Approach for Initial Contact with Property Developers & Prefabricated Building Suppliers

"Bondage contracts" are not the combination of land and house construction, but the fact that surcharges on these prefabricated houses, when they only become apparent during construction (e.g. different tiles in the bathroom/different flooring, etc.), are disproportionately expensive.

Then the builders did something wrong. Or there are also those who want to have everything installed super cheaply at a DIY store price. For one thing: in my opinion, bondage contracts require a compulsion. It pushes you into a corner where you have no more options. Prefabricated houses are usually only approved with samples, and then nothing more can be changed because the house goes into production. With a solid house with a general contractor, the subs usually have the bondage contracts – they hardly earn anything. Still, they are often quite reasonable with their prices for sockets and such. The general contractors themselves do not want any additional expenses and therefore add a significant markup. But you can arrange all that with the craftsman. For a craftsman service with a guarantee, you simply don't pay 5.90 but 19.90 (socket).

What kind of houses are those for 630-680K (and where in Weissensee)? Unfortunately, a semi-detached house is not an option. Otherwise, I'm all ears ;-).

Immoscout spits out all current projects for you, but they are mostly semi-detached houses or terraced houses, BT is cramming the plots full. Above 600K€, there are fewer interested parties, for now. Weissensee is not as trendy yet as Prenzlauer Berg or Pankow. Building plots and existing houses are snapped up on demand here, hardly any make it to the ad.

I thought that with developers you always buy the land first and then, tied to that, conclude a construction contract with the general contractor/developer (in a notarial step)? What’s the deal with Werner/Wengertner? ypg: By "bondage contracts" I didn’t mean the combination of land and house construction, but the fact that surcharges on these prefabricated houses, if they only become apparent during construction (e.g. different tiles in the bathroom/different floor etc.), are disproportionately expensive.

With reputable developers, the typical way is that they buy land, plan the development, and then offer the developed plots, but still wait for concrete buyer interest before the first groundbreaking. Many developers are not “just housewives,” but also work part-time as general contractors ;-) Wengertner is a developer regularly mentioned here for row and semi-detached house projects with a fairly well-structured list of optional extras, and Werner is a very similar competitor with a different regional focus. Anyone complaining about post-selection conditions is basically only expressing frustration about themselves: dissatisfaction can be well avoided if one behaves like an adult during the selection process and does not want to change everything every five minutes. It starts best by asking oneself critically what kind of person one is: as a type of client you go to a developer, as a type of builder to an architect. Developers who don’t want to be badmouthed by people who haven’t undertaken this self-examination wisely filter out prospects “from the other site.”

... or knighting in Schulzendorf (far away from everything). ...

Seen from above ("Gurgel Mabs") it looks terrible :eek: All gray on gray and the airport is in sight. It will certainly never be boring in the sky there. In Malvenweg the "city villa" faction seems to have established itself and in Rapsweg it was built completely symmetrically. Well, if that is the dream of owning a home ...

Immoscout spits out all the current projects for you, but they are mostly semi-detached or terraced houses, BT crams the plots full.
Above €600K, the number of interested parties decreases, still.
Weissensee is not yet as trendy as Prenzlauer Berg or Pankow.
Building plots and existing houses here go away at a call, hardly any make it to the ad.

Yeah.. I believe that.. but how do you want to hear the call from the easternmost tip of Berlin? ;-).
After moving from Munich to Berlin, I thought the situation would get a bit better.. but somehow it’s just like out of the frying pan into the fire..

When I see how quickly the houses in "our" project in Petershagen are selling - despite little flexibility and not exactly cheap prices... Sales started in mid-January, now only 2 out of 8 left (3 sold, 3 reserved). Tesla employees are also still coming in as new buyers.