Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

As I said, only take offers seriously if someone has visited the construction site at your place and preferably also taken measurements. Otherwise, additional efforts may come your way. And have the paving work offered with a gravel bed.

Currently, when I walk through the transitional house, I often see trades I did myself. Or my husband. But I can’t exactly say that fills me with joy. :D One must not forget that with financial savings, one potentially also sacrifices quality compared to hiring a professional. At least if one has about as much craftsmanship skill as my husband and I. And it's not for lack of trying.

We had 1500 all in - panels and inverters from German production

We are roughly in that price range as well, including connection, hybrid inverter, and scaffolding etc. Therefore, I actually find it quite okay. We have 25k all in, minus about 6900 for the storage = 18.1 / 12.45kwp = 1454 per kwp fully installed. Yesterday someone told me that this is too expensive.

We are also roughly in the same price range, including connection, hybrid inverter, and scaffolding, etc. So I actually find it quite okay.
We have 25k all in, minus about 6900 for the storage = 18.1 / 12.45 kWp = 1454 per kWp fully installed.
Yesterday someone told me that this was too expensive.

A few weeks ago we had 13.12 kWp installed on the roof (flat roof), also by the electrician of the general contractor. We have just started with the interior work.
We pay 1320€ per kWp without storage (and also without hybrid inverter). Modules are from Astro Energy, inverter from Solax

There were times when people overlooked the blemish in the door because they had done it themselves. For me, the question never even arose; I am simply not willing to pay 50 EUR/net labor cost for the floor layer who ultimately does nothing other than click the laminate or engineered parquet into place. Sure, back then one could have borrowed 50,000 EUR more. But the money has to be paid back, as you already said...

But now we are in a thread where people are complaining about soaring construction costs and craftsmen who put fantasy prices in their offers. This is of course also because many builders go into debt up to their eyeballs just to never have to touch a shovel. The craftsmen naturally take advantage of this "need," who can blame them.

Craftsmen have often looked at me quite puzzled when I said, "I am the paver..." or "Yes, I’m doing the interior finishing including doors myself..." or "No, we’re taking the oven from our old kitchen..." or (my personal favorite from yesterday) "for 500 EUR I would have had that (furniture for the living room) assembled..."

This is nonsense. If you shovel gravel for 2 or 3 weeks, nothing wears out at all. If that were the case, a professional couldn’t move after 3 years. Wear and tear sets in after decades. You also don’t get tennis elbow if you work 10 hours on the computer for 2 weeks or play tennis 3 times.

Regardless of whether there is wear after such a short time or not, one can already be worn out enough from decades of sports, for example, or one simply wants a proper job done, e.g., with a suitable slope away from the house and also properly compacted so that the paving doesn’t settle unevenly. Some terraces you see sometimes look like a bumpy track in comparison. I’d rather have someone who knows what they’re doing do it and just pay for it.