Dissatisfied with the new building as there are now other options

What does "really rich" mean? I feel quite rich. Ok, having more money in the background would be more reassuring. But only to a certain extent – I have quite different things on my mind in dark hours. It's something like: if my husband and I were to have an accident at the same time, what would happen to the child? (you can prepare to a certain extent, we have done that or are currently doing it). But I don't think: hopefully, there will be enough of his inheritance available, but rather: will there be people around him who will reliably support him in that situation.

If we come into significantly more money, maybe there will be a fancy greenhouse, or the electric car would come sooner. But we will not move out of here for a bigger, fancier house. Even though, like many, I would prefer a detached house with an even bigger garden. Even though not everything in this house is perfect. But it is good – we have put so much time and work into it. I have also come to like the sloping ceilings by now ;)

I can understand people who want to move to a bigger place – there must be people who strive for more, otherwise certain developments wouldn't have happened at all. But I also see what some have already written here: the dissatisfaction might not come from the house, but from the circumstances around it. And this dissatisfaction would also come with you into a bigger, better ... house.

what does "really rich" mean? I feel pretty rich. Ok, having more money in the background would be more reassuring. But only to a certain extent - I have completely different things on my mind in dark hours. It's something like: if my husband and I both had an accident at the same time, what would happen to the child? (you can prepare for this to some extent, we have done so or are currently doing so). But I don't think: hopefully he will have enough from his inheritance, but rather: will he have people around him who will reliably support him in that situation. If we come into significantly more money, maybe there will be a nice greenhouse, or the electric car a bit earlier. But we will not move out of here for a bigger nicer house. Even though, like many, I would prefer a detached house with an even bigger garden. Even though not everything in this house is perfect. But it is good - we have put so much time and work into it. I have grown to like the sloping ceilings by now ;) I can understand people who want to expand - there must be people who strive for more, otherwise certain developments wouldn't have happened. But I also see what some have already written here: the dissatisfaction may not be caused by the house, but by the circumstances around it. And you would take this dissatisfaction with you into a bigger better ... house.

What does rich mean? Rich is when you have a roof over your head and don’t have to worry about how to pay for the next washing machine breakdown and also not how to finance the next vacation. Owning a house is a privilege nowadays.

What does rich mean? Rich is when you have a roof over your head and don’t have to worry about how to pay for the next breakdown of the washing machine and also not about how to finance the next vacation. Owning a house is a privilege nowadays.

Friedrich Merz pretty much sees it the same way.

Nowadays, you can almost call a single-family house a show-off, since nowadays only a few can afford it.

In this regard, I am unsure whether that is really true. So far, I think, and am happy to learn otherwise, that especially with children it is more worthwhile to spend money on a house than to accept negative interest rates, capital gains tax, and inflation losses while simultaneously paying very high rents. But maybe I am wrong about that too. What certainly helps is if you don't have other high material demands, as is the case with me and my husband. (However, my husband’s children are already grown up.) As mentioned, I don’t want to be right and am happy to consider counterarguments.

No offense meant, I know that as well.

I didn’t assume otherwise. I just thought the term might perhaps scare off the thread starter. ;-)

As a student, I already had times when I lived off ready-made spaghetti meals for months because I had no money.

I think it’s really, really great that you haven’t forgotten or suppressed those times and can still draw wise conclusions from them.

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As a student, I already had times when I lived on ready-made spaghetti dishes for months because I had no money.
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I "earned" money for the cafeteria by collecting deposit bottles :)

10 bottles made a warm meal :D

In this point I am unsure whether it is really true. So far, I think, and I am happy to learn more, that especially with children, it is more worthwhile to spend money on a house than to accept negative interest rates, capital gains tax, and inflation losses while at the same time paying very high rents. But maybe I am also seeing it wrong. What certainly helps is if one does not have any other high material demands, as is the case with me and my husband. (However, my husband's children are already adults.)

It is clear that it is more reasonable and sensible to pay off a house than to shell out rent for an equivalent property. The only question is who can still afford to build nowadays. If we hadn’t bought the land so cheaply 4 years ago, we would have had to pay about €400,000 more for it today. Then building a house with a net income of €6,300 would also not be conceivable. Plots with less than half the size (which would also be sufficient) also cost about €200,000 more today than ours did back then.