The catch - if you want to put it that way - is that the plot is located on a steep slope.
I would also like to know how steep the slope is so that I can get an idea of it. Apart from that, I find hillside houses much more beautiful and impressive than single-story houses; they usually also offer a better view. Furthermore, I really appreciate houses with a basement level. So my subjective recommendation: If the house is affordable for you on that land, buy it, provided you can be convinced by the advantages of hillside and terraced houses.
An architect who has built two houses there in recent years said during the first brief phone call that given the current market situation, for a single-family house (basement + ground floor) with a garage and a granny flat (as they usually build on the other plots), you should roughly budget around 800,000 euros.
Sellers like to say anything on the phone. Maybe it’s a deterrent price. I would assume with an architect that the more busy he is, the higher prices he quotes, and he only wants to build the "cream of the crop."
We are still trying to gather experience and find other architects who have built there and would offer an initial consultation.
Does it absolutely have to be an architect-designed house? They usually seem more expensive than an off-the-shelf house; it’s like with clothing or shoes, a custom-made product. Even though prefab houses don't get the best reputation here in the forum, perhaps you could still get a few prefab hillside house offers. In my assessment, you would have more financial planning security if you carefully check the offers for gaps. When quickly googling, I found a few prefab hillside house providers, including our house builder.
The technically proficient forum members, please correct me if I’m wrong: A hillside house could consist of a prefabricated basement onto which the actual prefab house is then placed?