My goodness – what happened to this thread from page 7 onwards?
I think some users have misunderstood some statements here.
– even if you probably won’t read this anymore
There were only questions to assess whether your statement about "building cheaply with quality" is subjective or also objectively sustainable. First of all, congratulations on your (almost finished) house.
Hey folks!
I have been reading through the forum over the past few days and have to say one thing in advance:
After comparing prices and land costs, I am glad to live very rurally!
We are building a bungalow with 111 sqm living space.
36.5 cm Ytong blocks without insulation and without ventilation.
Own floor plan – planning and execution by a general contractor who built the shell and awards and coordinates the other trades.
Plot (630 sqm): €19,000
Realtor + property transfer tax: €2,150
Administrative costs: €1,640
House price: €166,767
Additional construction costs: €18,000
Interior finishing: €12,000
Kitchen: €7,900
Outdoor facilities: €9,000
Supplementary furniture: €5,200
Total in the end: €242,000
I especially want to encourage prospective builders in rural areas that it is possible to build "cheaply"! We are doing the interior finishing (floor coverings, walls, and sanitary) ourselves and are therefore saving a lot of money. We were also lucky to find a building gap and not have to go into a new development area.
Our architecture is very simple – no extras! For this, we value quality (Schüco windows, Viessmann heating, etc.) where it makes sense.
I would like to hear your opinion on our overview and hope I can encourage some doubters.
I’m glad you realized your dream of a house and at a price that is (from your point of view) quite cheap. A quick calculation showed about €1,500 per sqm, which was considered a normal price for decent standard finishes 2-3 years ago.
Your equipment does not sound so bad; you deliberately omitted some things.
The plot price naturally also stood out, which from my point of view is great. I will address this further below. It’s a shame your building location is not visible, so this price cannot even be roughly judged. (For some, the plot costs more than your house.)
Now others naturally want to understand how this price came about and are asking accordingly. There is nothing wrong with that. No one here said that you built garbage or anything like that. People just want to compare and assess it.
Some really act as if you have to live in the "middle of nowhere" with such plot prices. Here, fully developed plots cost €40/sqm, and we have a kindergarten at the doorstep, school 2 km away in the next town. All shops, doctors, etc. in the next city (5 km away).
Hunsrück, Saarland, Eifel, for example.
By coincidence, my house is also in RLP and probably not too far from you.
We also built in a small town with 7,000 to 8,000 inhabitants. Three years ago, our plot prices started at €100 and up.
Fifteen kilometers away in a town on the Mosel (you probably guess in which direction), which doesn’t even have a supermarket, prices are €240/sqm and rising.
In between are some villages where prices were €60-80, but where absolutely nothing was available.
Since we built with a distance to the "extremely expensive" region, I travel by bus between 1 and 1.5 hours (one way) to work every day. Certainly, I could have built even more rurally – then my commute would probably be about 2 hours. A colleague resigned at the end of April for that very reason (she couldn’t do it anymore after several years).
What I want to say is: There are reasons why people build where they do. For these reasons, they are willing (almost forced) to pay more for the plot.