Purchase or construction in Berlin / surrounding areas, realistic?

Yes, with our mini heights of 1.63 m and 1.53 m, we have significantly better cards with our low knee wall and sloping roofs.

Yes, unfortunately, that is also an issue with older existing properties. He wants to be able to enter most of the rooms upright, at least. A bigger problem that we originally hadn’t even considered.

The additional costs today are probably only very low (for us, it was still 17,000 DM in 2001 for a 145 sqm terraced house). However, you also save costs in operation, so underfloor heating is probably the cheaper solution over the years.

I think it was around 6000 euros with this provider (without basement).

Men and basements… that was an endless topic with us too, and I’m sure I’ll have to listen until the end of my days that the basement is sorely missed. We are building a crafting garage for my husband. We could not have afforded a crafting basement.

A basement feels different than a garage. Garages are absolutely unsuitable as a basement replacement.
At least that’s what he claims. Although the price of a garage probably nearly comes close to that of a basement?

Yeah yeah, the basement. In our terraced house, it turned out to be a one-way dead end. Things went in and never came back out. Except washing machine, dryer, tools, and musical instruments, we no longer needed everything else, gave it away, or disposed of it. Congratulations on the crafting garage!

In our case, it would probably look more like he goes in there and doesn’t come back out.

I think the problem is that we currently see different things as important. According to him, almost only location and basement play a big role. An underground bunker would probably be the optimum... I wonder if one can ask the BVG if there’s still a subway tunnel...

For me, it is important that we have enough rooms so that this annoying multiple-use can finally come to an end. The eternally messy crafting-office-living room is as annoying as me getting ready among sports equipment in the morning and having to use my desk for four different purposes and constantly rearranging. If I can indulge my green thumb by planting and managing at least a reasonably large property, the indoor part will at least remain manageable.
I really tip my hat to minimalists or tiny house residents who can cope with everything being used for 1000 different purposes, but it annoys me immensely.

Oh, the house model was more a concrete example of a more suitable size. Actually, I see you with your needs more in a bungalow or one-and-a-half-story house than in a standard villa. Even more, I recommend you to get informed here with the search term "Lieblingsheinz" about the joys other builders had with it (even if Gabriele was probably the only one to vent her anger by building a chicken coop).

Oh, I see... I thought it was about this particular house model offering special advantages.
The city villa (or even this building type and size) was not really at the top of our list; it only resulted from the fact that a 1.5-story house was more expensive (at this provider, due to the promotion).

Yes exactly, use all Barthel tips. "Requests for concrete offers" however sounds like "buying on/at the market" – but I keep emphasizing that you find better before/next to the market. "First to the financing advisor" is usually wise, but we are not living in normal times right now. Finding the plot here is the bigger bottleneck than clarifying financing.

Regarding buying on the market, quite clear. However, off-market requires more effort, for which I haven’t had bandwidth lately due to other private reasons. The offers currently "in the waiting queue" basically "came my way" when I was just briefly looking in.

Well, for a basement you also need real slope *LOL* ... and a garage for the workbench (with swinging door and Pirelli calendar) is a recommendation that belongs right at the top of every builder’s poetry album (with the side entrance washbasin) :)

I better don’t mention the slope, or it’ll end up at the very top of the list of plot criteria.
Yeah, a basement with entrance through the house is unsuitable as a crafting corner anyway because you have to carry bikes in or tools out from below. I already discussed this with him yesterday.

If I had shown up with my wife’s 17-year-old A-Class, the price might have been more acceptable :cool:

We better leave our car around the corner and go on foot. Otherwise, we won’t get in at all :D

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1: Create space under the stairs with a bit more working surface. This is easily accessible from the kitchen without bumping your head. 2. Extend the small wall piece by a few centimeters and push the couch accordingly upwards. The passage must remain so that no one runs in front of the stairs. 3. You can then hang the TV next to the window; with the moved couch, it should also be possible to watch comfortably at a slight angle.

Regarding the heating system: You are planning a very compact house and want to proceed cost-optimally. Underfloor heating has the advantage over radiators that it gives you more space in the house. The additional costs today should only be very low (for us in 2001 in a townhouse of 145 sqm it was still 17,000 DM). However, you also save costs in operation, so the underfloor heating will probably be the cheaper solution over the years.

Regarding light: Find out what it would cost to get more light into the living room and kitchen from the side (windows). Light is especially relevant to many people’s health directly in winter. Besides the light, you also get more spatial generosity.

Thanks for these tips, I have to ask accordingly what is possible. But true, there definitely needs to be another window in the dining-kitchen area; there is nothing at all in the kitchen nook.

As far as the actual executing general contractor is concerned, the one from (KB Brandis) seems more recommendable to me. / / : which one(s) do you actually have?

I do not want to name my general contractor here and would only recommend him very! conditionally. There are interesting advantages regarding free equipment etc., but ........ this is not for the faint of heart or for reliable/plannable building.

Same here.

Füllwort is a competitive sport

Men and basements ... that was also an endless topic for us and I will certainly have to listen until the end of my days that the basement is sorely missed. We are building a craft garage for my husband. We could not have afforded a craft basement.

Nanana....., I am deliberately building WITHOUT a basement and at least I would not need an attic, at least not as storage space. Hobby rooms can usually be created much more cheaply and with daylight on the ground floor. So the "problem" probably lies more with your model and not necessarily with the whole series :D

Yes, unfortunately that is also an issue with older existing properties. He wants to be able to enter most of the rooms upright at least. A bigger problem that we originally didn’t consider at all.

A standard door is 2 meters, so it would probably be more expensive to try to undercut that :D

A cellar feels different than a garage. Garages are absolutely unsuitable as a cellar replacement.

Depending on what you want to use the cellar for. You’d rather store 400 kg of potatoes in a dark cellar, that’s true; for pursuing a hobby or just creating storage space, I find ground level more comfortable.
Maybe you should question the cause of this "feeling," maybe it’s leading you needlessly into the expensive area.

In our case, it would probably look more like he goes in there and never comes out.

Those are mostly empty promises or unfulfilled daydreams :D .... "he" will come out again :D, with or without a cellar....

I think the problematic thing is that we currently see different things as important.

That probably makes the whole thing very difficult!