6-Bed Rural House with Stables, 6 Garages & 1.5-Hectare Plot — Vacation Home in Twist, Germany



Schwarzer Weg 109, 49767 Twist, Germany, Twist (Germany)
6 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 158m² Floor area
€285,000
House
No parking
6 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
158m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand at the kitchen window on a Saturday morning and watch the mist lift off nearly one and a half hectares of your own land. No neighbors crowding the fence line. No traffic noise. Just the low hum of the pellet stove, the smell of coffee, and a view that stretches across open pasture all the way to the tree line. This is what a second home in Twist, Lower Saxony feels like — and it's a feeling very few properties in this corner of northwest Germany can actually deliver.
Schwarzer Weg 109 is a six-bedroom detached house sitting on a 14,913 square metre plot that includes both buildable land and working pastureland. The house itself was built in 1957 and has been in the same family ever since — extended, renovated, and genuinely cared for in the way that only long-term owners tend to care for a place. At 158 square metres of interior living space, it's substantial without being unmanageable. Good condition throughout. Move-in ready.
What makes this property genuinely rare — not just in Twist but across the entire Emsland district — is the combination of scale and infrastructure. Six garages. An actual stable block. A detached hall building. A plot large enough to graze horses or keep a kitchen garden the size of most people's entire back garden. Finding all of that in one package, at this price point, is not something that comes along regularly.
The layout of the house works well for the kind of flexible living that second-home owners tend to need. Downstairs, the entrance hall opens into rooms that can flex between bedrooms, home offices, or hobby spaces depending on the season and who's visiting. The main living and dining area is generous — proper Sunday-lunch-with-the-extended-family generous. Large windows pull in the light, and the view out to the garden and fields makes the space feel even bigger than it is. The fitted kitchen has modern built-in appliances, solid storage, and a pantry. A covered intermediate space connects it to the boiler room and laundry area, which matters more than people realise when you're running a rural property through a German winter.
A secondary entrance on the side of the house leads to its own hallway with a guest toilet, utility room, and a bathroom with a walk-in shower. Upstairs, four good-sized bedrooms open off a spacious landing, with a family bathroom equipped with a bathtub. The attic is large and largely untouched — the kind of space that invites a third bathroom, a bunk room for grandchildren, or a proper home studio, depending on your plans.
The outbuildings deserve their own moment. Two garages are integrated into the main house. Four more stand separately on the plot. For car collectors, vintage vehicle restorers, workshop hobbyists, or anyone arriving in Germany with a boat, campervan, or tractor that needs somewhere dry to live — this setup is essentially impossible to replicate at this price. The stable building is structurally solid and ready for horses, small livestock, or conversion to additional storage or workshop space. Planning and zoning advice from a local Notar would clarify development options on the building plot portion of the land, which is worth exploring early in any purchase process.
Heating is handled primarily by a pellet stove — efficient, low-maintenance, and increasingly popular across rural Lower Saxony. The original oil-fired central heating remains operational as a backup. New plastic-framed double-glazed windows have been fitted in recent years, improving both heat retention and the general ease of upkeep. These aren't cosmetic upgrades; they're the kind of practical improvements that reduce running costs and future maintenance headaches for an owner who isn't on-site year-round.
The location itself rewards some explanation. Twist sits in the Emsland district, right at the Dutch-German border — close enough to Meppen (around 25 kilometres) for a proper market town visit, and less than an hour from Groningen across the border. The A31 motorway puts you in touching distance of the North Sea coast and the East Frisian Islands. Emmen in the Netherlands, with its well-regarded zoo and city amenities, is a 20-minute drive. For international buyers flying into the region, Bremen Airport is roughly 90 minutes east, and Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands is a similar distance southwest — two solid options for European connections.
The surrounding landscape is flat, open, and made for cycling. The Emsland region has invested heavily in long-distance cycling routes, and from Schwarzer Weg you're already deep in the kind of quiet countryside that makes those routes genuinely enjoyable rather than just something to endure between villages. The Hümmling nature area is within easy reach, as is the Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen International Nature Park straddling the Dutch border — one of the largest raised peat bog reserves in northwest Europe, with walking trails and birdwatching that attract visitors from across both countries.
Twist itself is a small, well-functioning village. Supermarket, bakery, local services — the daily essentials are covered without needing to drive 20 minutes each way. The community here is quiet and settled, the kind of place where people leave for work in the morning and return in the evening without much drama. For families looking for a rural base that doesn't require total self-sufficiency, that balance matters.
For international buyers, Germany's property purchase process is transparent and well-regulated. A Notar handles the conveyancing, and the process — while thorough — is predictable. Non-EU buyers can purchase freehold property in Germany without restriction. Grunderwerbsteuer (property transfer tax) in Lower Saxony currently runs at five percent of the purchase price. Annual property taxes are low by European standards. For buyers considering rental income, rural properties with equestrian facilities and ample land are increasingly sought after on platforms catering to German and Dutch holidaymakers looking for countryside retreats — the cross-border appeal here is genuine.
At 285,000 euros for six bedrooms, six garages, stables, a detached hall, and 1.49 hectares of land in good condition — this is straightforwardly good value for the region.
Key features at a glance:
- Six bedrooms across two floors with flexible room configurations
- Two bathrooms plus a guest WC
- 158 square metres of living space on a 14,913 square metre plot
- Six garages (two integrated, four detached)
- Stable building suitable for horses or livestock
- Separate hall building for additional storage or workshop use
- Pastureland and a separate building plot included within the title
- Pellet stove heating with oil-fired central heating as backup
- New double-glazed, maintenance-free window frames fitted
- Large attic with genuine conversion potential
- Covered outdoor intermediate space connecting kitchen to utility areas
- Short drive to Dutch border; easy access to Meppen, Groningen, and Emmen
- Close to Emsland cycling routes and Bourtanger Moor nature park
- Move-in ready condition, maintained by same family since 1957
- Priced at 285,000 euros — rare scale and infrastructure for this market
If you're looking for a vacation home in Germany with genuine land, working outbuildings, and space for horses, vehicles, or simply room to breathe, this property is worth your serious attention. Properties like this — with this combination of size, infrastructure, and condition — rarely stay available for long in the Emsland market.
Get in touch with the team at Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property dossier. We can connect you with English-speaking local legal and notarial contacts to make the purchase process straightforward from wherever you're based.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 6
- Size
- 158m²
- Price per m²
- €1,804
- Garden size
- 14913m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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