Krapfberg villa sold: These are the plans

Created: 2022-09-02 20:06

By: Peter Schiebel

Work has already started on the property at Krapfberg 5 after the municipality sold the property.

By the end of next year, the new owners want to be finished with the core renovation.

© Photographer: Andrea Jaksch

The sale of the Krapfberg villa in Gauting is perfect.

As the community announced on Friday, two brothers bought the property for 1.85 million euros.

A demolition is also off the table – on the contrary: the new owners want to completely renovate the villa and have it listed as a monument.

Gauting

- "Krapfberg-Villa: change of ownership perfect." That was the headline of a press release with which the municipality of Gauting on Friday morning drew a line under one of the biggest political issues of recent years.

For 1.85 million euros, the brothers Christian (38) and Peter Schuster (40) have been awarded the approximately 1200 square meter property with the Gründerzeit villa at Krapfberg 5, directly adjacent to the town hall garden.

The brothers have been in the real estate business for many years.

Christian Schuster is a real estate agent and lives in the Würmtal, Peter Schuster is a civil engineer and lives north of Munich.

According to City Hall spokeswoman Charlotte Rieboldt, they prevailed against ten other bidders.

With their concept for the Krapfberg villa, they would have convinced the municipal council and administration the most.

"I am very satisfied with this decision," said Mayor Dr.

Brigitte Kössinger quoted in the communication.

"This enabled us to actually find the best possible solution for everyone."

On June 2, the bidders were presented in a non-public meeting in the municipal council, and the decision for the Schuster property community had already been made at that time, spokeswoman Rieboldt explained on request.

On July 19, the municipal council then finally approved the purchase contract, and the purchase price was received in the municipality's account this week.

The financially troubled municipality urgently needs the money in order to be able to make investments.

The price is 350,000 euros more than the 1.5 million euros that the municipality had budgeted for in its current budget.

In an interview with Starnberger Merkur, Christian Schuster said that he and his brother handed in the prize that he considered appropriate based on his expertise.

He was immediately enthusiastic about the villa, says Schuster and speaks of a "hidden jewel" and a "beautiful, historical property".

Despite the vacancy in recent years and the increasing decay, the building fabric is good.

"It's great to build on." A demolition of the villa, which was not previously listed, is therefore off the table.

According to Schuster, no structural expansion is planned either.

For architectural reasons, he is only considering a small, glazed extension.

Rather, the aim is to preserve the villa – and perhaps even to place it under monument protection.

He has already made relevant contacts, says Schuster.

"Ultimately, however, the authorities have to decide." Workers are already busy on the property.

Among other things, floor coverings made of PVC, carpet or laminate are removed, attached sheet metal, paneling and the like are dismantled.

During the core refurbishment, they placed "great importance on the preservation of historical substances and only used selected materials from well-known manufacturers and builders' merchants," says Schuster.

With most of the partners, the brothers would work together for many years.

"The scope of the renovation includes, among other things, the renewal of the entire building services, the roof renovation, the replacement of the windows and doors,

In the end, the villa should have woken up from its slumber - and used as a villa again.

That means: The 350 to 400 square meters of living space should form a unit.

Schuster sees several hurdles to turning it into three apartments, for example, as was the case in previous years.

"In terms of construction, it's not that easy," he says.

"In addition, we would need six parking spaces for three apartments and would have to pave the entire property." The house is a stately villa and also has the location for it.

That's how it should be again.

"We're looking forward to finding a suitable tenant." In any case, the Schusters don't want to sell the property after the renovation.

"You don't sell something like that anymore," says Christian Schuster.

He estimates the renovation costs to be as high as the purchase price,

The brothers already have experience with the renovation of old buildings.

On the Bergstraße in Krailling, they renovated Villa Hacker (built in 1898) in a costly and high-quality manner, in Pasing Villa Hildach (built in 1913/14) and in Dachau the Ziegler Villa (built in 1896 to 1903).

These three objects are already under monument protection.