Is building a house becoming cheaper now?

2022-08-25 06:40:25

Steel is becoming cheaper, but it will remain significantly more expensive than, for example, in 2019.

If it doesn’t rain soon in China, this trend will be quickly corrected.

crazy story. Unfortunately, I personally know only one example of X homeowners who sold the house at its prime age.

2022-08-25 07:22:50

But you can’t allow yourself such a devastating judgment about that, can you?? Just because your daughter now has to live on the street, does that mean the old lady is missing a few brain cells?? What did they do wrong to be "homeless"? Maybe the old lady doesn’t want three million.... what should she do with that? The last pockets are empty....

Opposite us lives an over 80-year-old woman alone in a large house. In the evenings she really takes excellent care of her garden. Next door lives a middle-aged couple in a "hut" where you can hardly get to the front door because it’s overgrown. I know some seniors living in houses that are too big. Even if they wanted to move, there is nothing suitable because it’s not affordable or significantly more expensive than the additional costs of the paid-off house. With the new additional costs, this might change now, but the state will have to step in first.

....so I also don’t believe in a discount.

I had a conversation yesterday with a construction contractor who wants to develop the plot on the other side of the street starting next year. According to him, he plans apartments of various sizes, whereby a larger 2- to 3-room apartment is always located directly next to a 1-room apartment. These are designed so that they can be easily connected with little effort. He currently sees the following trend in the real estate market that he would like to cater to:

People in their early to mid-60s buy barrier-free apartments as retirement homes and additionally buy a 1-room apartment, which is initially rented out. Later, when they are no longer fit and possibly need care, the caregiver (often from Eastern Europe) can move into the 1-room apartment. The caregiver then has their own retreat there but is virtually part of the apartment through the direct connecting door.

2022-08-25 09:12:20

I had a conversation yesterday with a contractor who wants to develop the property on the other side of the street starting next year. According to him, he plans apartments of different sizes, where a larger 2- to 3-room apartment is always located directly next to a 1-room apartment. These are designed so that they can be connected to each other with little effort. He currently sees the following trend in the real estate market that he would like to cater to:

People in their early to mid-60s buy barrier-free apartments as a retirement home and additionally buy a 1-room apartment, which is initially rented out. Later, when they are no longer fit and possibly need care, the caregiver (often from Eastern Europe) can then move into the 1-room apartment. They then have their own retreat there but are practically connected to the apartment through the direct connecting door.

We also have similar houses or bungalows in the village. A completely new development with senior-friendly living units has been created there. However, you won’t get anything under €1,000 for 85 sqm. You have to be able to afford that first. Sure, some have followed the same approach as in your example, but the majority of elderly people can’t afford that (at least here). Well, it’s all very individual. My ex-boss is now 70; about 10 years ago they built a house for old age in the mentioned residential area with 100 sqm (on recommendation, since it can also be used with family). But both still live in their 200 sqm house, fully basemented with a forest view. Why do you think?

2022-08-25 09:24:20

Sorry, evelinoz, but you are too biased for me, so the neutral assessment of this situation is missing.

because old people don't get their asses up.

Apparently she did get her ass up, because now a hip fracture..,

to walk and not be a burden to others.

… so she must have paid into the health insurance so that she is now a burden to others? Burden=care?

I assume, however, that she is a “burden” to you, or rather your daughter, in the sense of being annoying because they sold their own home and are badly organized?!
I can understand that they are angry that they can’t find anything, but calling the lady brainless is complete nonsense. Money doesn’t always rule where you wave it around.

Yes, and my daughter with family has practically been living on the street since mid-June,

Oh… they must have done something wrong. It probably isn’t about the money?!

The lady lives in a rundown house, it stinks everywhere of dog piss, the boiler upstairs leaks into the ground floor, etc. It’s 100 years old, plot 4000m2.

… They should take the positive from the situation that they don’t have to pay several million euros for a wreck.

2022-08-25 09:27:53

You don't transplant an old person.

That's just how it is!

2022-08-25 09:41:52

You don't transplant an old person. It's just like that!

I love such calendar sayings: What little Hans doesn't know, big Hans will never learn. All excuses to stay in one's own (supposed) comfort zone and not have to move at all.

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