Support in finding a personal pain threshold

As far as I remember, he calculated with €2000/sqm as follows: Living area: 160 sqm Basement: 80 sqm Garage: 30 sqm --------------- 270 sqm * €2000/sqm = €540,000

Well, if you mention that you absolutely want a basement, for example for a children's playroom, office, or guest room, then the living area in the basement is set. The basement then does not serve as storage space, but as developed living space - you then have about 250 sqm of living and usable space plus garage. That is a big number, not everyone has that. Everyone should reconsider the need for an expensive basement, an additional room, or a meter of house extension :)

You then have about 250 sqm of living and usable space plus a garage. That's quite a figure, not everyone has that.

Yes, I agree with you! On paper, 250 sqm really sounds like a lot :-) Maybe my girlfriend and I should reconsider whether we really need 160 sqm of living space in addition to a basement?! We mainly want to use the basement for washing (laundry room with plenty of space for drying clothes), as a storage area for rarely used stuff, for storage of supplies, and to house all the building technology (heating, electricity, network, etc.). My girlfriend and I (both from the countryside) are used to having this kind of stuff in the basement. Therefore, at the moment, we see the basement as necessary... Thank you very much for your help! :-)

Crazy price! We are building a 162sqm bungalow (so a large foundation slab and large roof, which costs extra) for just over €200,000 (heat pump, ventilation system, underfloor heating) without a basement. So you should be able to reach around €300,000 for a relatively classic single-family house with a basement, right? With 160sqm you could also consider leaving out the basement and planning a spacious utility room and stuffing the rest into the attic. Also think about whether you really need the garage now or if it’s enough to build it later. Does it have to be masonry or are alternative systems okay? For example, we have a foamed steel garage (don’t know the technical term for it) with an attached carport and we pay €10,000.

So on paper, 250sqm really sounds like a lot :) Maybe my girlfriend and I should reconsider whether we really need 160sqm of living space in the basement?!

Not just on paper – most people afford 160sqm including storage and technical rooms for a planned 4 people with roughly the same repayment rate...

We mainly want to use the basement for washing (laundry room with plenty of space for drying clothes), as storage for rarely used stuff, for stockpiling, and to house all the building technology (heating, electricity, network, etc.)

The extra cost of a basement just for storage or utility room/freezer is not worth it and overpriced. It’s time to rethink things a bit, especially for young future builders ;). Well-planned storage space, a utility room upstairs where the laundry piles up, and a technical room on the ground floor offering space for supplies, cleaning agents, etc. is perfectly sufficient. There are plenty of discussions here about that, or it comes up in every floor plan discussion.

My girlfriend and I (both country folks) don’t know it any other way, that such things are housed in the basement. That’s why we currently see the basement as necessary...

You’re not building for the generation before you, and therefore you will certainly critically examine some things from your parents or grandparents and do them differently. That also applies to house construction. My grandparents had the basement for coal storage, and there was a hatch where the coal was poured in from outside. That’s why I certainly won’t want to build a coal cellar ;)

Your parents also didn’t install the technology you will be installing now – so sometimes you have to let go of the old ways :)

Hello,

are you sure that you told your architect that you and your girlfriend want a usable basement?

150 - 160 sqm living space single-family house (country house style, 1.5 stories, gable roof, with bay window (3rd gable), solid), fully basemented and next to it a larger garage for one car.

Single-family house according to the energy saving ordinance: TEUR 225
Usable basement: TEUR 50
Controlled residential ventilation with heat recovery: TEUR 13
Prefabricated garage 6.00 x 6.00 m: TEUR 12
Painting/floor covering work included: TEUR 20
Reserves for extras: TEUR 10
Additional construction costs: TEUR 30
Outdoor facilities included: TEUR 10 (only the essentials)

All in estimated: TEUR 370 +/- TEUR 10 (construction surcharge 3rd gable)

... as storage space for hardly used stuff, for pantry storage, and to accommodate all the house technology (heating, electricity, network, etc.) use.

So as a future junk room with the tech alibi :D

Edit: Addition prefabricated garage; I had overlooked that.

Rhenish greetings

whether it absolutely has to be the garage now or if it's enough to build it later.

But that does not make the garage any cheaper, one should keep that in mind.

Well planned storage space, a utility room on the upper floor where the laundry is done, and a technical room on the ground floor that offers space for supplies, cleaning agents, etc., is completely sufficient.

What in my opinion always gets too little attention is drying the laundry. And as country folks, they possibly have higher requirements for storage and stockpiling (which of course can be done differently, I know, also depends on the size of the plot). By the way, we do not have a basement, for cost reasons ;-).