Wait with the building application because of the child construction allowance

A fully basemented house is more expensive than a 15sqm utility room and a kitchen with a 2sqm pantry attached; the former have less living space and receive the subsidy, the latter more living space, no basement because it is too expensive and thus lower total costs, but receive no subsidy. Indirectly, basement construction is promoted by the sqm limit, which, however, is not affordable for people with low income.

Do you think I would voluntarily build with a basement? I would have gladly saved the basement. Unfortunately, that is not possible because we have a slope. We searched for a plot for 5 years. As a layperson, you take what you can get.

No, unfortunately not, I also don't know if a single-family house with 139 sqm will be approved completely without a terrace if you simply add it after the house is built, but there is nothing about it in the building application/application for child benefit.

Maybe the option to turn the study (9 sqm) into a laundry and drying room is the better one..

That's right! Or the terrace is simply planned smaller.

But now we are skirting close to subsidy fraud *cautiously put*

Now we are skirting close to subsidy fraud *cautiously put*

We are not skirting anything here, because everyone except one is out at this point in time!

At first I thought it was crap, built in 2017 with just under 200 sqm of floor space. But now it makes sense. A well-designed 120 sqm new apartment is more than enough for 4 people and such housing should be promoted, well-connected living space in central locations with access to public transport and local mobility by bike and on foot. All those huge houses somewhere 15 km outside the nearest big city or even further are pretty much useless in terms of the future, when the mobility transition hits. Cars will be banned from cities sooner or later, yes, even e-cars. This ecological transformation is already fully underway in many European cities. Those who are not directly connected to the public transport network or, even better, can reach everything important on foot or by bike will have problems.

And yes, rural flight keeps going and must continue. Only with sufficient density can local supply, infrastructure, and ecological reasons be combined in the future. Whereas in the past there was a supermarket in every small town, today in rural areas there are places where you have to drive 10-15 km to the next supermarket.

That's right! Or the terrace is simply planned smaller.

Surely, it only concerns the floor areas according to DIN277; everything else is not comparable. So all utility rooms, etc. are included, terraces, etc. are not included.