Is a basement in a single-family house useful or rather too expensive?

in Karlsfeld ein Kaufpreis von 920k verlangt. .

Well, that depends on WHERE in Karlsfeld, right? If you just speed through Münchner Str., I wouldn't want to live there either. But in the residential areas at the back, in the north there's the lake right there, to the northeast the forest and then the regatta course. You have peace there depending on the location and you can get on the highway quickly (depending on traffic). All price drivers.

In the past, when you had a million, you always imagined a small villa with a pool. But the euro is just worthless now, we're at a terraced house with a towel garden in a questionable neighborhood...

With us, you can still build a quasi-villa with a large plot for a million - but not in Munich. I always wonder how the people who work in M do it. I mean those with "normal" incomes. In the Munich suburbs, it’s just as unaffordable for them, and the rents are also totally inflated - where or how do they live?

You are corrupted down there in the south. I live just outside the gates of Cologne. For that price, you can get something really nice; on the other hand, I know from experience with colleagues that I wouldn't have double the salary for my job on my pay slip if I were working in MUC.

It's not always just the euro's fault.

With us, you can still build a quasi-villa with a large plot for a million - but not in Munich. I always wonder how people who work in M manage. I mean those with "normal" incomes. In the Munich surrounding area, it is just as unaffordable for them and the rents are also totally inflated - so where or how do they live?

They rent. And it is not unusual if the rent already eats up half of the net salary.

You guys are corrupted down there in the south. Well, I live just outside of Cologne. For that price, you already get something very nice; on the other hand, I know from experience with colleagues that I wouldn’t have double the salary for my job on the payslip if I were working in MUC.

It’s not always just the euro’s fault.

Not even close. Many people in Munich are employed by mechanical engineering companies under collective agreements. You can compare that with your federal state.

Rent yes... in Munich we paid the same for an 88sqm apartment as here for a 155sqm semi-detached house with a medium-sized garden. That IS outrageous. And when I think about it, as a single parent with a child, in maybe not such a good job - no chance without support and zero chance to save even a cent and somehow improve.