New construction - now or wait? Experiences?

The little problem: We looked for a semi-detached house and only find either very old ones from 1950-80 or newer ones from 1990-2000 for at least 450,000, rather 500,000. A newer semi-detached house with 112 sqm, heating 20 years old for 490,000 Eur. My brother-in-law paid 700,000 euros in our place of residence for a semi-detached house with 140 sqm - also a 30-year-old gas heating system.

A new building will never be cheaper than an existing house. Look for plots at distances acceptable for you. A 165 sqm house as a new build with garage etc. costs around 600k and more. Ask yourself, with the land price (which you still haven’t mentioned, by the way), how the price comes about. And ask yourself what is not included and will incur additional costs.

A new build will never be cheaper than an existing house. Look for plots within distances acceptable to you. A 165 sqm house as a new build with garage etc. costs around 600k and more. Ask yourself, given the land price (which you still haven’t mentioned), how the price comes about. And ask yourself what is NOT included and still additionally comes.

The calculated house price is 450,000. The plot currently costs 178,000 plus full development, soil removal, and soil filling. So an additional 50,000 euros are added for the plot. For placing the house, 18 m x 15 m are possible. The rest of the land is "not usable for construction" - that would then be the garden.

The plot really exists, we were also on site, but the owner and the consultant know each other personally.
I assume that’s why there is this connection with a bad aftertaste.
Allegedly, the owners live quite far away. They leased the plot as a horse paddock but now have to sell it. The total area is about 4,500 sqm and divided into 3 parties. 2 of them are already reserved.

The plot is currently 178,000 plus full development, soil removal and soil filling. So another 50,000 euros will be added for the plot. For the placement of the house, 18 m x 15 m is possible. The rest of the land is “not usable for construction” - that would be the garden.

That sounds increasingly “interesting.”

11ant: what do you mean by next to the market?

Not to buy what is already on the market (= someone wants to get rid of it, and competing interested parties know about it) but what you actively find attractive and where you can avoid bidding wars. See 11ant Barthel, for example.

The little problem: We looked for a semi-detached house and find either very old from 1950-80 or newer from 1990-2000 for at least 450,000 rather 500,000. A newer semi-detached house with 112 sqm, heating 20 years old for 490,000 euros. My brother-in-law paid 700,000 euros for a semi-detached house with 140 sqm in our place of residence - also with a 30-year-old gas heating system.

I meant rather terraced house / semi-detached house than new build from the usual developer projects, or together with another building pair.

That sounds increasingly "interesting." Is that unusual? The plot was listed as "partially developed." The electricity connection is missing; the sewage pipe is at the lower end and needs to be moved upwards. Currently, there are some trees and bushes on it, which need to be removed and the area leveled again. That seemed understandable to me. Not buying what is already on the market (= someone wants to get rid of it and competing interested parties are known) but what you actively find attractive and where you can avoid bidding wars. See 11ant Barthel, for example ;-) Does that mean trying to get information through acquaintances? But how do you get to know the competing interested parties if not, for example, at a viewing. :o I meant more a townhouse/semi-detached house than a new build from the usual developers’ projects, or with another building pair together.

Also here: If you don’t happen to have someone in your circle of acquaintances who says: Hey, we would also like to buy/build a semi-detached house, I imagine that’s difficult. Do you have any tips or experiences on how to manage that?

If you don’t happen to have someone in your circle of acquaintances who says: Hey, we would also like to buy/build a semi-detached house, I imagine that’s difficult. Do you have tips or experience on how to manage that?

That is no harder than finding a plot of land or a used property. Check out "Ein Doppelhaus hat ZWEI Hälften" (including the quotation marks to google it), it also shows the way to me.

Hmm,

if the consultant, who by the way is probably more of a salesperson, already comes up with such easily refutable claims, then the trust in everything else naturally decreases. Applying pressure and pretending is, of course, the ABC in the industry. The times when people used to swarm home builders or land sellers are over for now. I would guess that the salesperson is under more pressure than you.

The plot is therefore building land but not yet developed. Is there already a soil report? You need one anyway if you build without a basement. Who bears the responsibility and costs that Bien-Zenker can "later" even build on the plot? Is it contractually fair or regulated in such a way that everything falls on you?

You need advice from an independent expert. The salesperson is neither independent nor – I guess – an expert. It costs money at first, of course, but it is probably well invested money and gets lost in the overall calculation noise. If the expert is missing, it can become expensive.

Under no circumstances sign in good faith. Bien-Zenker also makes a lot of money if you want to get out of the contract later. Also check that in the contract. Is there already a draft?