Defensive offer, or have house prices become so expensive?

But that in reality you lose, namely your homeland, does not matter at all.

What homeland are you talking about? You consciously chose Hinterpupsdorf.

My house is in Hinterpupsdorf - intentionally.

I understand the sentimental value of the parental home, but that you are being expelled from your homeland is a bit too melodramatic for me. In terms of content, it is wrong anyway.

I think it’s noble when you think of the grandchildren. But either you have to be able to afford it (which in this case really isn’t particularly difficult), or the grandchildren have to chip in right away - after all, they will be the later beneficiaries.

But that in reality you are losing, namely your homeland, doesn't matter at all.

Where the hell do you lose your homeland because of an inheritance? Ridiculous.
I find it just as ridiculous to be annoyed about 133k€ tax on a value of 1700k€.

Start saving if you think you otherwise cannot keep the house because of taxes.

I see it completely differently.

I know that and it’s not bad :D

The actual value of the property has not changed for us. Only the numerical value has increased.

I only partially agree with that and it would only be true if one made an infinite sales ban out of it. At some point, someone in your family, for whom you also want to preserve it, will harvest those sweet cherries and won’t want to leave any on the tree.

We do not want to sell this property. Why am I being forced to sell?

You do not want to sell – now. You are certainly not being forced to sell, that should be clear by now. You would only have to pay taxes on an inheritance. You want to inherit something without paying the due tax, that’s just how the current law is.

The property is by no means a random stroke of luck.

Why would luck be something reprehensible? Of course, it’s also luck, and that’s okay. My opinion would not be different if someone had won the money in the lottery. No one has to explain whether they worked hard for it or if it came to them on the beach. Others have worked hard too and often have no possessions. Without luck in life, you don’t get into this position.

It is the result of a whole life full of work, courage, sweat, sacrifices, and creative power.

All of that is only possible in a developed environment of a community (keyword tax), and you have equally benefited from that. None of you moved a finger for the value explosion you mentioned, and that’s not bad. I hear this reference to hard work and sacrifice often, but I know some people who probably worked harder and suffered more but are not in this luxury situation because of it.

And now it’s supposed to be taken away from us and I’m supposed to be happy and buy an equally overpriced, worse property with the leftover money. Ridiculous.

Uhmm... You are still not being expropriated, sorry, that almost sounds like madness. Don’t you read the 100 working ideas from the forum members? You want to save taxes, so like all of us you profit from the community and just don’t want to pay your legally regulated share in this particular area.

Everyone here only sees the huge sums and thinks one should be satisfied with that. That in truth you lose your home is completely irrelevant.

That is an accusation; such dull thinking should not be assumed just because someone has a different opinion. By the way, these opinions are based on applicable laws, and then the question arises whether indeed the 100 oncoming cars are the wrong-way drivers. You are annoyed by the applicable law.

That in truth you lose your home is completely irrelevant.

You yourself have moved away from this “home”; obviously, there was something better for you elsewhere, understandably, so it wasn’t quite about “home.” One does not lose their home. “Losing home” is something else. I can give you enough examples of “losing home.” For example, my parents really lost their home after the war, including their property (these are two different things, property and home), they couldn’t even go there anymore. Their whole life was gone; THAT was a tragic loss of home. Guess how gladly they would have paid some money just not to lose their home. It may not fully apply here, but please don’t exaggerate this home nonsense in connection with not wanting to pay taxes, which is somewhat understandable but please don’t add this home plate in a time when the world is full of people who really have lost their homes. I’m still missing your answer to where exactly and why you would find tax exemptions fair. Can you please answer me? Fair so that no one can complain afterward. I am really interested!!! I do, however, respect that you face this whole thing here; even if I don’t share your panic. As I said before, here in the “East” I really encounter this way of thinking more often. Did you already sell the house before the reunification or right after and move to East Germany?

I still don't understand why you insist so much on the loss. There are several options to prevent that. If the property is really worth that much, it can be correspondingly mortgaged (or even, as mentioned here, the tax payment can be spread over 10 years) and this will be covered by the rental income. Or you move in for 10 years and pay proportionate rent to the other heirs if you cannot or do not want to buy them out. In general (this does not apply specifically here), you can save a lot of taxes through timely provisions and in most cases even come out tax-free. I actually don't think the current inheritance tax regulation is good either (rather too lax), but I understand that you feel the way you do. Firstly, however, I don't think there is (also from your perspective) any reason for that, as I said, get professional advice. Secondly, you have to be able to endure that others feel differently. Insults, of course, are still not acceptable.

Alright, that makes 460 posts in this thread so far. Before I bother counting whether at least a third of them are actually on topic, I'll just unfollow the thread (and wish everyone happy head shaking or banging), take care!

What do you want to call it? Then just parental home. I don’t know how it is with others. I moved to the village with my husband and my parents stayed in their house. They probably would have found it strange if my husband had moved into the parental home permanently (and us too). In my opinion, however, this is not an expression of disparagement of the parental home.

I haven’t explicitly followed the inheritance tax, but as far as I know, it was so far that the heirs of a “normal” single-family parental home were not forced to tax it again. With 400K most houses were well covered. We would have been easily included in that, especially since we are two children. Now came the explosion and boom, suddenly the value tripled. Let me ask differently: Is it correct that the prices of plots increase extremely over the area but the exemptions do not? Basically, this is a tax increase, and a substantial one at that. Where I didn’t have to pay taxes 10 years ago, I now have to take out a loan and pay it off over years if I want to keep the house. I find that pretty harsh.

I am fully aware that these are luxury problems. But we are here in the house building forum. Basically, everyone here only has luxury problems.