Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

We developed the cost model with the construction companies in January. When asked again in April, it was said: "The price remains as calculated." Two weeks ago, it was then said that they hope it stays that way. The adjustment would be moderate/human. Due to the KfW funding, we have not been able to sign the contract yet. What do you understand by "human/moderate" in percent?

What do you understand by "human/moderate" in percent?

I would think around 10%, which is also common in craftsmen invoices.

I have heard that too. Even sums around 50,000 EUR…

Fingerhaus is said to pay its customers 30,000€ for a contract termination. I learned this from the local roofer and from another source.

I would think about 10%, which is also common for craftsman invoices.

That is probably more than most financings can handle nowadays.

That is probably more than most financings can handle nowadays.

Correct. But the BU doesn't care about that. One should have a certain buffer planned. For us, it goes towards the legal dispute. My lawyer says you have to have money. However, these extreme price increases were not foreseeable. By the way, court and attorney fees have also increased by 10% since 01/01/21.

Huh? That wasn’t doable? Why not?

Your question is very good and relieves me a bit. :-) Sampling appointments are only scheduled after the building permit has been submitted, which was not known to us beforehand. And since we have no influence on the scheduling of the appointment, aside from submitting the building permit, I hope this will not work to our disadvantage, because a late scheduled sampling appointment could nullify any price guarantee.
Therefore, I think that regarding the price, it may not turn out quite as bad for us. We really want to be fair contractual partners and explicitly waived a price reduction because a longer price guarantee was more important to us, or rather, we “traded” that for a longer price guarantee, but we simply cannot pay any price for this house. That is why I also asked here whether the higher material prices are simply passed on to the homebuyers. 30% more, as reported in some media, would be roughly 100,000 Euros for us.

I hope for reasonableness among all involved. It can be neither in the interest of the homebuyers nor in the interest of the construction companies if many livelihoods are destroyed. Within our possibilities, we also want to do our part.