Energy-efficient terraced house (KfW 55 standard) with a sunroom in Langenfeld.

Our home is looking for new owners.
It's difficult for us to write these words. Since 2017, for the past nine years, this house in Langenfeld has been our home. Now, due to primarily professional reasons, we are moving north. With heavy hearts, we are therefore parting with what we have built with so much care. How it all began:

When we had this house built, we went through the entire list of features offered by the developer – because we knew: we wanted to stay here for a long time. We chose solid oak staircase steps, stainless steel handrails, Geberit flushing systems in all bathrooms, and a steel-reinforced front door with a triple locking mechanism. We even thought about small details that you only appreciate when you have them: step treads between the ground floor and the upper floor, so that you have a closed staircase and don't look into the basement while climbing the stairs. Electric shutters on every window, removable insect screens everywhere that is ventilated. This is a low-energy house (KfW 55 standard) with district heating from the immediate vicinity. We didn't just paint the walls; we put a lot of work into them. We plastered them, applied filler, sanded them, reapplied filler, and sanded them again – and only then did we cover them with a smooth, non-woven wallpaper that reliably conceals any minor cracks that might appear later.

A favorite spot: The sunroom.
In 2022, we finally fulfilled a dream and had a cubic sunroom built by the Cologne-based company Weinor. "Cubic" means it has a horizontal roof that doesn't slope forward. This gives you an interior height of around 2.50 meters everywhere, and you really feel like you're in a proper room, not just an attached glass box. It was built on an insulated perimeter foundation and a thick concrete slab (the construction costs were documented at €53,000) and features the same 120 × 60 cm concrete-look tiles as the ground floor, making it feel like a seamless extension of the house. The interior awning and the vertical awning at the front provide shade and also enhance privacy. Two heaters allow us to use the sunroom even on colder days. The lighting, in many different colors, is integrated into the roof supports. The heating, lighting, and awnings are all controlled by a single remote control. For us, this is the place for morning coffee and evening wine. Designed for life.
The white kitchen, with its open and unique layout, will remain in the house – if you wish, you can continue cooking there, just as we did for all those years. On the second floor, we have created an open office with two workspaces and an additional bathroom. If you prefer to use the space for children's rooms, you would simply need to install partition walls – the room is suitable for both purposes. For tech enthusiasts: There is a 22 kW wallbox on the house wall, with adjustable charging power and a calibrated meter, in case you need to report on your company car usage. In addition, there is a 2,000 Wp solar system from Anker with a 4.8 kW battery, which saved us over €600 last year. In the garden, there is a 5-core outdoor cable, and two circuits can be switched from the living room. And because we know how precious this is in this area: The house includes a garage with its own parking space in front, as well as another parking space also in front of the house. Parking problems were never an issue for us. We are selling the house without a real estate agent – the money saved should benefit both parties, you and us. The photos show quite well that we felt comfortable here and paid attention to quality. We would, of course, prefer to show you in person what has been our home for nine years. Please feel free to come by – we look forward to seeing you!

Langenfeld is located almost exactly between Cologne (Kölsch beer) and Düsseldorf (Altbier beer) – and you can feel that in everyday life. Two S-Bahn (suburban train) stations provide direct access to the city centers of both cities, without any traffic jams or parking hassles. Those who travel frequently by air will appreciate the location: Cologne/Bonn and Düsseldorf airports are each only about 30 km away – you are truly in the middle of both. And for those who prefer to travel by car: the A3 motorway runs directly past Langenfeld, with its own on- and off-ramps. We can quickly get onto the motorway without having to drive through half of Langenfeld. What's even more important is the proximity to everything: within about 8 minutes' walk, you can reach an EDEKA supermarket and a truly excellent bakery, as well as a kindergarten and a primary school, all within walking distance. And our street itself is designated as a "play street." Finally, there's something that Langenfeld can rightly be proud of: the city is actually debt-free – since October 3, 2008, after over 20 years of consistent fiscal discipline. This means that Langenfeld is one of the very few municipalities in Germany to have achieved this, and it is even the third-largest debt-free city in the country, just behind Düsseldorf and Dresden. You can see the impact in everyday life: in the many cultural offerings and events that the city can afford, and in the fact that investments are being made in kindergartens and schools, rather than cuts being implemented. A city that is not facing financial difficulties simply operates differently.