Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Have you also already received unexpected bills during/after the house construction? Unforeseeable costs must always be included in the cost calculation: Just last week, a bill came in for nearly €500 for just 1.5 hours of work + 45 minutes of travel: Abwasserröhredichtungspfrüfung. And all the water they pumped in (which was, of course, not little (and that in the very dry summer)) we also had to pay for ourselves :( At least everything was tight. Since we all laid the sewage pipes under and next to the house ourselves, that was already a great relief!! Unimaginable if something had been leaky there...... Uiuiuiui

Waste pipe sealing test.
And all the water they pumped in (of course not little (and that in the very dry summer) we also had to pay for ourselves :(
At least everything was sealed. Since we laid all the wastewater pipes under and next to the house ourselves, it was a very great relief!!
Unimaginable if something had been leaky...... Uiuiuiui

What did they do besides running water in and looking?
That was quick money earned, I would have done it for 400 ;-)

I was on the website of my hot water tank supplier yesterday afternoon to already get a new sacrificial anode (I don’t need it yet, but what you have, you have). In the process, I came across a small price increase since my purchase almost two years ago. 300 potable water tanks 2019: €535.50 gross ==> yesterday: €1,185 (but currently not available)

But now definitely stores drinking water twice as well as your ancient model ;)

What did they do there besides letting water run in and watching? That was quick money earned, I would have done it for 400 ;-)

Nothing else, that's the "curious" part. Yes, I even brought them coffee and cookies because they looked so BORED. But it's mandatory to have it done. There's nothing you can do.... Are you also such a "canal guy"? I mean self-employed?

But that is a regulation to have it done. Nothing can be done....

Are you also such a "channel man"? So always doing it yourself?

What kind of regulation is that, honestly that's the first time I'm hearing about it. I also laid the stuff myself, there was never such an inspection required.

PS: Something else on the topic, I was whispered today that next year a price increase of up to 50% is expected for concrete. We will see if that's true, I already found that quite steep. Info comes directly from the source....concrete plant.