Approximate time required for house construction

We don't have any children yet and during the planning and construction phase, we didn't long for any either. It was very stressful, but we also planned, coordinated, and later executed a lot ourselves. It can also be done with significantly less personal effort. Let it come to you and don't overestimate what you can do, it ALWAYS takes longer than expected. When I think about how much time the roof alone (insulation, vapor barrier, battens, boarding, spackling, sanding, spackling, sanding, spa...) consumed and we had a lot of help from my parents-in-law.

In hindsight, it was also a lot of fun, we learned a lot and I lost 10 kilos :p
It all somehow works out, the question is just whether it's worth it to you. I wouldn't want to miss the experience and seeing your own trades finished in the end is a bit of a proud moment :cool:

What should one avoid during construction stress so that it doesn't lead to a breakup. :)

Ah, I hadn’t thought of that now. It’s more likely that you’ll have to sell... ;-)

Well, what should one avoid? You should bring a competent site manager on board and deviate as little as possible from the budget and hardly do anything yourself! :-)
I can be a smartass! :-)

It took us 16 months.

In your case, a timber frame house is suitable - the house is preliminarily (selected and) planned including all sockets and so on, then manufactured in a factory and assembled within 2 days. The selection process also takes about 2 days in advance. Then there is the time for the interior finishing, which also happens according to a predetermined plan. (So you should know what you want in advance, then everything is produced within half a year (optimum) without your presence.

Unfortunately, you cannot say that in general. Some providers offer with a concrete slab, others without. Some require a lot of help/own activity regarding construction electricity, water, local connections, others almost none.
Our selection process took 1 day - we had our 1.5-year-old with a 39-degree fever with us (1 hour until the grandparents came) - I do not recommend that. When planning the selection process, plan a hotel room for the childcare providers right away,...
Delivery times of prefabricated house providers vary between 3 - 12 months.

...and almost nothing do yourself! :)

I see that differently. If you don’t have two left hands and have some time, you can learn a lot, (almost) everything - within the budget and the professional skills - implement exactly as you want and be as proud as punch afterwards. If I imagine that we had contracted out the little drywall work as a trade, it would never have turned out the way we wanted and it is now, at least not within a reasonably priced framework. And as far as quality is concerned, I have no doubts, it was confirmed to us several times for various trades by multiple experts. A craftsman can do it faster, no question, but does he always do it as conscientiously as the person who has to live in it later? He should, of course...

In addition, due to own labor, the shell construction can dry out better because of the somewhat longer construction period. :p

You had helpers and no small children at the construction site, right?

Hello,

However, I would be interested to know realistically how much time you have to plan for the house construction. So from the idea phase of the floor plan until moving in. Background: My husband and I both work (he 100% with multi-day business trips abroad (1-5/year), I 75% office job), and we still have a toddler (over 1 year). Possibly number 2 will come along.

As Dirk has already correctly written, this cannot be satisfactorily answered for you. It also depends, among other things, on how decisive you are. If you are afraid of your own signature, it takes longer until everything is finalized.

It depends on how quickly you find a plot of land – in this context also whether the land is "free" or if you are obligated to build with a certain provider. In addition, in my experience, very strict criteria for choosing the plot are applied at the very beginning; since these are rarely or never fully met, the first year of searching passes until initial efforts by potential builders become visible to expand the radius or parameters for the final plot.

Once you have found "your" plot, you start looking for – in your case – an architect. It makes sense to have a soil survey as well as the preliminary site plan prepared in advance so that the architect can actually plan properly. How fast or slow the final design planning can be created again depends on the chemistry between you and your architect. Once this is finally found, the cost estimate (note: as a result, if handled through an architect, the final sum at the bottom right may exceed the cost estimate by up to 20%; sometimes even by 30%) is within a reasonable range, the tendering begins. Reasonably, it should cover 3 providers for each trade; it should be obvious that selecting the respective craftsman takes some more time.

Once the selection is finally completed, everything depends on the order books of the chosen craftsmen and the ability of the construction manager (should be someone other than the architect) to coordinate the construction site properly.

Meaning, it can take 3 or 4, but also just as well 1 year until you can invite to the housewarming party.

Rhenish greetings