Just before agreeing to purchase a condominium unit - Questions and doubts

Oh dear ....I believe that you - fortunately - already know your decision and that’s a good thing. The horror scenarios of your acquaintances with constantly screaming children and shouting teenagers may have applied to their personal perception, but maybe you would have experienced it completely differently. I have lived in various places in my life and UNFAILINGLY the unpleasant things came from where you would never have suspected. The neighbor’s dog, who was told to be quiet screaming 500 times a day, which he of course understood as an invitation to keep barking, the often drunk neighbor who yells with other neighbors, calls the police but always runs the chainsaw at noon himself etc......want more horror examples? - For me it’s completely incomprehensible how someone can seriously give individually perceived experiences as advice for or against buying an apartment. My elementary school right next door up to grade 3 was a gain for us. At noon I sat on the terrace and the kids sang songs or waved to me, next door at the cemetery there were sometimes funerals and then I gladly let people park in my parking space for that hour; that’s also a way to perceive something. There’s no guarantee of safety but you don’t have a garbage dump in your front yard but a kindergarten next door or a sports field.....oh dear. Just the way you approach this matter, that’s how it will be. If a kindergarten would be a no-go, what about the farm 1 km away and its smells or a nuclear power plant 20 km away that I can’t even see. A school sports field is definitely better than another apartment block with lots of people, cars etc. I would even gladly walk past it or watch sometimes. Maybe your wife really finds a job there and then that would be the absolute luxury case, walking to work, saving a car/commuting cost/time and the break on your own terrace. Of course, if I hate the work and other things here (as I read here occasionally), then I couldn’t see any advantage in that either. Your parents have their experiences and worries but those are not yours; and the rest can be found in the crystal ball. ...I know a nice quiet little house next to the old chemical plant. Nobody lives there anymore except a few with chronic hair loss. There’s no bird singing there either-

Then the thread can be closed now and that's that. Issue resolved.

You can also look at the advantages ... for example, you won’t have the next apartment block built in front of the small garden. If your girlfriend gets her job at the school and you continue to use public transport ... then you could even save on car expenses. The apartment is sufficiently large .. even with 1 or 2 children. The chance to get along in the homeowners' association is still given at this size. You yourself say other offers are rather more expensive. The floor plan and the possibilities for customization now during the construction phase also seem to appeal to you ... which is not a matter of course.

Does it have to be that area? With that view, I would rather have a 30-minute drive. So for me, the condo wouldn't be anything. Either way. Better to rent first. But I'm also a "sound" fetishist. I'm already annoyed here in the morning by the stupid bird chirping from 5 a.m. onwards.

You don't have to buy the condo either. The price of the condo is not cheap, but Freiburg is, as far as I know, not an inexpensive place. Here in the north of Baden-Württemberg, the price would unfortunately also be normal for a new build. In my opinion, the original poster doesn't have to justify being interested in this apartment.

The guy doesn't have to do anything except pay money.

Hello,

my wife and I are currently going back and forth regarding a new-build condominium. Here are the facts:

New-build condominium

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Location Teningen/Emmendingen near Freiburg im Breisgau
[*]8-unit building, no social housing, 5 apartments sold so far
[*]Completion in about 5 months, you can still change everything now (electrical, terrace flooring, tiles, etc...)
[*]114 sqm 4 rooms ground floor + 90 sqm garden
[*]Parking space with power connection for electric cars (requested by me)
[*]Features, probably somewhat above standard (solid wood parquet, + underfloor heating with individual room control, large bathroom)
[*]Heating air-to-water heat pump + gas
[*]Room sizes:
[LIST]
[*]Living room 40.5 sqm
[*]Hallway open to the living room 10.32 sqm
[*]Bathroom 9.51 sqm
[*]Guest WC 1.84 sqm
[*]Child 1 12.6 sqm
[*]Child 2 10.45 sqm
[*]Parents 17.5 sqm

Price: 46,500 + 9,000 for the parking space

Currently we live free of charge in one of my parents' basement apartments at 35 sqm in one room and were therefore able to save quite a bit. My wife is currently studying to become a teacher and I have been working as an engineer for over 3 years. We have calculated the financing and it works out.

Now to the disadvantages: next to the apartment there will be a small kindergarten with 2 groups, the kindergarten’s garden faces northwest behind the neighboring house, our apartment faces south in front of the house. Otherwise, in the afternoon it is really quiet and pleasant in the residential area.
At the same time, we could now also move into a rental apartment instead of buying one (50 sqm 2 rooms ground floor 630 cold rent, rental price in the area is 10-12 €/sqm) and keep looking. Possibly prices will drop and we can get something nicer than the condominium or even build, as we feel the apartment is overpriced. However, new-build house prices here are at least 650k, you can get something old from the 80s from about 500k, land prices are at least 450-500 €/sqm outside and in Emmendingen about 800-1000 €/sqm.

Overall, we have been searching for a long time and always thought something better would come along, at the same time the rental search really stressed me because we have a cat and you feel like a beggar in front of landlords. Here, landlords were even offered money as a bonus by interested parties if they got the approval...

Overall, we fear buying something totally overpriced if prices drop sharply in 2-4 years.
What do you think of the plan?

Greetings from Offenburg. I can understand you, we are also currently in the process of buying a new-build apartment. Our hearts also bleed...