Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

One can only keep emphasizing how nasty this market economy is. You have a demanded product and are supposed to pass it on to the customers at best below cost price... but that's just not how market economy works ;)

I will probably be gone for good soon. I still have one warning left, then I'm really out - and that's after over 8,000 posts...

Crazy. I have received one so far.

By the way, our hot water tank is broken now. I’m already a bit worried, because somehow we can’t save anything at all, but it’s a blessing in disguise. Our heating specialist took back a tank two months ago for replacement and now he’s installing the used one for us. …and the day before yesterday I increased the flow temperature so the radiators would get warm and start working… in one day we used 7m³ of gas, so €13 in one day. I turned it down again now. If need be, we have to light the stove once in the morning before we go to work...

There will still be enough competition. Because the electricity price cap a) caps at a high/expensive level and b) only 80% of the previous year's consumption. And if I then have to pay 125 cents for the remaining 1,500 or more kWh, I seriously consider whether to stay with the provider.

Who uses 7,500 kWh in a year? That's madness...

btw...
after how many warnings does one have to at least leave with this nickname?

Who uses 7500kwh per year? That’s insane...

For non-new buildings, it’s okay. How much energy do you use?

Who uses 7500kwh per year? That's madness... btw... after how many warnings does one have to at least leave with this nick?

Why should that be madness? 4 people or more. No KFW 55 or such nonsense Heat pump plus some technology Larger than 150sqm heated area That's quickly together (and more)

Hello everyone, I have been reading here for a while and wanted to share my own experiences.

We are currently planning the construction of a single-family house in the Eifel, the contract was signed at the end of 2021 with a rather smaller general contractor. The handover date is targeted for mid-2023. The house price without additional features is linked to the construction price index, capped at a 10% price increase. With the elimination of the KfW subsidy, our contract also became invalid (keyword "resolutive condition") and our house builder announced a moderate adjustment of the contractual clause regarding the price cap.
The proposal was: we pay the 10% price increase as planned, the next 3% is covered by the house builder, anything beyond that is split 50/50. We accepted this after some consideration, with the condition that the index from Q1 2023 serves as the final benchmark for the house price, so that we will have peace from further increases afterwards. Currently, the index has increased by 14.3% since the contract signing. However, the last increase from quarter 2 to 3 was rather moderate, we hope it won't rise much more in the remaining 2 quarters.

We are partially awarding the trades for the interior work ourselves to local companies that we know and have a contact person on site.
The geothermal heat pump has become about €1100 more expensive from the first offer in April this year to the current offer this month, with everything included €1500 more than the first offer, with the same model. Delivery time is now one year, quite unpleasant. Despite my urging, unfortunately we did not receive any information from the house builder for the heat load calculation beforehand, so that we could have ordered the heat pump earlier: "You still have time until the house arrives..."

Otherwise, we only hear about price increases and delivery difficulties for everything we inquire about (kitchen, bathroom, electrical, etc.), which is why we are ordering most things now.

I will also present the entire project in the next few days.