Stop or pause house construction? Costs too high

I'll put it this way, if I had paid overtime, I would also build with a basement and without personal effort...

Up to page 22, @Coffee82 was still diligently reading everything. So afterwards left the discussion because no expected answers came...

Saturday 18:42, not even 48 hours ago and thus too early for a missing persons report concerning an adult person. I assume that the next opportunity to talk with the architect has not yet occurred or has not yet produced any reportable results. Therefore, there is no need to formally unregister from the discussion here or to get a leave request approved ;-)

One problem might be that a lot of inspiration for the floor plans and must-haves is taken from the USA or Scandinavia, where traditionally building is much larger and much cheaper.

Not all Americans are named Ewing or Carrington, and one shouldn’t take Scandinavia from ZDF Herzkino too "literally" either ;-)

Around here people like to show what they have.

And conversely: the tendency to "save on the basement" does not come from the desire for less storage space, but also from the fact that the "gloss value" of the underground room is zero. A junk room with a six-meter-wide sectional door is not least more impressive. And having the cars parked in front is even better ;-)

OK, I hadn’t realized until now that Gifhorn is the new Monaco :cool:

I’ll put it this way, if I had paid overtime, I’d also build with a basement and without my own labor...

I’ll put it this way, if the planned overtime disappears, it might not look good for repaying the loan. I prefer to plan only with the base salary, then I have paid overtime on top and am not forced to do it.

OK, I hadn’t realized until now that Gifhorn is the new Monaco :cool:

Oh, the “I buy two plots because the house doesn’t fit on one plot” variant happens more often.

Not all Americans are named Ewing or Carrington, and one shouldn't take the Scandinavia from ZDF Herzkino too "literally" ;-)

The average single-family house in the USA has 235 sqm of living space as a new build. In Germany, the average for new builds is about 140 sqm of living space.
My grandparents have one of the smaller houses in their middle-class suburb with about 280 sqm. My parents stored almost all their furniture when they came to Germany because they couldn’t fit the furniture into the "small" rooms. You don’t have to belong to the Kennedys to have a lot of living space. And that easily allows for mud rooms, laundry rooms, walk-in closets, etc. in the floor plans.

Giffhorn is more of an underdog. Living in the vicinity of the small car manufacturer in WOB is not bad. Those who can afford it and who enjoy it should also feel free to indulge in design elements in the high-priced range. A buddy described our house as simple. That's true too, we only spent a fraction on the interior design. I find his house very nice and tasteful, but I am not willing to spend that much money on looks.