Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

OK.. now I have read the other posts as well and I realize that you are very stuck in a selective mindset. Happiness, resilience, good sustainable relationships are possible pillars for

We will not be able to avoid including the last 5% due to our demographic development and the shortage of skilled workers. As a society, we simply cannot afford to give up on children from precarious backgrounds, who would then "train" the next generation of precarious individuals. At the same time, the introduction of a parenting qualification or child-rearing permit is probably not enforceable, so kindergartens, schools/daycares etc. must take over to raise functional individuals.

Unfortunately, there is hardly any way to counter that. At least not with the 5 to 10%. If parents don’t cooperate, as an educator you can twist yourself any way you want and still only marginally change anything. That is partly ingrained in the generations like cement. Tutoring through the education card is also naive. That is nowhere near enough. And the after-school care usually doesn’t cover it well either, because it is done by people who have not been trained for it and therefore cannot teach accordingly. Aside from the students’ motivation, who perhaps do not want to sacrifice their free time too. Without motivation, there is no lasting learning success. I think we need many more alternative subjects in schools, more creative offerings, more subjects taken from real life and not so abstract. I can also teach mathematics through crafts or cooking. But those are always the first things to be cut. I once worked for a short time at a school for children and adolescents with inpatient mental illnesses. Most were already non-attending school. Almost all wanted to go back to school after their stay because the content was taught in a completely different way.

And for cognitively weak children, I would wish for a shortened curriculum so that every secondary school student can at least confidently master the basic arithmetic operations when leaving school.

Well, education has a significant impact on whether one can compensate for the upcoming construction cost increases. So fully on topic.

Rather, to appropriately accumulate the increased costs and sufficiently calculate the percentages for additional financing. I also always find it interesting how persistently some users here continue to elaborate on the topic even after the first hints to please stay on topic. In my storm and stress phase, I would have said: "go take a room" :cool: Construction cost topic: My best buddy is a roofer. Was over for a few beers with him yesterday. Costs for roof tiles going up 20% next year. Concrete from the mixing plant is supposed to increase as well (but I think this was already mentioned here as a post before the school performance came into focus). The cubic meter of loose wood in the bush for self-harvesting is 40€ (5 meters of slope, sawing license required, large trailer and car with all-wheel drive very much to advantage) Attention!--> Price can vary greatly regionally. And with a view to my industry I can say --> Reinforcing steel briefly declined, will go down a bit until the end of the year. Starting next year it will go sharply up. The steel yards are operating on sight because of energy prices and very fluctuating additives (if necessary). Unfortunately, this will drive the price up until mid-2023. Only a collapsing housing market can stop this price spiral. Wishing you a nice third Advent!

More likely to cumulate the increased costs accordingly and to calculate the percentages for the additional financing sufficiently.
I also find it always interesting how stubborn some users here are to keep dragging out the topic even after the first hints to please get back to the topic (BTT). In my storm-and-stress phase I would have said: "take it somewhere else" :cool:

Topic construction costs:
My best buddy is a roofer. Was over for a few beers at his place yesterday. Costs for roof tiles up 20% next year. Concrete from the mixing plant is supposed to go up as well (but I think this has been mentioned here before as a post, before academic performance came into focus)
The cubic meter of loose wood in the forest for self-pickup 40€ (5 meters long logs, saw license required, large trailer and car with all-wheel drive very advantageous)
Attention!--> Price can vary greatly regionally.

And looking at my industry I can say --> Reinforcing steel was briefly falling, will go down a bit more by the end of the year. Starting next year it will go steeply up again. The steel companies are acting cautiously due to energy prices and the very fluctuating additives (if necessary). Unfortunately, this will drive the price up until mid-2023. Only a collapsing housing market can stop this price spiral.

Wishing you a nice 3rd Advent!

20% for the end customer then? Creaton for example is said to go up 12.5% ex works as of 01.01. - however, no price commitment at order, but the daily price at delivery counts. Can you say something about that? Creaton has also entered the photovoltaic market... Are their components any good? We are considering, if the prices are attractive, to order the material (tiles & photovoltaics) in a package at good conditions in order to have material at all in time. Do roofing companies cooperate with roofing with non-own material? Or are their books still so full that no one would even think about it before the end of 2023?

What almost all plants are definitely doing is announcing sliding diesel costs. That also makes up the majority of price increases for e.g. concrete... Diesel/transport/logistics surcharges have been responsible alone since the beginning of the year for about 10-15€ price increase per cbm...

Only a collapsing housing market can stop this price spiral.

The downturn is already in sight due to construction interest rates as soon as current orders are completed.

20% gross at the end customer. I can’t say anything about quality etc., I’m not an expert. I don’t believe in a downturn in sight, at least not for mid-23.

You brought up the 7th grade of secondary school.

Wait, I didn’t write anything on that topic, but more or less quoted you as the last post on the topic. Therefore, the really important addition ;) on the topic of wrong approaches is just the example "writing by ear" -> The method works perfectly. But what 95% of primary school teachers do is "You don’t have to pay attention to spelling." They simply haven’t learned this method properly because it isn’t particularly easy either. But as long as education policymakers believe they can save money with an inclusive education system, such discussions are pointless.

And so we don’t have to look for a room ;):

But back to the topic: For friends, the air heat pump failed after about 15 years. Repair by replacing the circuit board failed. Since they are an emergency, they will probably get a new air heat pump in February. An acquaintance who works at Stiebel Eltron reports something similar; the production capacities are absolutely exhausted. At this point, however, the issue of parts availability is not so relevant. They simply cannot keep up.