Building cheaply - this is how it can be done too!

So does a Town & Country fall apart twenty years earlier than a Viebrockhaus? So does the 20-euro tile crumble sooner than the 60-euro one? And so on.

Twice yes. Town & Country actually always builds standard with 24 cm aerated concrete walls and inside there is also aerated concrete. That is a completely different quality than that of other providers. And a 60-euro tile is usually porcelain stoneware and thus significantly more durable than a normal tile. Larger tiles also have fewer joints, and the joints are known to be the weak point, e.g. regarding mold. Larger tiles, which are rectified, allow particularly thin joints (same effect as the planar stones, which allow a particularly thin mortar bed and thus minimize the weak point in the masonry). Especially with the tiles, it is mainly practical properties regarding durability and function that determine the price.

It is important to me to point out here that a house does not always have to cost 1500-2000 euros/sqm, as is often claimed here.

This is certainly possible, but the 1,500 - 2,000 EUR are based on an average quality. You can come in below that if you forgo ventilation, underfloor heating, sanitary fixtures of medium standard, an appropriate, medium electrical installation (network in all rooms, 100 sockets, electronic roller shutter control, ...), 45-euro tiles, electric roller shutters and venetian blinds or solid walls. For me, that all belongs to a medium range of equipment and then results in about 1,500 to 2,000 EUR per sqm. If you then build 3-meter-high rooms, a freestanding bathtub, fully glazed house sides, KNX complete automation, wood-aluminum windows, cantilevered glazed corners without support, flat roof and a basement of living quality, you can also easily end up well over 2,000 EUR per sqm. For me, that all belongs to upscale equipment. If you have also inherited a Town & Country floor plan unchanged, there are also significantly fewer windows than in an average house, which of course has a positive effect on the price. Accordingly, the price is completely okay. The price actually has nothing to do with the execution. It is about the equipment, which drives the price upwards. Electrical, sanitary, roller shutters/venetian blinds, ceiling heights, tiles, spans, size and number of windows, ventilation, technology. And everyone wants something different. For me, for example, a completely normal finger-jointed beech staircase would be great, even if it is a different color, an absolute noNoNo-go. Just as an example. I gladly take almost any other wood, but definitely not beech. Another person says the staircase must be exposed concrete with glass railing, wood is out of the question. So this can be determined individually for everything. For me, surface-mounted fittings are also a no-go, or a plastic bathtub or plastic roller shutters or radiators, etc. etc. etc. (and none of the tiles under 30 EUR that were shown to us would I even put in the utility room or anywhere else... and the tiles in the range of 30-40 EUR are at most worthy of the utility room for us... FOR US!!! Not a generally valid statement!)

That is completely fine as it is!! If I had the money or wanted to spend it, I could have easily spent twice as much. Surely, you get a more design-oriented house with higher quality that you can actually feel and where the bathroom tiles last 30 instead of 20 years. I don’t deny that at all!

But that doesn’t mean our house is cheap junk. I think an expert from the [Verband Privater Bauherren] notices certain things, and so far he has been very impressed with the execution and materials.

I don’t even know why some are justifying themselves now... Everyone as they wish and can!

Hemali, don't worry at all. Among a few here there is the contest, who has the longest? Such poor suckers only disturb, they should rent properly and hang out in the social welfare user forum. Karsten

That is completely fine too!!

That is exactly what I wrote. The price is completely reasonable and not unrealistic. Your house is also completely fine, after all, it is YOUR house according to YOUR ideas.

If I had the money or had been willing to spend it, I could have easily spent twice as much. Certainly, you would then get a more design-oriented house, whose higher quality you can also feel and where the tiles in the bathroom last 30 instead of 20 years. I am not denying that at all!

Then we agree. You can build a house for 1,300 EUR per sqm or 1,500 or 2,000 or 2,500 or 3,000 EUR per sqm. Most end up in the range of 1,500 EUR - 2,000 EUR per sqm, which is why this figure is often mentioned here. You can reach higher or lower values through more or less equipment compared to average equipment. I think no one has denied that so far. I even think you can easily get to 1,200 or 1,100 EUR per sqm with, for example, the Polish provider if you keep EVERYTHING standard. EVERYTHING is possible!

But that does not mean that our house is cheap junk. I think an expert from the Association of Private Homeowners notices some things and so far he has been very impressed with the workmanship and materials.

NOBODY has written that your house is cheap junk (sic!). Almost every provider tries to deliver solid quality. Even for a budget house, good quality is a great selling point for friends/relatives who might build later.

Don’t even know why some are now so defensive... Please, everyone as they like and can!

THAT is exactly what I wrote. Each person takes the equipment they want and accordingly the price. You can build for 1,200 EUR or for 3,000 EUR per sqm and in both cases it can be good VALUE for money.

Hemali, don’t worry at all. Among a few here, there’s the contest of who has the longest? Such poor suckers only disturb, they should damn well rent and hang out in the social welfare user forum. Karsten

Then unfortunately you read everything wrong, I suspect intentionally. Everyone should build what they want and the house can cost 1,200 EUR or 3,000 EUR per sqm and both cases are probably each well and reasonably priced. With houses, just like everywhere else, there are countless different variants, which range in price. Just like there is a 37 inch TV and standard or top quality with 85 inch. Do you now also confront everyone who buys more than 40 inch and maybe even 4k?