Also feedback from a general contractor client: Contract signed in August 21, construction started January 22, no price increase. "Fixed price means fixed price." <3
our general contractor has announced an interest in a discussion about renegotiation
Regarding the absolute numbers for the increases, I obviously agree with you. And it does add up. However, you are also well above the standard, so hopefully a buffer will easily cover the costs here as well. I come back to the annoying topic of "expectations." However, you can very, very easily save costs with you so that the construction remains affordable.It generally always depends on the size / design and arrangement of the rooms. Large, open rooms without walls - rather a lot of steel needed. Small, closed rooms (hardly anyone builds like that nowadays) - rather little steel. But this is not expert knowledge of mine, I just understood it that way from our architect.
I mean, for our single-family house with a large double garage in the basement and an open living-dining area + kitchen on the ground floor with a floor slab and two reinforced concrete ceilings, it’s about 10 tons of steel. If that costs 600 euros more per ton than a few months ago, then you have 6,000 € in additional costs. Okay - now you can say: "No problem, you just have to calculate that as a buffer or make cuts elsewhere."
Basically correct. But in addition to the extra costs for the steel, there are then 5,000 € extra costs for the bricks, 5,000 € for the concrete, 7,500 € for the windows, etc. What I want to say: These small amounts in the individual materials unfortunately do not currently limit themselves to one particular part of the building - and then it quickly adds up to a mid five-figure sum.
It is the same with us, or even worse. Offer from December 2020 confirmed, contract with the prices from the October 2021 offer signed. Work started in November 2021. Fixed price remains until the end :cool:
Regarding the absolute numbers in the increases, I obviously agree with you. And it does add up. However, you are also well above the standard, so hopefully a buffer will easily cover the costs here as well. I'm coming back to the tedious topic of "claims". However, with you, costs can also be saved very, very easily so that the construction remains affordable.
