Is building in Bavaria still possible for 500k?

In the end, it's not an option. My job has unpleasant working hours, and if I then have to drive 40 minutes, it restricts me too much. Better to build smaller or maybe find more budget.

Well, I meant changing the workplace. If that's even possible.
Not moving the house to the workplace, but the workplace to the house.

Building smaller also means more garden. Although I am not a fan of gardening at all, I find small houses on large plots so much more livable than big houses with a few token flower beds and a lawn area barely enough for a snail to roam. You can also design the house so that an extension or a small garden pavilion can be built later.

Well, I meant changing workplaces. If that is even possible. Not moving from the house to the workplace, but the workplace to the house.

Not everyone is a fan of a larger financing commitment fresh in the probation period. And those who are spoiled by Audi (or x) will hardly be satisfied with the conditions in many other companies. So it is easier said than done. Even if it seems rational.

If there is interest, I am happy to report on building within budget ;-).

Yes, I am very interested and presumably others can also learn something from you.

Building smaller also means more garden. I am not a fan of gardening at all, but I find small houses on large plots so much more livable than big houses with a few token flower beds and a lawn area barely big enough for a snail to roam. You can also design the house so that an extension or a small garden pavilion can be built later.

Or, in old age, a swimming pool, at least for the summer, provided you don’t live near a lake or swimming pool by car, public transport, or on foot.

We built until two years ago and already thought everything was expensive back then.
When I read here: 1.1 million budget, prefabricated house with 140m² and plastic windows, "you can forget about a carport", "no basement is possible", "own work necessary".

Honestly, I would rather "park" my money in an apartment or a finished semi-detached house and not build at all. If the dream of homeownership ends in a single compromise, I would hold on to it even longer. In 20-25 years, for example, you can sell the apartment and build a bungalow or something like that, the kids will hopefully be out of the house by then.
Considering how much sweat and trouble such new construction causes, I wouldn't take that on for a prefabricated house off the shelf.

In our rental apartment, almost nothing bothered us. I couldn't even say what the door handles or the faucet in the bathroom looked like. It was just an apartment you "temporarily" lived in. In your own house, every detail of OUR dream house that isn't as I imagined bothers me. I would go crazy if I always had to take the cheapest option.

This is just my personal opinion. Maybe a bit condescending when you yourself live in a detached house and write something like this, but with these conditions I wouldn't (anymore) build.

We were building until two years ago and already thought everything was expensive back then. When I read here: 1.1 million budget, prefabricated house with 140m² and plastic windows, "Forget about the carport," "Without a basement is also possible," "Own work necessary."

One always has to consider proportionality. Here, the plot of land alone consumes 570k € of the 1.1 million budget. A plot for 570k €. Nearly 1,050 € / sqm. Simply madness. I could have as much cash as anyone else - it wouldn’t be worth it to me.

But well, the OP will have their reasons and dreams, and personally I say: There’s nothing against an affordable, small, beautiful house on an incredibly expensive plot of land. Why would there be?