Germans and British people who have completely different preferences for room types
After living in Germany for a few years, I found that there are big cultural differences between neighboring countries in Europe. Let’s talk about housing. Germany and the United Kingdom have completely different concepts .
Germans are similar to Chinese. They like new houses and accept buildings. Villa-like houses prefer to buy their own plots to build houses. Moreover, the construction of this type of house in Germany has been industrialized, and the basic modules are hoisted. , A villa was built in three months.
I like that most houses in Germany have underground storage rooms, and the storage rooms are in good condition to live in, so when I go to a friend's house, the house is very tidy. At first, I didn't know why, but only after visiting their underground space did I know the reason. The decoration of their underground space is not sloppy at all. In the underground space, you can often see that in addition to the sundries, there are generally fitness spaces, cloakrooms, or offices. But with the rise in housing prices, more and more people sometimes give up building a basement floor because of lack of funds. If you want to build a basement floor for a villa with a value of four million yuan, you will have to add another four hundred thousand yuan. I personally think it's a pity to give up, but everything depends on your own wealth and ability.
Germans do not like to buy old houses, which is also related to the strict regulations of the country
. The government stipulates that old houses must meet the minimum standards for new houses in terms of heat preservation, ventilation, energy conservation and environmental protection. If
does not meet the requirements, no one will be allowed to live, otherwise there will be fines. However, it is not easy for old houses to meet the standards, not only It costs a lot, so who dares to buy it? So old houses in Germany are very cheap. Villa houses of the same size, more than 4 million new houses, British Victorian houses, or houses from the 1950s and 1960s can be bought for more than 1 million.
Tell a story about buying an old house, right? The special rich area of Hamburg is on the side of Elbe . If you take a cruise, you can see various high-end villas among the trees on one side of the river bank. I went there for a walk and there are many old houses.Of course, there are many very fashionable new buildings, but there are almost no houses for sale, and the house price should be tens of millions of yuan. I had a friend who had a particularly good opportunity to buy a very large villa, and the garden was even bigger. It was like a park with mountains, waters and towering trees. The villa was an old house, but it was completely modernly decorated. Not facing the river, but just across the street. Generally speaking, the lot is worth more than 10 million, and the main reason is that no one sells the house at all.
The chance of a friend is that a single rich man died of a cerebral hemorrhage. His brothers and sisters only wanted to take the money and leave, so they sold the house cheaply, because they wanted cash, so not too Good to sell.
We went to visit and realized that being too rich is not a good thing. Entering the door is the kitchen and the hall where hundreds of people can gather, but there is no other way to get to any room. My friend asked us to find it. After a few laps, we didn’t find it. Later, my friend gently touched one of the dozens of mirrors in the hall. It turned out to be a door leading to the bedroom. There were three bedrooms, but we didn’t see the study. Other spaces. A friend took us from a cabinet door in the kitchen to the underground. The underground is an office. Although the rich are in their fifties, they already live on his patents and work at home. I don't understand why such a big house should sit in the basement, there is no sunshine! My friend said that after the visit, I would understand. There is a huge iron door in the office, which is said to be anti-atomic bomb. After entering, through the corridor, there are storage rooms on both sides, and sleeping places. It is said that rich people usually store it inside. Food and water for three months. Going forward, the garage is when you go out. Later, my friends told stories they heard from relatives of wealthy people. Said this is a way to escape and save oneself. Working underground, if someone comes in, he can leave quickly. It is said that the bedroom can also enter this escape route. It doesn't make much sense to think about being rich. The villa also has a 50-meter indoor swimming pool with advanced equipment. On sunny days, the large windows of the swimming pool can disappear. Very weird villa. But friends will tear down everything and rebuild.
The situation in the UK is completely different. The British are particularly nostalgic and like old houses. Although house transactions have been very active, it is only in the past few years that many new houses have been built. But from the perspective of the house,In 1933, the price of the old Victorian houses was about the same as that of the newly built houses. In some good areas, the Victorian houses were more expensive than the new ones. Furthermore, the British do not like buildings. Ten years ago, buildings were only free or cheap housing provided by the government to poor families. Until now, it is difficult to see the existence of tall buildings in residential quarters. If there are tall buildings near the residential area, then the villas in the residential area must be the government's house for poor families.
Now many high-end residential buildings have been built in the center of big cities. But it was built for white-collar workers. These buildings are in the best locations in the city center, with the best scenery. Not only are the housing prices high, but the running costs are also not cheap. Villas generally only need to pay municipal tax, and all buildings sold on the market, in addition to municipal tax, also pay a property management fee. The cheapest house costs more than two thousand yuan a month, and the parking fee is one in the city center. The annual cost is at least 100,000 yuan, so ordinary people still think that villa-type houses are more suitable.
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