Assessment of the construction performance of a property developer - experiences?

  • Erstellt am 2018-07-30 19:26:22

Isabell479

2018-08-01 14:38:27
  • #1
I can only agree with that. The comparisons can be very difficult.

Incidentally, I think a forum like this is also meant to obtain information that you might not find on Google. Is it unfair to consider someone who is completely inexperienced and perhaps turns to experienced builders due to lack of time as basically "too lazy to do their own research"? Were all the people active here already "experts" when they registered for the first time?
If this is supposed to be an exchange at an elevated level, then unfortunately I am also out of place here.

It would be nice if arrogance had no place in the posts and an exchange on equal footing could take place.

In this sense...
 

Müllerin

2018-08-01 15:08:11
  • #2


I'll answer since I wrote this with slightly different words.
1. I am not a professional in construction.
2. Yes, we have read up on various areas to at least get a basic understanding. Hey, we are investing a lot of money, in my opinion, that can’t be done with a snap of a finger but requires a bit more effort. Whoever doesn’t take the time for that (no one has to, as far as I’m concerned) shouldn’t be surprised later if they have to call the building rescuers or don’t get what they wanted.
3. If someone comes here and opens 3 or more threads with a simple A or B question, and also wants explanations for it, then in the future I will accuse them of wanting everything prepared for them again. Because there are already tons of topics and posts covering all these questions here, one could have read through them first and then asked targeted questions.
 

Isabell479

2018-08-01 15:52:10
  • #3
Okay, I can at least partially understand that.

I am also one of those who first diligently read through all the threads that concern my topic before starting my own thread. (Especially since I haven't been around for long.) Surely there are many answers you can find and use without having to rephrase a question five times. However, I have also been reprimanded for attaching myself to a topic. (No matter how you do it...)

But honestly, I am also employed and sometimes simply have less time than I need. Unfortunately, the day only has 24 hours, and when I take a 20-minute break at noon, it is often not enough to read in so intensively, even if the topic is super important to me and it’s finally about my money.

I can understand people who sometimes just ask a question out of the blue that is important to them right now.

I didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes personally, but I like to try to understand both sides.
 

ypg

2018-08-01 16:01:26
  • #4


Building a house simply takes more time than 20 minutes.
If someone is not willing or able to invest that time, they shouldn’t build, but rather buy a used property.

We have been through it all, now we are a bit more relaxed... but when it comes to the argument about time, I’m out. It’s not as if you work less because of the house.

For me, building a house means responsibility for yourself. You have to work that out on your own; no one else can do it for you. It’s quite different when I’m told a house costs 250,000 and then I ask why and how, than when I gather my own numbers and know about the positions. I get a completely different perspective and can then ask if everything is correct.
Since somehow everything is already here in the forum, I don’t see the point in writing the same thing every month. That’s what the search function is for. Because my and our time is limited... but we want nothing.
 

ypg

2018-08-01 16:55:19
  • #5
Sorry, I had to stop abruptly.

What I want to say: we could serve everything on a silver platter, but that is not good for the future builder at all, because then he lacks the important planning. He will then have no plan... it's that simple.

By the way, I would like to note:
Someone who wants something is allowed to write more than the one who helps him.
The one who needs something is allowed to give more than the one who gives.
And the one who asks is also allowed to accept the unpleasant tips, because those are the most important.
 

11ant

2018-08-01 18:11:26
  • #6

That is actually quite simple, even if there is a small catch. The simple part is, you search with a keyword. The catch is: the search function in this forum regularly malfunctions, i.e. it first lies to you that there is nothing on the topic – and a minute later, with exactly the same keyword, there is plenty. And unfortunately, the search does not know synonyms: "Drempel" does not find "Kniestock" (which wouldn’t actually be the same, but is commonly used that way).

With the "similar" threads, please also pay attention to the date: grave robbing (= attaching to the most recent post from two or more years ago) is less appreciated than simply opening a new thread.



Yes, but unfortunately, two behaviors are quite popular, though not liked: Candidate X (favorite headline: "need help") writes "what should I do?" – unfortunately without even rereading if he described his problem in full sentences at all. Then, less than ten hours later, he comes back: "hello, no one has an opinion here?" :-(

Candidate Y lives in the delusion that his house design is being stolen from him, and then tears it apart into a dozen individual threads (bathroom door swing direction, shower tray slope, carport foundation, walk-in closet sliding door, clinker joint color, etc.). Nothing in context, but each detail is then magnified a thousandfold by itself.
 
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