Single house for sale - 8708 Männedorf

The community of Männedorf lies on the northern shore of Lake Zurich (Golden Coast, district of Meilen, region called Pfannenstiel) 19 minutes from Zurich by train (S7, and S20 at typical commuter's times), 78 minutes by public ship; a separate commuter ferry to the other shore (Wädenswil) and to Stäfa cruises all day long.

Shopping facilities, the train station, the postal office, the community's administration, the hospital (emergency room 24/7) and banks are in a pedestrian's distance. The community's interior swimming-pool is even nearer. The train station is near to the public pier. The community's fire brigade possesses new vehicles with a high turning ladder and a corbel respectively. The community has dispersed several defibrillators.

building plot: 800m²

detached house: 1'600 m³

living area: 350m²

The building is in need of a costly modernisation including the entire heating system and the windows, all of which would have to be paid by the buyer! The other alternative open to the buyer — not less costly — would be to tear down the buildung in order to construct a new. In either case, a change of use would be highly recommended.

Applicants must therefore be wealthy already! This property is suitable for such only, not for seekers of short-term profit or for persons dependent on leasing income! A complete renewal inside the momentary volume and dimensions is permitted by law but even afterwards, the house would hardly be suitable for leasing flats. The reason for that resides in the following facts: costly modernisation is necessary, and larger flats have become en vogue, so in conjunction with the location (urban agglomeration with both rural and lakefront flair) and the size of the plot (maximum legal dimensions already achieved) do not call for small flats. The times of use of this house for leasing flats seem to lie in the past although it had been built for that purpose. A considerable amount of the funds necessary for buying this property and for modernising it would therefore have to be constituted by cash net fortune of the applicant, not loan! Please use "loan calculators" of large Swiss banks on the internet, before deciding whether to contact the advertisers. Due to the development of the value of building plots on the "Golden Coast" in the past, a long-term profit is realistic so the estate could be bought simply as an investment or as a land reserve without making immediate and definitive decisions on future use. Whereas selling small flats after the modernisation might be possible, the advertisers's vision tends towards other options. The constructional changes necessary anyway constitute an opportunity for enlargening the flats by creating three large, modern apartments — one per floor — or two such of double height or two duplexes as the existing second floor has a high ceiling with a mezzanine already. Altering the building with a view to its use as a villa or to its use by several generationsof the owner's family would be promising, too. A peek of the lake is possible in the upper stories.

It is adviseable that applicants be experienced in matter of construction and it is virtually mandatory that they be experienced in matter of owning entire estates with all obligations and costs (exempli gratia taxes, community fees, and other perennial costs such as those for renewal, caretaking and gardening) rather than simply renting flats.

The house is legally registered as six condominium units (flats). Thus, foreigners would be only permitted, by law (lex Koller), to buy the plot if they were detentors of permit B in case of EFTA/EU citizenship or of permit C, respectively, in case of non-EFTA/EU citizenship.

The house has been built by an architect, who became its first owner.

There are no windows on the North side or on the East side of the smaller flats in the southeastern corner of the house (apart from bathroom windows). The reason for that resides in the fact that, despite the ratio of the length to the width of the plot, the house has been designed following the theme of orientation southwards, towards the Lake of Zurich and the sun, id est direct natural lighting. For the same reason, the façade, the loggie and the main garden face south. In this building, there is no single flat without a loggia or a terrace facing south or without at least one room facing south. All of the larger flats (located in its western part) have many windows on the West front (inside and outside) and are bordered by the outer walls of the buildings on all of its sides. Please consult the plan ammended to this advert in what concerns the ground floor and the first floor as they are virtually identical. The only notable difference is that, on the first floor, the two one-room flats have been combined. Because the architect was a painter and a sculptor, too, and because he had planned using the second floor himself, that floor is special and features a high ceiling with a mezzanine and a small balcony facing north for work under northern lighting. That floor is special in several respects but readers are kindly asked for comprehension because, for reasons of discretion, no plan of that floor can be shown. Please consult the photographs for noting the large terraces on the second floor, one of which is partly covered (loggia-like).

The connection to the public street, whose use is restricted to residents, is made on the southern side of the estate, where it meets the sidewalk. The indication of the living area of the house is not counting the lowest floor, which is not for living, on the level of the private tarmac parking space, from which the public road can be reached via the the plot's own short road, made of tarmac. The small part of the plot neighbouring the plot's own parking space on its northern side (soil surface) is sharply slanted downwards, towards the brooklet, whereto the plot's own stairs lead. Directly neighbouring houses are villas.

Several kind requests seem adequately placed here: please respect the borders of the estate. Applications of persons simply seeking information for their personal or their business' marketing research would not be welcome. Exposés are not delivered. A guided perambulation of the property is restricted to persons selected by the advertisers. Their decision is final.

Upon first contact, applicants have to mention their first name, their surname, their country and place of residency (the street's name, the house number, the zone improvement plan [ZIP] code, the community) because the following contact will be in writing, sent by postal mail! Readers are kindly asked not to simply click on the button, "I am interested in this property," without giving that information.