At that time, I had built a 2-3 family house with/for my parents, but unfortunately did not separate it properly. When things changed many years later, I had it divided, which was possible with a self-made, simple sketch. As described here, each unit must always function completely independently, i.e., everyone must be able to directly enter the designated shared rooms. Here, for example, a utility room that must be accessible from a common corridor, etc. Each of the negative points mentioned here has its justification just as the positives do. I would actually calculate (or have calculated) the financial advantage for each side as concretely as possible and do this completely open-ended to then see whether it is otherwise not possible or whether it is (not) worth it to me. I then sold my parents’ attic apartment at that time for very little money (which I would never do again) to solve other problems, and that’s when the trouble started; I sold the basement separately (without trouble). Ultimately, we even had to hire an external property management company because the lady in the upper floor simply stopped paying anything and really blocked everything like in some sort of a war of roses. In the end, I also sold my main apartment (at a significantly better price by then) and created something new elsewhere. I would definitely get comfortable with the idea and clearly address beforehand that anyone can pull out at any time and sell/rent their part or whatever, so also clearly name the worst-case scenario in advance. Basically, it is nothing other than a small multi-family house, which can bring advantages and disadvantages. How it will be for you cannot be foreseen, not even for yourselves, because people and things simply change (both positively and negatively). Ideally, truly clear rules are agreed upon and written down beforehand that clarify the area of coexistence as best as possible. “Let’s wait and see” or “We’ll see then” are approaches I would want to avoid. There are always technical possibilities for clean accounting, and implementing that is not a big problem.