We moved into our house 4.5 months ago, so we can now already give a small report on whether the size is suitable for us.
Our house has 154m² of living space on a 610m² plot. Our plot is rather small for village standards, but sufficient for us, as we don’t really have the time to maintain a large property. By the way, we are 28 and 29 years old and consciously chose my home village to be close to my family. In my village, solidarity and community spirit are highly valued; like all other residents, we hope to spend the rest of our lives here We don’t want to move anymore, except maybe in about 60 years one street over, to our final little spot
This may sound naive to many, to decide this at such a young age, but in our village, unlike many others, young people do not move away to the city but on the contrary, definitely want to stay.
The house deliberately has no basement; we have planned enough storage space anyway. The utility room was carefully planned by us, and we chose a closed concrete staircase so that we got a great storage room underneath. Additionally, there is plenty of storage space in the attic, and in the dressing room we have two huge wardrobes where there is also additional storage space.
We planned so that we have enough space for 2 planned children. If a 3rd should come, we could clear out the study on the ground floor and set up a small workspace in the upstairs hallway.
On the 154m² we have the following:
Ground floor:
Utility room with lots of space for washing machine, heat pump, etc.
Small guest WC + cloakroom niche
Closed kitchen
Living room with dining area
Study
Storage room under concrete stairs
Upper floor:
Dressing room with access to
Small bedroom
and large bathroom
2 large children's rooms (currently set up as a second study and guest room, since we don’t have children yet)
Second bathroom for children or guests
200m² would have been way too big for our needs; we are not really cleaning fanatics either, so we would be overwhelmed with such a large area.
I think we have enough space, even if children come someday. If not, we can also use the space well for other purposes (as we do currently), so the house still won’t be too big.
Our house has so far cost €260,000 with everything included (without the land, which we received as a gift), we only still lack the carport, which we will build ourselves.