Realistic cost estimate: Single-family house with unfavorable development location

The biggest problem in old age is not the doors. You simply can no longer maintain your 150m² at some point, there is no money for renovations, sometimes not even for heating such a living space. Not to mention the 300m² garden. Many people have illusions today about what pension they will receive. If it ends up being a pension level of 30%, then one can be glad. That will hardly be enough for big improvements even in one’s own house. If one, as 11ant has already suggested, still even knows where all the rooms are or who one is and that one has lived in this house for 40 years...

Plans were already made in the past (by the previous owner) to build some terraced houses there, and that apparently went through, but he eventually gave up. Of course, that doesn't have to mean that our plan will also go through. When I asked by phone, I got the response "should visually fit in and preferably be in alignment with one of the neighbors." It's not that clear now, I know :(


I mainly opened the thread because of the development, the question about the floor plan came from the forum and I followed it. The option has now newly (or again) arisen within the scope of the planning. And the suggestions for our floor plan remain and will be implemented. We are sticking to our plan, it will possibly be supplemented for the other building party, but not replaced.

"should visually blend in and preferably be aligned with one of the neighbors"

This is not clearly evident from your site plan in post #44.

That is not clearly evident from your site plan in post #44.

It doesn't have to be, the draftsman just noted it there for the time being and I uploaded it so that one can imagine the connection situation. Whether the house is later shifted a few meters to the side and rotated a bit doesn't play a very significant role for that.

Hi everyone,
A little update on the original topic with the question of whether anyone has ever had a similar problem: our suppliers have now said that the development route is too long for them to take it over with their civil engineering company (not financially, but at all). So development would only be possible through the neighbors or on our own initiative and responsibility. That sounds very sobering for us, not only financially, but also possibly from a liability perspective if something were to happen with the lines?

if anyone has ever had a similar problem: our utility providers have now said that the development route is too long for them

I have a similar problem and just looked at your post #44 and the discussion around it (sorry if I'm repeating something that has already been discussed):

[*]Private development is annoying, but with your short route it’s really not a problem (mine is 600m)
[*]Possibly with remote monitoring that alerts if water seeps away en route
[*]If 13 k€ is too much for you: you can rent small excavators and lay the necessary (empty) pipes yourself. Of course, get advice from a professional beforehand and have them check and connect it afterwards.
[*]I’m surprised you’re not going across the family property, but that has probably already been discussed. If something is in the way there: pipes can also be shot through, the energy provider did that over 40m for me to protect the garden. Whether that works with water too, I don’t know, it probably depends on diameter and soil conditions.