Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Lofty goal... and who is supposed to do the work? The shortage of skilled workers has been known for years and is not just a temporary phenomenon. I actually don't see any party that has a coherent overall concept ready. I really find that disappointing!

I also find it disappointing, but not really surprising. Politicians usually only think until the next election, if at all. Currently, we see that they don’t even think a year ahead. Plans that have effects over decades... What makes it even worse is that this doesn’t only affect the construction sector, which is more than fully occupied with the renovation of at least 1 million residential units per year and the new construction of 400,000 units. The transport sector and industry are also supposed to be electrified, which also requires correspondingly complex adjustments and long-term strategic decisions. Under Altmaier, however, the future electricity demand was systematically underestimated, and so-called environmentalists also like to claim that we don’t need to build much new for the energy transition but only have to be more economical with electricity. But that simply doesn’t work when new consumers are added in all sectors.

I just bought tiles from O at the hardware store for the basement kitchen (my latest DIY project), I bought cheap stuff for down there. For €7.99/m2. So you can still buy things like that, it also looks decent and has good reviews. With all the material, including the reserve I also bought, I am at €220 material costs for the 7m2 area to be laid. Leveling compound, tile adhesive, grout, tile spacers, edge profile, tiles, silicone, and perimeter insulation strips. So it could be even less if I can return some of the reserve.

I love building :cool:. I'm really looking forward to the project.

And if you managed the whole thing with a pencil, you still have to...

The comparison is flawed, if the pencil or marker spins at 20,000 rotations, it stands firm. It was already used 100 years ago for control and positional stabilization ;)

Well, then the puzzle is simply how to manage the 20,000 rotations without the finger breaking. :p

Does anyone of you know definitively whether the original plans to apply the electricity price cap based on the --> forecasted <-- consumption have been changed? If I understand a hint from the Hamburg dignitaries ;-) correctly, the --> actual <-- consumption will now be taken as the basis, see quote. It seems to be different for gas.

Quote: "For electricity prices, the actual consumption is to be taken into account. In the annual statement, the prices that resulted from the capping are shown at the end."

I can't find anything about the target group "new build" on Google.

The skilled labor shortage is a tricky issue. The new Aldi around the corner was built in record time; there was no sign of a skilled labor shortage. In the future, it will be inevitable to bring in skilled workers from abroad, a practice that is already standard in the industry and in larger construction projects.