New Single-Family House Construction - Feasibility Assessment

With increasing age, the costs for children make an exponential jump upwards. We have about €500 per child per month (all in). Additionally, €800 per month for small/large vacations that we like to take spontaneously before possible travel restrictions arise in these more volatile times. Just the childcare costs have increased by 30-40%, travel by 50% at a comparable standard to pre-Corona. For the reserves, I would reckon with 1.5% p.a.

But one must also be aware that vacationing for €9,600 per year is simply pure luxury.

I thought so too... We go to the North Sea once a year for a week. We manage well with 800 euros and don’t watch the money, eat out every day... But everyone vacations differently.

I thought the same... We go to the North Sea once a year for a week. We manage well with 800 euros and don’t watch the money, eat out every day... But everyone vacations differently.

Eating out every day with a family of four: on average certainly 80€ per day plus breakfast, dinner, snacks, etc. amounts easily to 800€ for a week. A simple holiday apartment at the North Sea costs easily 800€/week during the holidays. Plus travel to and from, 100€. Therefore: a week of vacation as a family at the North Sea easily costs 1700€. And that is then a simple standard. Recently, we spent a good 3500€ all in for a week at the North Sea.

I do write, everyone does it differently. Also the North Sea vacation and yes, we have managed that twice for the money. The holiday apartment is small and through acquaintances not at the exorbitant prices like elsewhere... And we also did not pay 80 euros a day for food, there is also lunch menu. But as I said: everyone does it differently!

Yes, everyone does it differently. For example, I wouldn’t think of going to the North Sea for 3500€. I’d rather go to an apartment in Corsica for about the same amount of money for two weeks. And I’d prefer to do that only every few years instead of going somewhere in Germany for less every year.

I thought so too... We go to the North Sea once a year for a week. We manage well with 800 euros and don't watch the money, going out to eat every day... But everyone vacations differently.

I don't want to doubt that, but it seems very, very little to me. That would be just 100 EUR/day all inclusive. How is that supposed to work, especially with 2 children? With all due respect, but if you "don't watch the money," just without accommodation, with 4 people including 2 children, you easily spend 150 EUR per day. Easily... PS: I think especially the "Don't have kids (yet)" group imagines that children, especially small children, don't cost anything... that's not true. Okay, unless you throw a few dry rolls to the little ones daily and always say "You want something? Well, that’s not possible, no money... we still have to go eat beef tenderloin today..."