Payday
2016-11-29 09:53:37
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Many of the mentioned things are absolutely fundamental during the early planning phase, or rather questions before signing. You can easily get extra charges waived before signing; they usually do this very gladly.
Windows: can't you place the big beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows somewhere else and instead move a small one into the kitchen? You get more windows for the same money. Fewer windows = cost-neutral, more windows = more expensive.
Credits for removal: first of all, they only give you the net amount back, since every company calculates only with net prices. The surcharge to gross (after all 19%) is lost. Furthermore, standard parts are naturally cheaper for them, and of course, they want to make a profit on them. Certain items do not get credited either. In the case of the front door, the window installer still comes (for the windows), so he cannot calculate out the travel costs for the door, for example. The same applies to planning, where the planner/purchaser saves only a few minutes because of the door, while he still orders/plans the rest.
If you now buy a door elsewhere, significantly more time must be spent than the original company saves. They have to create a file for it, write a confirmation, place a separate order, and of course, make their own trip. And all of this is well charged. And then the company also wants to earn money, but only on the one front door, while the original company distributed the profit over door + windows.
Conclusion: Before signing for the house, have extras calculated and then make a counteroffer yourself. The surcharges can quickly shrink if they want the order.
With prefabricated house providers, where the walls are even delivered finished, extras are sometimes really not easy in production. If the house is assembled on-site, the craftsmen only have to be able to read the plans (which often doesn’t work as well as one initially believes).
Windows: can't you place the big beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows somewhere else and instead move a small one into the kitchen? You get more windows for the same money. Fewer windows = cost-neutral, more windows = more expensive.
Credits for removal: first of all, they only give you the net amount back, since every company calculates only with net prices. The surcharge to gross (after all 19%) is lost. Furthermore, standard parts are naturally cheaper for them, and of course, they want to make a profit on them. Certain items do not get credited either. In the case of the front door, the window installer still comes (for the windows), so he cannot calculate out the travel costs for the door, for example. The same applies to planning, where the planner/purchaser saves only a few minutes because of the door, while he still orders/plans the rest.
If you now buy a door elsewhere, significantly more time must be spent than the original company saves. They have to create a file for it, write a confirmation, place a separate order, and of course, make their own trip. And all of this is well charged. And then the company also wants to earn money, but only on the one front door, while the original company distributed the profit over door + windows.
Conclusion: Before signing for the house, have extras calculated and then make a counteroffer yourself. The surcharges can quickly shrink if they want the order.
With prefabricated house providers, where the walls are even delivered finished, extras are sometimes really not easy in production. If the house is assembled on-site, the craftsmen only have to be able to read the plans (which often doesn’t work as well as one initially believes).