Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

We ventilate too. And gladly. We’ve had windows installed with fixed lower lights specifically for more comfort. That way you can ventilate and at the same time leave the decoration in place. Problem solved.

We have also made the lower part of a floor-to-ceiling window fixed and the top part openable. There’s also no problem that the profile and fixed glazing make the window smaller. With normal windows, I would only do that in the kitchen now.

You throw the windows wide open, but due to calm conditions after 5 minutes there’s still no proper air exchange.

By the way, today is another one of those days. I’ve had all the windows open for 10 minutes now but not a single breeze. When I walk through the apartment you can still feel the different temperatures where the air hasn’t exchanged yet. But presumably it’s all no problem if you do a sauna in the living room every evening ;)

Today is one of those days again, by the way. I've had all the windows open for 10 minutes now, but not a single breath of wind.

When I have a day like that, I turn on my exhaust hood for 10 minutes in parallel. So I turn it on and then off immediately, because then the 10-minute after-run time starts and it switches off automatically. This way, the fresh air virtually pulls into the room. I have a very powerful exhaust hood.

I have a very powerful exhaust hood.

We have a low-performance recirculation hood. And a ventilation system in the kitchen (because no window...) that is not very effective. Cheers to apartment construction! I don’t understand why everyone wants to leave the battery cage for the single-family house ;)

A toast to housing construction!

;) .. for me, it’s a toast to the landlord who so beautifully renovated the house from 1913.

They still exist, the good ones.

We signed the contract for our wooden prefabricated house almost exactly one year ago. Included in it was a clause that the price could be adjusted accordingly if the construction price index changed by more than 5% (in either direction). I was relatively relaxed about this, believing that the biggest price jumps were over for now (the wood price had gone up extremely before and was just starting to ease again, etc.). And a price increase of 6-7% would have been covered by our buffer without complaint. It would have just meant giving up a few luxury goodies.

For well-known reasons, however, the index has risen by over 14% since then, which led to a less relaxed outlook.

To have clarity, I then inquired by email about the situation and what price increase we should now expect.

Answer in essence:

"We decided in August 2022 not to apply this clause anymore. You will receive your house at the price agreed upon at the time of order."

The stone that fell from my heart could be heard a few kilometers away, I believe. And generally, I am glad that there are still fair business partners who consider a good customer relationship more important than acute profit maximization.

We have also made the lower part of a floor-to-ceiling window fixed glazed and the top part openable. There is no problem with making the window smaller due to the profile and fixed glazing. With normal windows, I would only do this in the kitchen now

[/QUOTE] Such windows are practical everywhere. In the bathroom I have decorations. In the kitchen, the cat food is on the windowsill (since we have a dog, we have to feed the cat up high). In the children's rooms, the kids also like to build things on the windowsill. I no longer have to clear any of that away. I love it.