Conversion into residential space (ground floor)

Hello,

An expert report is currently being prepared by an expert, which the current owner commissioned.

That’s good!

You probably mean my tax advisor???

Yes.

He hasn't been informed yet but can say that the 3 units that are rented bring in the purchase price including reserves and in my eyes therefore make sense.

I have heard this statement from laypeople enough times; please ask your tax advisor. He knows your numbers and, based on his experience, can provide clarification regarding costs/benefits/tax considerations of rental properties.

How would you, as a construction expert, handle the tax side of things??

What I would do doesn’t matter; it won’t help you either, since our circumstances are fundamentally different.

At best, I can tell you that if I were to betray my principle and actually buy a long-term rented property, I would definitely put an administration in front of it.

I wish you much success!

Rhenish greetings

Hello kbt09,

Yes, exactly, but I have to explain that to you briefly. The room currently has a depth from south to north of 4.30 m. The wall you see set was adjusted by me because at the moment there is a small spiral staircase leading to the upper living area, which is about 50 m² and also has a sanitary section. For this reason, the master bedroom is not included in Design 2. Regarding the stairs, we would prefer to have one that is straight and then turns left.

The 3 children's rooms on the ground floor may no longer be relevant to the question, since only the master bedroom is upstairs.

The entrance is below the living room where you see a small boxing.

I hope I was able to answer all your questions; otherwise, please get back in touch.

Best regards

Hello construction expert,

thank you first of all for the feedback.

And yes, I have already spoken with my tax advisor who told me what I should do and how.

As I have seen from your website, you know your way around floor plans quite well and I would like to know your professional opinion. I know everyone has their own ideas and wishes, but there are certain things that should be done in room planning.

Please take a look at the floor plan example and give me your feedback.

Maybe we can still do business together, since you don't live far from me.

Best regards

Hello,

As I have seen from your HP, you are quite familiar with floor plans and I would like to know your professional opinion? I know everyone has their own ideas and wishes, but there are certain things that should be done in room planning.

Please take a look at the floor plan example and give me your feedback.

You will hardly find any statements from me about floor plans on the HBF; that is - unless it concerns my daily job - not my motivation for being here. By the way, when "skimming" through the predominantly posted floor plans here, I have often noticed that my ideas about them would be completely different. So feel free to rely on the users who will comment on this; they will probably hit the spirit of the times ;)

Maybe we will still do business since you don’t live far from me.

Nice try, but anyone who wants to work with me does so out of a fundamental conviction and not because I have given one or the other supposedly clever advice on floor plans ;)

By the way, I already indicated the path I favor in my first answer. From my point of view, it makes absolutely no sense for you to deal with floor plans and the question of "how" and "why"; you can only fail and thereby also disappoint all the helpful users who make an effort (and will make an effort) to somehow make your design workable. The courtyard complex you favor brings with it several challenges that a layperson can only solve rudimentarily; if at all.

Rhenish regards

... unfortunately your answer doesn’t make anything clearer. Example furnishings always help a great deal to understand the room arrangements.

And, you saw in my staircase example how much space a reasonably decent straight staircase needs.

I can only agree with Bauexperte, this won’t work with the floor plan. Many details are missing, and since it is an existing building, one also lacks the visual impression. Because a design is supposed to fit the building as well.

I have to say that this is not the first time I am doing something like this, but for about 15 years I have been buying, converting, and reselling. What I can do to avoid confusion is delete the building parts that are not used by me.

Furthermore, I can do it in a way that I draw the area blank and specify what rooms I need. Even with an existing property where there are no windows on one side, you can still consider what and how to do things. A building envelope, as you or you all have already correctly said, has advantages and disadvantages, but you can work with it, and for this reason, I have attached the floor plan here. A brick building is a brick building where I can also have a different cladding or plaster applied at any time, but for that, I don’t need floor plans. I am not stepping on anyone’s toes here but rather looking for constructive suggestions or ideas on how to do things better. Or you say it is good as it is, but not optimal.

Over all these years, I have had to realize that very many people, especially architects, prefer to hear demolition because they want to realize themselves. But this is about the customer and his wishes, and he pays your bill, not anyone else’s, since an architect has a service job and nothing more.

That I need one for this conversion is beyond question, and I would never do such a thing without one.