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Q&A / Analysis (English) — 1. Property Summary

Müllheimerstrasse 55, 4057 Basel — 3.5-room condominium. A 84 m² net-living-area apartment on the 2nd floor of a 1975, 6-storey multi-family building in the Matthäus quarter (Kleinbasel), a central, lively, well-connected inner-city district near the Rhine, trams and buses.

Attribute Detail
Asking price CHF 625'000 (≈ CHF 7'440 / m²)
Size 84 m² net living + 4 m² loggia + 4 m² balcony + 5 m² cellar
Layout 3.5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom (tub), separate guest WC, separate kitchen
Floor / building 2nd of 6 floors, lift, 14 residential units (co-ownership share 54/1000)
Year built / condition 1975 · "renovation-needed" — kitchen & bath partly original
Heating District heating (Fernwärme), radiators
Parking None
Outdoor Loggia (quiet courtyard side) + balcony (street side)
Annual owner costs CHF 7'416/yr (incl. CHF 2'700 renewal-fund contribution)
Renewal fund (whole bldg.) CHF 117'014 at 31.12.2024, growing +CHF 50'000/yr

Ownership context (from the STWEG documents): managed by Regimo Basel (new manager Dinvest AG from ~2025/26); the co-owners' association has planned a phased façade + roof energetic renovation of the whole building — the sum of three staged estimates (roof + PV, rear & front façade) ≈ CHF 500'000600'000 incl. subsidies, earliest start ~3 years out (full breakdown in §3), plus an ordered earthquake-safety assessment (~CHF 10'000). Fire-safety upgrades (new flat entrance doors, etc.) were completed in 2024. A ground-floor doctor's practice will be converted to two flats by another owner at that owner's cost.

One-line take: an honestly-priced, centrally-located city flat with good bones and clear modernization upside — but it comes with a renovation to-do list (yours inside, the building's outside) that the low headline price already reflects.