Decision-making: Prefabricated house or solid house

I only tried to present an overall view of the mentioned arguments. I have nothing against building massively. But I have also heard all these prejudices. The oldest prefabricated house I know of is from the sixties. Why tear down? Renovating an old building requires courage on the one hand and considerable expertise on the other. The latter few will have. We thought about it, but financially, a new building was the most sensible. Here you can buy ruins for half a million. But then you'd certainly have to invest another 100,000, you know, and who knows what else might come after. The drilling argument is certainly not a strong one for a prefabricated house, but it is simply wrong to claim that a prefabricated house will leak. I don’t care how someone builds. I would only recommend a prefabricated house to anyone who wants to avoid too much stress.

Why tear down? Renovating an old building requires, on one hand, courage and on the other hand considerable expertise. The latter is something few people will have. We thought about it, but financially the most sensible option was the new build. Here you can buy ruins for half a million. But you’d definitely have to put in at least 100,000 more, you know, and who knows what else will come up.

I don’t know if a new build is financially the most sensible option.

With old buildings in my area, there are usually nice large plots of land. With new builds, especially in new development areas, the parcels are so small that I could spit onto the neighbor’s terrace.

We are currently considering taking over the parents' house from the 80s and renovating it completely. Of course, expertise is necessary, and without an architect or energy consultant, we definitely won’t dare to take it on.

Hello Der Da,

The oldest prefabricated house I know is from the sixties.

go to an open-air museum of your choice and you will find much older houses. The difference lies in the fact that today's prefabricated houses have nothing in common with the construction methods of the past; if that were the case, the lending limits for prefabricated houses would be regarded much more positively.

I would only advise a prefabricated house to anyone who wants to avoid too much stress.

You built with a very good provider - not entirely without stress, but you can recognize a reliable building partner by how they handle problems. This is not the only indication of a good and reputable prefabricated house provider, but applies - regardless of materials - equally to all providers on the market - just as it does for reputable solid house providers.

Rhenish greetings

Ultimately, everyone should do what suits them best! You can have stress anywhere, whether it's with authorities, landowners, contractors, or neighbors. The best thing is to leave that time behind and enjoy it. And with the ruins, it looks similar here. But I think the renovation is still cheaper than a new build. But why do I need expertise for a renovation? I would have it done by professionals just like a new build. Ultimately, with houses like these, it's the plots that you buy. There are simply only existing houses here. If you want a house in this area, you have to buy the ruin as well or move to the outskirts. The new build ghettos I find them terrible.

Hello,
thank you very much already for your many answers! Some of you really seem to know what you're talking about (I'm basically a complete beginner ).
I hadn’t mentioned that my father has his own company, so warranty is probably not really an issue, I think. He would also lay the pipes for the installation and heating connections, which with the prefabricated house already happens in the factory and of course would have to be paid for as well.
I don’t want to look for arguments in favor of a solid house now (in case it sounds like that), but just weigh a little what would be most sensible in our situation (of course also in terms of cost).
The architect we would (probably) build with, however, apparently is somewhat “old school” (“KfW house? Yes, that’s possible, but the current thermal insulation regulations already set very high requirements....”). I also want to build in such a way that in 20 years I can still say: the house at least roughly still meets the state of the art....
But that now also goes a bit too far away from my original question......

As far as the property and the building area are concerned, the building area was developed about 20 years ago, our building plot is the only one still undeveloped. So it is not a typical "new build ghetto" - we have an open view to the front and to the left of us there is also open green space. We also have a slight slope, which we would make use of by having the basement fully exposed.