Merymery
2019-05-06 14:33:34
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Good day everyone,
Some time ago I already posted here with the question of where we can place our carport on the property.
Now, for various reasons, a new train of thought has crept in, and I would need your opinion on it.
This concerns the building "A" which you can see in the picture.
The garage "B" will definitely be torn down. The entrance to the house is marked in red. In front of the entrance, a new terrace will be built.
This ("A") is an old shed that my grandfather built (about 60 years ago).
This shed consists of a ground floor with a party room (~22 sqm), an entrance hall (~3 sqm), a small bathroom (~5 sqm), a room in which a table and refrigerator stand (~7 sqm), and a separate room (tool shed) for garden equipment/garden tools (~10 sqm), as well as an attic, which is accessible via a pull-out staircase through the tool shed. Old garden tools, buckets, pots... are stored there.
Now, the thing is that I have already had the thought of demolishing this shed.
However, once it’s gone, it is gone.
We are not allowed to build a new one either, since we live in the outer area of the village. This was already told to us once in a conversation at the municipality.
I am a bit torn about the thought.
We are not dependent on this shed. Of course, the more storage space you have, the more you tend to put away. And it accumulates.
As a "party room," we have used it so few times in the ~15/20 years that we can count them on both hands.
The nice thing is that when we barbecue outside, we also have a toilet there. And a refrigerator. So, it is "nice to have" but not a must.
Unfortunately, one pipe of the toilet is broken, so we have to open the walls and renew everything.
I just wonder if all the effort is worth it. My thoughts summarized as briefly as possible:
PRO SHED:
- additional storage space
- usable as a party room
- toilet/washbasin/refrigerator outside
- wind protection from the north
- it simply exists
CON SHED:
- blocks the view (to the north)
- investment for maintenance (more on that shortly)
Additionally, I am a bit unsettled by the market value appraisal that we had done in the course of the house transfer.
Here is an excerpt from it:
Now, regarding the maintenance story:
- remove lightweight walls (in the rooms of sizes 5 & 7 sqm and the small entrance hall (3 sqm)), new floor, new pipes, new wallpaper
- the stove currently used for heating can be used until 2022, after that a new one must be installed.
- new entrance door and new interior doors (2) as well as new tool shed entrance door.
- on the west side, the entire wall is covered with ivy, up to the roof. This must be removed
- new paint (maybe plaster too?!) of the building
(Ivy on the west side)
Now I naturally ask myself, is all this effort worth it? Although it is also not without effort to tear down this shed...
Could you please share your thoughts on this?
What would you do?
Leave it standing and renew nothing, just use it as storage?
Leave it standing and invest, or tear it down and enjoy the free view into the garden?
If something is unclear, feel free to ask. Many thanks to everyone who took the trouble to read everything and respond.
Yours, Merymery
Some time ago I already posted here with the question of where we can place our carport on the property.
Now, for various reasons, a new train of thought has crept in, and I would need your opinion on it.
This concerns the building "A" which you can see in the picture.
The garage "B" will definitely be torn down. The entrance to the house is marked in red. In front of the entrance, a new terrace will be built.
This ("A") is an old shed that my grandfather built (about 60 years ago).
This shed consists of a ground floor with a party room (~22 sqm), an entrance hall (~3 sqm), a small bathroom (~5 sqm), a room in which a table and refrigerator stand (~7 sqm), and a separate room (tool shed) for garden equipment/garden tools (~10 sqm), as well as an attic, which is accessible via a pull-out staircase through the tool shed. Old garden tools, buckets, pots... are stored there.
Now, the thing is that I have already had the thought of demolishing this shed.
However, once it’s gone, it is gone.
We are not allowed to build a new one either, since we live in the outer area of the village. This was already told to us once in a conversation at the municipality.
I am a bit torn about the thought.
We are not dependent on this shed. Of course, the more storage space you have, the more you tend to put away. And it accumulates.
As a "party room," we have used it so few times in the ~15/20 years that we can count them on both hands.
The nice thing is that when we barbecue outside, we also have a toilet there. And a refrigerator. So, it is "nice to have" but not a must.
Unfortunately, one pipe of the toilet is broken, so we have to open the walls and renew everything.
I just wonder if all the effort is worth it. My thoughts summarized as briefly as possible:
PRO SHED:
- additional storage space
- usable as a party room
- toilet/washbasin/refrigerator outside
- wind protection from the north
- it simply exists
CON SHED:
- blocks the view (to the north)
- investment for maintenance (more on that shortly)
Additionally, I am a bit unsettled by the market value appraisal that we had done in the course of the house transfer.
Here is an excerpt from it:
Now, regarding the maintenance story:
- remove lightweight walls (in the rooms of sizes 5 & 7 sqm and the small entrance hall (3 sqm)), new floor, new pipes, new wallpaper
- the stove currently used for heating can be used until 2022, after that a new one must be installed.
- new entrance door and new interior doors (2) as well as new tool shed entrance door.
- on the west side, the entire wall is covered with ivy, up to the roof. This must be removed
- new paint (maybe plaster too?!) of the building
(Ivy on the west side)
Now I naturally ask myself, is all this effort worth it? Although it is also not without effort to tear down this shed...
Could you please share your thoughts on this?
What would you do?
Leave it standing and renew nothing, just use it as storage?
Leave it standing and invest, or tear it down and enjoy the free view into the garden?
If something is unclear, feel free to ask. Many thanks to everyone who took the trouble to read everything and respond.
Yours, Merymery