No disrespect, but houses in Germany are a lot more expensive than in the UK. If you own a 3 bedroom house and two driveways in Germany you're basically a millionaire.
And by "nice house" I didn't mean a house in the center of a major city but a house in the suburbs in a quiet, green area with good schools.
Right, that's fair enough - I'm just saying what I know from my family and friends who live around Stuttgart, in both CS industries and out of them. They own houses without being millionaires, maybe it's something about Stuttgart specifically.
And by "nice house" I didn't mean a house in the center of a major city but a house in the suburbs in a quiet, green area with good schools.