Semi-detached house yes or no

The question is also, can one possibly still change something about the room layout or individual standing walls in a standing shell construction, or is it too late here.

Of course you can – at least as long as they are not load-bearing walls, you just knock them down if necessary.

Such a m2 of wall doesn't cost that much now – and better now than when there are already slots and cables for the electrical system inside and the plaster is on it. So it won't get cheaper later.

Of course you can do that – as long as they are not load-bearing walls, you just knock them down if necessary.

That applied back in the days of radiators – in the era of underfloor heating, you have to rethink a bit to avoid mixing up the system of rooms and heating zones. You can still change walls today, but it makes sense to coordinate this with the heating planning.

well, "in shell construction" means to me that there is no screed yet. And as long as we are talking about living spaces, so not a bathroom or storage room, the heating density is roughly the same.

In this respect, I see no problem with an average floor plan, for example, making one room out of two children's rooms or shifting the kitchen wall at the expense of the hallway, and so on.

well, the disadvantage is that you practically live back to back. when you are in the garden and the neighbor is there, sometimes whispering is necessary^^

Back to back has the advantage that the house is between the terraces...

A detached house has a few meters distance to the neighbor

Whereas detached houses usually have nothing in between.

What we have seen from the outside now is that there is still a wall between the two houses.

That will be insulation.

Even with older, larger plots, depending on location, layout, and furnishing, you hear noises from the neighbor. That simply cannot be avoided.

That mostly comes through the windows. Show some plans, shell construction photos, calculations, and floor plan - I plead not to buy without further information.

Experiences from a friend's mid-terrace house: Inside, you hear nothing from the neighbors. Absolutely nothing. On the terrace, it’s a different story – you hear every word of the neighbors, which is especially great when the neighbor is very esoterically inclined or a bit crazy.

With the newly built semi-detached houses here, it will probably be similar: from the masonry, each half is a house on its own. Because the plots are tiny, the terraces are stacked on top of each other. The adjacent single-family house has its terrace directly next to it (and 1m higher) – this will be a front-row seat for upcoming family and marriage quarrels, as long as they take place on the terraces of the semi-detached house.

Therefore: whether it’s a single-family house on a small plot with a terrace adjoining the next property, or a semi-detached house – in the end, it probably makes no difference. Anyone used to the balcony of an apartment building with eavesdroppers above, below, left, and right will have no problem with this.

(Should I tell our quarrelsome retired neighbor that when I’m having breakfast with the window tilted, I hear every word of the arguments and shouting in their living room when they’re airing out? [ER ist schwerhörig, deswegen ist SIE umso lauter ])

Experience from a friend's mid-terrace house: Inside, you hear nothing from the neighbors. Absolutely nothing. On the terrace, it's a different story – you hear every word from the neighbors, which is especially great when the neighbor lady is very esoterically inclined or out there.

With the new semi-detached houses here, it's probably similar: each half is a house on its own in terms of masonry. Since the plots are tiny, the terraces are stacked close to each other. The detached house next door has its terrace right next to it (and one meter higher) – that will be a box seat for upcoming family and marital disputes, as long as they take place on the terraces of the semi-detached house.

Therefore: whether it is a detached house on a small plot with a terrace adjoining the next property, or a semi-detached house – in the end, it probably makes no difference. Anyone used to the balcony of a multi-family house with listeners above, below, left, and right won’t have a problem with it.

(Should I tell our quarrelsome retired neighbors that when I'm having breakfast with the window tilted, I hear every word of their arguments and bickering in their living room when they are airing? [HE is hard of hearing, so SHE is all the louder])

I told you .... the former Stasi informant or the vegan esoteric aunt and suddenly you feel great