Storage space and heating problem

I live in a house with a basement, so I simply cannot imagine living without a basement. You can store so much there that you wouldn't have space for otherwise. Here, the heating (oil) and washing machine are in the basement. A room for supplies and a freezer chest is there because the temperature is constantly around 12 degrees all year round. Christmas decorations, rarely used pots or baking molds are also stored in boxes in the basement. There is also a hobby or craft room where a floor drill and a lathe have found their home. I would not like a garden house because it unnecessarily takes up space. It also costs money to purchase and must be maintained. In addition, it might need to be heated in winter, which costs money again. If it is to be connected to your heating system, this also incurs costs for laying the pipes and appropriate insulation. I would recommend you consider what you can do yourselves, e.g., wallpapering, landscaping the garden yourself. Something like that, and investing the money saved into the basement. Also, don't forget not spending money on the garden house. What bad experiences have you had so far with a basement?

You can definitely build without a basement and manage just fine.

We have an external storage room as well as a 12 sqm garden house because we own/use the garden portion in the house. Garden tools are stored in the garden house, as well as winter and Easter decorations. The storage room, which is warmer, holds old clothes and the rest from the shooting festival.

What many people don’t learn is simply to LET GO. Just get rid of the old junk or sell it on [Kleinanzeigen]. We are now quite carefree about it. There’s no other way, otherwise we would have space problems. And we have 110 sqm with 4 people as ownership.

:) it is basically a fundamental decision: Do I live with or without 'baggage'. We definitely live WITH. With books and inherited dishes, with pictures and several hobbies, with winter/summer wardrobes and various suitcases, with Christmas & Easter decorations, with a wine cellar and family archive.

Yes, it is also a burden - but it is also an enrichment. But everyone has to decide that for themselves.

I have now brought the (few) wines from the garage into the house because I was worried at -6 °C after all (the freezing point of red wine is AFAIK around that range). I would like to have a cellar and also a larger/better usable attic.

In times when red wine is no longer decanted, the cellar temperature for drinking red wine is far too cold ;)

:) it's basically a fundamental decision: Do I live with or without 'baggage'? We definitely live WITH. With books and inherited dishes, with pictures and several hobbies, with winter/summer wardrobes and various suitcases, with Christmas & Easter decorations, with a wine cellar and a family archive.

Yes, it is also a burden - but it is also an enrichment. But everyone has to decide that for themselves.

Is it?

- Books in the basement -> If that's a hobby, you plan yourself a small library room, but please not in the basement, rather in a nice spot with a window and a cozy armchair.
- Dishes in the basement? My kitchen is big enough to store everything there. Things I never need but keep for emotional reasons can also go to the attic.
- Pictures? The same... attic, you change them maybe once every blue moon.
- Winter/summer wardrobe -> Dressing room with enough space... no annoying back and forth moving (that's bothersome anyway).
- Decorations attic...
- Wine cellar... I prefer it on the ground floor. Ok, then it’s not a wine cellar but a wine cabinet in the utility room ;)
- Hobby... hobby room? I don’t want to pursue my hobby in the basement, ... equipment for skiing also fits in basement substitute rooms like the utility room or attic, depending on how often you need it. OK, those who have a huge stamp collection or are old railroad enthusiasts might need a basement, but such hobbies are not so common anymore ;)

OK, what I’m realizing myself right now: We also need a substitute room for things you only have to access maybe once a year ;) Without a basement and without an attic, I couldn’t manage either.

Most things I prefer to place where I have quick access. Always running to the basement for a bottle of wine? Hmm. Always rearranging winter and summer clothes... Hmm. Always carrying laundry two flights down and up, PHEW. Each to their own.