Financings ETW Student + Engineer

...and elevator (the biggest money pit of all).

Does it actually have such relevance regarding "age-appropriateness"? If tens of thousands of euros are swallowed year after year, wouldn't it make more sense to buy a condominium without an elevator, sell it at retirement age, and buy a place on the ground floor?

Does it really matter regarding "age-appropriateness"? If year after year tens of thousands of euros are being spent - doesn't it make more sense to buy a condominium without an elevator & sell it at retirement age and buy a place on the ground floor?

Doesn't matter whether you have the condo upstairs or downstairs. The community pays for everything.

Have fun lugging the stroller and infant car seat upstairs

Does "age-appropriateness" really matter? If year after year tens of thousands of euros are swallowed up – wouldn't it make more sense to buy a condominium without an elevator and then sell it at retirement age to buy a place on the ground floor?

I think exactly that was what a colleague of mine thought. Bought an apartment in Düsseldorf 20 years ago with the goal of moving into an apartment with an elevator or on the ground floor at 65. He has been searching with his wife for 4 years, getting more and more desperate, and is now 64 and a half. However, still fit. It's unfortunately not as easy as "then I'll just change the apartment."

Exactly, my saved nearly 80 + 50 from my parents in advance, ...

Could you please ask your parents if they would like to adopt another charming, older lady?

... we would like to buy a house ...

Maybe it is a projection, but I already see the house appearing on the horizon.