Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

The price is of course great, even if it’s just about plain paving.

I don’t quite understand the working time:
With lawn edges? They usually need a whole day to set. So the base was already prepared, or what? What did the bedding look like?

For just under 55m² we needed half a day to prepare, 2 days for the lawn edges, another half day to prepare the base (distributing and compacting gravel, spreading chippings), 2 days for screeding the chippings and rough paving (without cutting), and another day for cutting and initial sweeping.
Well, there were only two of us, but there are some things where having more people doesn’t help either, because they simply have to wait for the preparatory work.

Ok, of course you have to wait for the first viewing. I could imagine that additional costs will be added. Good luck!

But basically it doesn't matter whether he hides the 1000 EUR in the material, in the labor costs, or shows it as business profit. As I said, if you can't do it yourself, it doesn't help you if you get the material cheaper.

Basically, almost everyone can do it, but hardly anyone wants to anymore. It's not as if "we" have developed from craftsmen to pure office people who can't hold a shovel or trowel anymore in less than 2 generations.

Of course. It's a crappy job. After working for 6 weeks, I can hardly crawl anymore... you're just not used to it and at the end of your 30s it's hard to get into it. But for the 6, 7,000 EUR wage and profit that the craftsman pockets from the 14,500 EUR... I have to work 2 months for that.

I searched online again and compared prices for photovoltaic systems because the reaction in the forum here yesterday had unsettled me. I currently find few offers nationwide that are below 1500 / kwp. Most of these are material offers for people who do it themselves. For a full service offer, I actually don’t find ours that expensive.

So, I can do something like this now. I couldn't do the whole construction like this. Not even just the outdoor facilities. That means either it drags on for months or you have to bite the bullet and pay. I was even praised by the professional. But now my carpal tunnel syndrome has flared up again. I could barely sweep the joints. The wear and tear with us office workers is also much higher. Some also can't because the employer does not allow flexible working hours or for other reasons. But I agree with you that many people expect something like full board in everything.

I am also one of those full pensioners. Except for the outdoor area, which does not involve paving. Digging and making it look nice we will mostly do ourselves this time. I am also trying my hand at concrete foundations, trial makes wise. But I am also aware that I am paying dearly for the full pension craftsmanship. Loan money is quickly spent, but in return I will work for 25 years afterwards. That's how it is, I know that too.