Purchase decision small semi-detached house 100 sqm from 1930

  • Erstellt am 2022-08-17 14:24:18

motorradsilke

2022-08-17 20:53:02
  • #1


Our old house had about 90 sqm. We sometimes lived there with 3 children. It wasn’t ample, but manageable.
Back then, I really wanted to get out of the rental apartment in the city to the countryside. And something bigger was not affordable.
I’ve never regretted it. The freedom of having your own house is, in comparison to the rental apartment, a big advantage I don’t want to miss.
And now we have 107 sqm in the new house, which would easily be enough with 1 child.

And you still have the basement and the expansion reserve in the attic.

In short: I would do it immediately.
 

Proeter

2022-08-17 21:05:02
  • #2
There you go! Another reason for our OP to choose this house. Nevertheless: I have no personal experience with 5 people in 90 sqm - could you briefly explain how the "not spacious" was noticeable? In another post I already hinted at it, but I'll write it explicitly again: Much more important than the living space is the number of rooms.
 

Myrna_Loy

2022-08-17 21:35:48
  • #3
We have several friends who live like that and the houses are very cozy. And the children don’t suffer either. You have to be a bit creative with the space, you can’t store and acquire stuff endlessly - although some have storage units :D - and you shouldn’t be unsettled by Instagram influencers with 250 sqm houses with backup kitchens, fitness rooms, and kids’ bathrooms. I would take such a house immediately. We have the ground floor of a three-family house and live as four people in just over 100 sqm and at most miss not having more privacy in the garden.
 

motorradsilke

2022-08-17 21:43:03
  • #4
I can. Since it was always important to us that the kids had at least some space and their own areas, we initially slept in the living room. Then we had only a tiny bedroom for a long time. Only one bathroom, no guest toilet. And the dining area in the kitchen was quite cramped as well.
 

Finch039

2022-08-18 09:39:35
  • #5
Thank you very much for the many answers. Above all, for the many suggestions for the renovation and experiences of living on 100 sqm :p

Regarding the floor plan: In the lower living floor, a wall would have to be removed so that the living area with living/TV area, dining area, and kitchen becomes spacious. Basically, this should not be a problem with a steel beam, am I right?

Otherwise, I would certainly upload floor plans and pictures soon – maybe I should then open a separate thread for the project when it becomes more concrete.

The plan is initially to award only the roof, windows, and heating/plumbing. Before we do that, an energy consultant should advise us first. Is he the right contact person for this?

Later, the interior plastering should be awarded as well as the staircase to the attic (it should be safe and definitely comply with the regulations regarding the dimensions). However, we will plaster the basement rooms ourselves. We also want to insulate the basement ceiling ourselves.
As mentioned, we want to gut the place ourselves, remove walls and insert beams, remove walls on the upper floor and erect drywall walls, do the electrical work (brother-in-law), interior finishing, hang ceilings with spotlights, and install interior doors ourselves; father-in-law is a trained carpenter.
Tiling and sealing the guest WC/bathroom will be done by a friend who is a tiler. We would also like to try laying the floor ourselves in the end.

Are we taking on too much, or what do you think? There are no children yet, and we would try to work as many hours as possible after work and on weekends.
 

Myrna_Loy

2022-08-18 09:46:16
  • #6
You must ensure that your measures do not require a building permit. Depending on the federal state, it may be necessary or not. And without a structural engineer, I would not alter a load-bearing wall.
 

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