Assessment of total costs for new single-family house construction

It always depends on who is chosen as the temporary construction partner. If the number at the bottom right is the be-all and end-all, then your statement is certainly correct. If it is a construction partner who already offers many of these "nice to have" features as standard, the situation looks very different

In my experience, however, the bulk of the purchases are made in the electrical trade; at the end of the day, rather ugly numbers can appear.

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Besides electrical, you forgot plumbing and (since it's never included anyway) outdoor facilities. Those were also money pits for us.

Tell me, what exactly is missing there...

so, with our construction companies, the following "mandatory options" were missing in the basic equipment:

- outdoor water connection at the house for the garden
- outdoor socket including switch
- the warm edge spacer at all windows
- more window/door fittings to achieve the currently usual security class 2 (without safety glass)
- the electrical equipment didn't even remotely meet the minimum requirements (4 sockets per room, no LAN, only 2 TV sockets in the whole house)

well, we went all out with extras, but I was still disappointed especially with the windows, that you have to pay extra again here. who in the world still buys windows nowadays without a warm edge spacer and windows that a 10-year-old can break open in 5 seconds (this was even shown on TV)...

electricity is basically "always" a money pit. you should always budget extra for it during construction. if you want it simple, 2000-3000€ extra is usually enough. then you get sockets galore, a few more switches, and even a WLAN radio in the bathroom is possible. a small LAN network can also fit in there. but that's about it. I was surprised how "cheap" electricity actually is for what you get. you shouldn't skimp here, because later many things are no longer possible.

this is not about extras like fireplace, shutters, extra insulation, KfW packages, or other gimmicks. it’s about the small stuff that simply has to be there, but is missing in many packages. we are building with a larger company that actually includes quite a lot in the price and already has a rather high price tag.
you can't complain about the execution; their pace and quality are great. the house is finished on the outside and apart from 3-4 clinker bricks that we wanted replaced (chipped corners on the outside), there was nothing to complain about. completely built up in about 5 weeks, after 3 weeks the topping-out ceremony was held. the house is supposed to be finished by 13.10.

What is the warm edge on all the windows? We only have mushroom heads for RC2-N.

This is what it looks like in the construction and performance description of the company with which we probably want to build:

so bei unseren Bauunternehmen fehlten folgende "Zwangsoptionen" in der Grundausstattung:

- Außenwasseranschluss am Haus für Garten

frost-proof and standard.

- Außensteckdose inkl Schaltung

Standard. Also a lamp at the front and back of the garden. Well, we will probably choose at least two lamps in the back.

- die warme kante bei allen Fenstern

I don’t really know exactly what that means – isn’t it all about the overall U-value, but "warme Kante" is also included for us.

- mehr Fenster/türenbeschläge, um die heute übliche Sicherheitsklasse 2 (ohne Sicherheitsglas) zu erreichen

For us it says: mushroom head locks everywhere.

- Elektroausstattung entsprach Nichtmal ansatzweise den Mindestanforderungen (4steckdosen pro Zimmer, kein lan, nur 2x tv Dose im ganzen Haus)

10 sockets in the living room, 7 sockets in the other rooms, TV socket in practically all rooms, but LAN is indeed missing. It probably won’t be tens of thousands of euros, I guess.

gut, wir haben mit extras Gas gegeben, aber gerade von den Fenstern war ich dann doch enttäuscht, das man hier noch mal zur Kasse gebeten wird. wer in aller Welt kauft heute Fenster ohne warmer kante und Fenster, die ein 10jähriger in 5sek geknackt bekommt(wurde doch im fernsehen mal so gezeigt...).

Exactly, but such a generalization that you don’t get a proper house without paying an extra 10,000 EUR is not the case with all providers.

es geht hier nicht um extras wie Kamin, rollläden, extra Dämmung, kfw Pakete oder sonstige scherze. es geht um Kleinkram der einfach sein "muss", aber in sehr vielen Paketen fehlen. wir bauen ja schon bei einen größeren unternehmen, welches eigentlich relativ viel im preis mit drin hat und seinen doch schon gehobenen preis inne hat.
dafür kann man bei der Ausführung nicht meckern, ihr Tempo und die Qualität ist super. das Haus ist von außen fertig und bis auf 3-4 Klinkersteine, die wir getauscht haben wollten(von außen abgeplatzte ecken), gab es nichts zu meckern. in gut 5wochen komplett hochgezogen, nach 3wochen war Richtfest. am 13.10 soll das Haus fertig sein

Roller shutters are no joke for me, they are of course also standard. And the surcharge for complete motorization including timers was also moderate. At least compared to what many other providers have quoted us so far or what prefab house providers sometimes list as an extra charge online.

well, providers who include electric shutters in every house from the beginning are certainly the more expensive providers. I don’t think even Viebrockhaus has it as standard. mushroom heads as standard means nothing. it is included with us as well. it is marketing and always insufficient in execution. as I said, those are the items we were missing. the other mentioned things were included in our price. basically, it doesn’t matter whether it is included from the start or booked later. you have to pay for it either way. the point is that it’s impossible to get through without additional costs. "connection costs, the government rip-off fees, the house at the company and the land = final price" is an illusion.

So, as an exception, I have to somewhat agree with Grym – you get used to many things without losing your zest for life every time you go to the bathroom just because it’s not the latest wood look. I feel sorry for people who grumble all day because they don’t have the new Nolte kitchen or the BMW 5 Series GT parked in front of the house.

Sure, but you build according to today’s standard and not according to what you were used to from your childhood.

frost-proof and standard.

The trend is toward a second outdoor faucet for maximum flexibility in watering the lawn and flower beds.

Standard. Also one lamp in the front and back of the garden. Well, we will probably choose at least two lamps in the back.

Unfortunately, the house doesn’t have any lighting… and you would actually like to stage your house in the dark, just like in the glossy brochures.

I can agree with Payday’s opinion. Even with included optional extras, there is still a need that is not necessarily extraordinary. You also have to consider the lived standard: someone who has to think over every expense might skip controlled residential ventilation, etc., so that, for example, the biggest wish for electric roller shutters can be paid for, plus one or two extra power outlets...

Someone building at a high-end level, where the number of windows doesn’t matter and LAN is installed in every room, then spends additional money on wall outlets, KNxdabums (KNX?... no idea, just read it somewhere), bus systems, and alarm systems.

Somehow, as a builder, you want to upgrade a few things relative to your usual living environment and build technically up to date.

However, the standard is viewed individually. You can see that from the need for outdoor faucets.