Floor plans around 140 m²: room for the family plus a home office

On the ground floor near the entrance: this keeps video calls separate from family life, means visiting clients don't have to cross the house, and lets the room later serve as a guest or master bedroom – a plus for living in old age. Anyone needing two workspaces adds a gallery or work niche on the upper floor as a second, more informal spot.

Often yes: the one-and-a-half-storey house with a knee wall from 1.50 m uses the attic almost fully and, thanks to the lower eaves height, blends more harmoniously into established residential areas – some development plans even require it. Compared with the city villa, this building form saves some facade area; in return, the knee wall and slopes cost a few furnishing metres in the edge zones.

Depending on construction method and fittings, EUR 320,000 to 400,000 turnkey, excluding land and ancillary costs. The square-metre price drops slightly in this class because the kitchen, services and bathrooms are spread over more area. L-shaped bungalows and city villas lie at the upper end, compact gable-roof houses at the lower one.