Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Nelskamp still assumes that the order for my roof from early March will not arrive until mid-July according to the current status

I don't want to get my hopes up too early, but my clay roof tiles from Nelskamp are supposed to arrive, as of yesterday, in mid-May. Ordered mid-March. The price has remained the same as in the offer from almost two months ago, despite the note about the daily price at the time of order acceptance.

We are currently just glad to have any tiles on the roof at all. Concrete, yes, but whatever.

After each trade that was or will be completed without a price increase, we take a deep breath. Step by step.

Our photovoltaic system will be installed next week. I was also told that our offer as of now would definitely be about 25% more expensive. We had already commissioned it last year. Since B-W has to include photovoltaic in the building permit from May, they are swarming the place. But even last year it was already difficult to get any offer in our area at all.

I don't want to get my hopes up too early, but my Nelskamp roof tiles are supposed to arrive, as of yesterday, in mid-May. Ordered in mid-March.

The price has remained the same as in the offer from almost two months ago, despite the note about the daily price at order acceptance.

Fingers crossed. Which model did you order? Fortunately, daily prices are not my problem but the general contractor's.

Toi, toi, toi.

Thank you.

Which model did you order?

Nibra F10 in natural red, if I remember correctly.

You are definitely a badass guy!

That definitely shows me clearly how lousy the salaries for academics in the public sector really are. You probably don't get an E15 "for free".

To avoid further price jumps and supply shortages, I have been purchasing materials for the past 4 weeks that I either need or that are still cheap.

Of course, based on years of experience, I still have my sometimes cheap sources. You know each other in the building materials trade. It's like in the GDR times. You always had to know someone or someone who knows someone.

Who always treats their builders to a hearty breakfast, puts out a crate of beer and a few packs of cigarettes and, for the mason, a bottle of schnapps? Or do today's builders rather get a dandelion smoothie?

However, I must also point out that my predictions about interest rate development, price developments, and delivery capabilities have been met here especially with ridicule, hostility, and even bans, but all have come true exactly the same.

And now the whining is loud.

And I will make such a prediction again. Many will have great difficulty keeping their houses. Not because of the loans or interest rates, but because of the additional costs. Car, fuel, heating, electricity, food. That will consume an enormous part of your income.

Putin will probably announce a delivery stop for oil and gas as well as other raw materials as counter-sanctions on May 9. The EU only wants to stop accepting Russian oil starting in autumn. But he can and will probably turn off the tap right away. At that point, a fuel price of 5 euros will still seem cheap to us. All price agreements will be erased. Mr. Habeck says this would be no problem.

I am curious!