:22
  • #4
The floor plan is almost finished, there are just a few minor details left, I think. May I ask how the 20k came about? Was something forgotten or underestimated?
 

aero2016

2018-12-13 19:58:32
  • #5

I always find it fascinating that in this forum a "frugal," obviously even stingy lifestyle is stylized as heroic. Apparently, there are many people here who have declared the maximum accumulation of capital as their highest life goal.
Maybe this is also a societal problem. Total delusion.
 

Yosan

2018-12-13 21:08:08
  • #6

My father always likes to say: Money is worthless as long as you don't spend it. Accordingly, my parents never had much in the bank, but raised 5 children, have their own house with a beautiful garden, 2 cars, donate quite a bit every month, etc. Vacations are not taken every year, but then for 3 weeks straight at the sea and so on. So apparently living by this motto is not entirely wrong... by the way, my parents have not received a large inheritance or anything like that so far.
 

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