Oakland
2019-01-14 16:05:07
- #1
Hello Oakland
I really wish you a nice house. What you are planning is a compromise. It can’t be more than that. And this compromise will be expensive. Building a house is expensive and it regularly becomes more expensive than planned.
Just something to think about: First get a cost breakdown. Then calculate whether the loss from selling this strange plot of land and buying a sensible one would be less than the building costs of this house compared to a "normal" one. I fear that realizing this project will bring a lot of headaches.
Maybe a nighttime chainsaw operation and the fine would be the cheaper option.
Steven
Hi Steven!
It was clear to us from the beginning that this whole thing wouldn’t be easy. The construction will be complicated and expensive. That’s for sure.
We absolutely wanted to build in this district. There, "normal" plots are now offered and actually sold at average prices between 500 and 700 euros per square meter. We were well below that.
We absolutely wanted to build a detached house. A semi-detached or even a terraced house was absolutely out of the question for us. The latter cost over 300,000 euros as a quasi-renovation case from the late 60s. New construction on a 220 sqm plot at base prices just over 400,000 euros. No joke! Aachen is very expensive compared to similarly sized cities.
Selling the plot is out of the question. There simply are no alternatives. And a house in such a clean new development area as planned north of us is absolutely out of the question.
The tree stays. That will be cool, trust me. We will even clad parts of the house with oak wood.
Best regards
Oakland