Realize house construction financing or let it fail?

An apples and pears comparison doesn't help me either. If you have always saved, then you are entitled to wish for more than 110 sqm and especially the advantages of a cellar. Yes, 200 sqm is too much, we know that now.

Comparing apples and pears doesn't get me anywhere either. If you've always saved, then you have the right to wish for more than 110 sqm and especially the advantages of a basement. Yes, 200 sqm is too much, we know that now.

Why are you so quarrelsome? What do you want with so many square meters and a basement? Ok, from the perspective of the beginners: the amount to be financed is also too high. You haven't even planned a buffer. You have saved a lot. Now don't make yourselves unhappy.

110 m2 works on one level, but spread over two floors that won't work. What kind of floor plan is supposed to emerge there?

I drew so much back then, the result was 140 m2 is the magic limit. Below that, it won't work. At 160 m2 you can really fit a lot. From 200 m2 almost everything is possible without restriction.

Comparing apples and oranges doesn't help me either. If you’ve always saved, then you’re entitled to expect more than 110 sqm and especially to wish for the advantages of a basement. Yes, 200 sqm is too much, we know that now.

We want to, but if you yourself feel afterwards that it was financially wrong to build it, then that self-awareness must also be put into practice. However... if you downsize and save 100k€ on size and standard but are totally dissatisfied because it’s not what you want, then I wouldn’t build myself. If we had had to build a Flair xyz, I definitely wouldn’t have built. Definitely not. But our requirements for the sqm were different too. One has to be realistic. You truly don’t need what you want with the additional add-ons combined with the house size.

110 m2 works on one level, but spread over two floors that won't work. What kind of floor plan is supposed to result from that?

That's actually a not so uncommon townhouse or semi-detached house floor plan. It works quite well if you can climb stairs.

I don't find 200m2 plus basement particularly large. Depending on the house style and floor plan, that is necessary to get reasonably decent rooms.

We have 165m2 and for example can no longer integrate an office on the ground floor. But I didn't want to build bigger since there's also a basement.

The construction price for such a house was 500 to 600k three years ago. Now it's 800k. That's really bad.

For 3 people, 200 sqm + basement is not much? I think I live in a different world :) I find it, especially if you can't afford it, way too much. But even so, it's excessively much, considering that most of the time is spent in 2-3 rooms (living room/dining room, kitchen) and the rest in the garden. But I am also from the generation that didn't just sit around in a room but played football outside all day. A dinosaur, basically :-)