Existing purchase plan: Financing possible?

Yeah, yeah, if you just put in more effort you can achieve anything. Why not put a bit more effort into the house search and just buy a house that costs less and doesn't have a backlog of renovations? Let's find a single case from the forum and show that it's possible. Don't be so discouraging.

Do you notice something? The same argument as renovating after moving in with a baby. The thread starters want to start a family (in 2-4 years) and not live in a construction site for 5 years. Generally speaking, of course, none of this is advisable... neither an endless house search nor renovating while already living there. Anecdotal individual cases don't help.

We didn't do it primarily for financial reasons, but because we enjoy it. (And yet we have already cursed the decision in some hours with sore bones after the "vacation" week ;-) )

Ditto. For us, it was also about moving in quickly. Financially, a complete renovation before moving in would not have been a problem either.

Dito. For us, it was also about moving in quickly. Financially, a complete renovation before moving in would not have been a problem either.

It's clear...
Apparently, many do not realize what a complete renovation is and what it means financially. Per square meter, it easily costs as much as a new build. Rather more, because on the one hand you have to tear out the old, and on the other hand, you have to fit in the new things much more elaborately than in a new build.
A real complete renovation costs a fortune.
And in a house from 1913, it will ultimately be necessary.
I would not put myself through that in an occupied state.

Anecdotal individual cases do not help.

As long as one does not know more about the background of the original poster, they do help to convey a realistic picture – after all, it is indeed a possibility, albeit (as emphasized several times) not for everyone. In the houseCONSTRUCTION forum, where predominantly (large) new builds are discussed, such cases are naturally rarer than in the real world. In our wider circle of acquaintances, there are several who have handled it that way.

A complete renovation costs a fortune. And in a house from 1913, it will ultimately be necessary.

We do not even know what the goal of is, nor anything about the condition of the house. The general statement that a house built in 1913 must necessarily be completely renovated in order to be comfortably habitable and comply with the energy saving ordinance is not correct in any case.

We don't even know what @HappyHaus7's goal is, nor about the condition of the house.

No. But he doesn't either. Let's wait for the appointment with his bank!