Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Have just awarded ETICS work (without scaffolding, provided by the roofer) for 26,000 euros, 280m2 area, just under 100 euros / m2. Renovation of existing building 14cm WLG 032

Three to four years ago, the price was €150/sqm gross including scaffolding, but with stone wool!

Well, you have a funny idea of a condominium. I understand you like this: there’s either the super-duper-once-in-a-lifetime-built single-family house that you never leave until you die, or panel buildings.

The developers in our area therefore do not build panel buildings, but really beautiful complexes. Our apartment (1st floor) doesn’t have a balcony at all, but a 65 m2 terrace, which is beautifully landscaped by the gardener and blends into a nice overall picture together with the other terraces. We have exactly one direct neighbor.

Everyone has to decide for themselves how they want to live and what they can and want to afford.

Having to mow the lawn and maintain the outdoor facilities constantly in summer, having to shovel snow in winter, and having to take the trash bins out and back in yourself in all kinds of weather – I can barely contain my joy...

Complete agreement. Friends live in their 100 m2 new-build apartment with terrace and 170 m2 garden on the ground floor of a very fancy multi-family house (it looks like a villa). Only 10 apartments in total with underground parking, janitor service (who also mows the lawn), elevator, and central downtown location. By the way, the view looks out to a small woodland at the back. You can see 50 m into the distance. And a service charge of 300€. That leaves even more for travel/enjoying life, etc. And the neighborhood is also very well maintained. From my point of view, you can also endure it very well there. There is always something to deal with in a house, and in an apartment (upper standard) you have a very nice life especially in old age, in a good location, without being dependent on a car. But since we are in a house-building forum, I naturally expect opposition.

...Covers for the dowels, so that they don't show through later?

We pushed most of them in ourselves (got a few bags of them from the house builder). Technically a piece of cake but still not to underestimate the effort. There are quite a lot. Is self-performance possible?

So 500 Styrofoam discs (dowels) including matching Styrofoam cutters cost about 25 euros in specialist shops. The builder really shouldn’t worry about that.

And as I said, especially in the area of ETICS, rip-offs are very often observed. What is supposed to cost 136 per sqm?

I would like to see the calculation in detail. Exactly the same crap as with photovoltaic systems.

But don’t worry, the construction is currently collapsing. And really so. In 6 months at the latest, you will be able to build for half the price.

And please write me the exact material costs for 1 sqm of ETICS and the labor costs.

A realistic price would maybe be 50 euros per sqm. And that is already a lot of money for it.

So 500 styrofoam washers (dowels) including suitable styrofoam cutters cost about 25 euros in specialist trade. The builder really shouldn't think twice about that.

And as I said, especially in the area of ETICS, rip-offs are very often observed. What is 136 per sqm supposed to cost?

I would like to see the calculation in detail. Exactly the same nonsense as with photovoltaic systems.

But don't worry, construction is currently collapsing. And really badly. In 6 months at the latest, one will be able to build for half the price.

And please write me the exact material costs for 1 sqm ETICS and the labor costs.

A realistic price would be perhaps 50 euros per sqm. And that is already a lot of money for it.

???
Is that satire?
Material depending on insulation 30-45 euros / m²
Labor for all work steps 30-40 euros / m²
Excl. scaffolding