Initial ideas for building a small house on a backlot

What are the real advantages/disadvantages of prefab/new build?

I would say a certain individuality. So moving walls, changing rooms a bit. Facade/window color… window size, etc.

For us, accessibility is more decisive, or rather that everything is on one level.

That's exactly why our bungalow has become a little bigger. Our architect said that a 1m sphere should be able to pass through everywhere according to the floor plan; with your room sizes, that's not possible. 1m doors should also be for accessibility.

Our architect said a 1m sphere should be able to pass through everywhere due to the floor plan,

We actually haven't thought about a wheelchair yet, but of course that also needs to be considered :) Before having to look for something new in 30/40 years

What is important to you? Everything on one level or barrier-free? The latter takes up a lot of space. You don’t even have to use a wheelchair, a walker also has a certain width and needs plenty of space to maneuver. Forget about 12 sqm bedrooms or 7 sqm bathrooms, and the hallways will also be much larger.

Actually, it’s pretty perfect. We have 30m2 – about 18m2 kitchen + dining table and 12m2 couch, cabinets, and so on. I wouldn’t even know what to do with a 40m2 open kitchen :D and at least 2 cabinets in our kitchen currently hold file folders and guest bed linen. At least the file folders will go into the new office. Then we’ll have an initially empty cabinet in the kitchen :D

We even had it smaller in the apartment and the desk in the living room. You can do that, but you don’t have to. We once considered a floor plan option where the study is on the ground floor and we would have had a good 35 sqm all-purpose room. I’m glad every day that we didn’t do that. But do what you can’t leave alone. Build yourself a house that only you like. As long as you can finance it, with any luck it will only be a problem for your heirs to sell it again ;)

One should indeed consider the resale value. A friend of mine lived in a house that her parents had built, which was probably about as you imagine it, and the plot of land might roughly match in size as well. For her alone, during her studies, it was of course a dream. When she finished her studies, the house was supposed to be sold, but it was really hard to find buyers. Everyone found the house either too small or the plot of land too big. In the end, they just barely managed to sell it at the original construction cost. So better not assume that you will make a profit if you ever want or have to sell it.

If you really mean small, then here is a suggestion.



Here I once thought about how to adjust the floor plan.