Almoedi
2024-03-24 18:50:49
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Hello everyone,
our search for plots of land (see other thread) proved to be very difficult - all plots were too much of a compromise (or simply way too expensive at €1500/m²). We have also kept an eye on existing properties from time to time and over the past few days have viewed a very interesting property that convinced us very much in terms of location and price (public transport connections excellent, infrastructure great, very nice garden) - however, as you can guess from the title, it is used.
Briefly about the property:
- End of terrace house (solid construction, brick house)
- 180m² (very wide, therefore it feels more like a semi-detached house)
- Oil heating (renewed about 10 years ago), oil tank was moved from the basement to the garden at the same time (and a workshop was created inside the house).
- Roof is insulated
- Seller denied asbestos
- Seller has lived in the property since about 1995 (tendentially longer), selling because they are moving back to their home region due to age
- Electricity meter/distributor also reasonably up to date
- Shutters are made of aluminum
- Double glazing, at least partially
- Brick construction
- Facade was done a few years ago (painted)
- Fully basemented
- Fully developed (basement, ground floor, 1st floor, attic)
- Tiled roof
- Energy certificate states D (105 kWh final energy / 116 kWh primary energy)
- Fireplace in the living room
Location etc. is practically perfect, the house fits well into the budget (i.e. we have about 50% equity, the rest we would repay at just under 4%. Purchase price is about €970k, land value for a plot of about 400m² is €1500). Price-wise we hope there is still a bit of room (although the house is comparatively "cheap"/reasonable compared to other houses in this location).
We are aware of some renovations or refurbishments and would aim for the following:
- Remove the rough plaster from all walls in the house, repaint
- Standardize floors (partly tiled)
- New kitchen
- Photovoltaic system (possibly with a domestic hot water heat pump)
- Possibly rebuild bathrooms, we are not so happy with them - as they are relatively small (in one you could enlarge the room); but they are still quite newly done - so no urgent need there
- Paint windows
- Paint doors
We dare to do the floors, painting etc. ourselves, or would do as much as possible on our own. From the two viewings so far, nothing has really stood out, everything looks well maintained (even the WC in the basement, although very old and in a 70s style, looks like "new").
Now the only question is what to watch out for with this year of construction / what other possible upcoming renovations might we not have considered?
We look forward to any input and thoughts!
our search for plots of land (see other thread) proved to be very difficult - all plots were too much of a compromise (or simply way too expensive at €1500/m²). We have also kept an eye on existing properties from time to time and over the past few days have viewed a very interesting property that convinced us very much in terms of location and price (public transport connections excellent, infrastructure great, very nice garden) - however, as you can guess from the title, it is used.
Briefly about the property:
- End of terrace house (solid construction, brick house)
- 180m² (very wide, therefore it feels more like a semi-detached house)
- Oil heating (renewed about 10 years ago), oil tank was moved from the basement to the garden at the same time (and a workshop was created inside the house).
- Roof is insulated
- Seller denied asbestos
- Seller has lived in the property since about 1995 (tendentially longer), selling because they are moving back to their home region due to age
- Electricity meter/distributor also reasonably up to date
- Shutters are made of aluminum
- Double glazing, at least partially
- Brick construction
- Facade was done a few years ago (painted)
- Fully basemented
- Fully developed (basement, ground floor, 1st floor, attic)
- Tiled roof
- Energy certificate states D (105 kWh final energy / 116 kWh primary energy)
- Fireplace in the living room
Location etc. is practically perfect, the house fits well into the budget (i.e. we have about 50% equity, the rest we would repay at just under 4%. Purchase price is about €970k, land value for a plot of about 400m² is €1500). Price-wise we hope there is still a bit of room (although the house is comparatively "cheap"/reasonable compared to other houses in this location).
We are aware of some renovations or refurbishments and would aim for the following:
- Remove the rough plaster from all walls in the house, repaint
- Standardize floors (partly tiled)
- New kitchen
- Photovoltaic system (possibly with a domestic hot water heat pump)
- Possibly rebuild bathrooms, we are not so happy with them - as they are relatively small (in one you could enlarge the room); but they are still quite newly done - so no urgent need there
- Paint windows
- Paint doors
We dare to do the floors, painting etc. ourselves, or would do as much as possible on our own. From the two viewings so far, nothing has really stood out, everything looks well maintained (even the WC in the basement, although very old and in a 70s style, looks like "new").
Now the only question is what to watch out for with this year of construction / what other possible upcoming renovations might we not have considered?
We look forward to any input and thoughts!