Overview
- In Heidelberg developers Fabian Müller and Achim Pätzold are placing prefabricated modules on a 2,800 m² city plot to create a 36‑unit tiny‑house park with warm rents of €1,160 to €1,610, tenant registration open and first move‑ins expected around the turn of the year.
- The Heidelberg site is on a ten‑year municipal lease, privately financed by the partners through Tiny Park GbR, and the developers say the investment will not fully amortize during the lease so the units are designed to be dismantled and re‑sited afterward.
- In Wasserburg handcraftswoman Simone Huber converted a former firm site into four tiny‑house plots that were all quickly taken, selling units for roughly €126,000–€200,000 with a monthly plot lease of about €250 and plans to replicate the concept nearby.
- Both projects show how construction choices — prefab modules or screw foundations, heat pumps and underfloor heating — affect energy performance, permit rules and whether a unit is treated as a permanent building requiring lengthy approvals.
- Strong interest from students, single households, older downsizers and local workers highlights real market demand but also exposes tensions between headline rents or purchase prices and per‑square‑metre affordability, with short leases and private financing shaping long‑term viability.