Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

On the topic: The wood price index has dropped by 50% in the last 3 months. Steel prices for hot-rolled steel and reinforcing steel are also continuing to decline slightly. Roof tiles and bricks are currently in short supply.

... let's see how this develops further.

On the topic: The wood price index has dropped by 50% in the last 3 months. Steel prices for hot-rolled steel and rebar are also continuing to decline slightly. Roof tiles and bricks are currently in short supply.

... let's see how this develops further.

I am still of the opinion that the many canceled projects, especially in the investor sector, will lead to some relaxation in the availability of certain materials starting in autumn. This will benefit all those who nevertheless took the risk and continued.

The industry is already noticing that it is extremely difficult to fill the sales pipeline due to the market conditions. The materials management department is also aware of this and will sooner or later have to adjust its price level to the noticeably declining demand. The fact that the market is currently still characterized by bottlenecks is solely due to the long lead time of house construction. But all projects started at the beginning of this year should by now have reached the interior finishing trades. And that is why prices are currently stagnating in the concrete and steel sectors, since the drop in demand naturally becomes visible here first. As already mentioned, we might see the same in the interior finishing trades from autumn onwards.
According to statistics, the number of building permits has noticeably declined, which should support my theory a bit.
The skilled labor shortage will probably be the next justification for price increases in the future if it is not the construction volume :-D

So people like me, who have not inherited or received money from family, you mean…
Your text is a bit arrogant

We haven’t either and don’t get anything (don’t want anything) and are not building with Allkauf Haus. During the planning phase, I was with them in Potsdam. There was a lot of advertising material and glossy catalogs. In the end, I decided on a construction company from which I didn’t get a single pen, notepad, or keychain :cool:

In the end, I decided on a construction company from which I didn't receive a pen, notepad, or keychain :cool:

Rule of thumb: The worse the website and the less trained the contact person is in sales strategies, the better the small construction company :-)

Tell me, the probability is higher that the project will be successful if the company focuses precisely on the construction-technically relevant topics. The price-performance ratio is also probably better if a considerable part of the budget is not spent on Nelson. But unfortunately, there is no guarantee that the construction services will be good then. It also depends on the craftsmen used, whom the general contractor/subcontractor is not regularly allowed to appoint among his subs.

But all projects that started at the beginning of this year should by now have reached the interior finishing trades.

Keep dreaming. No windows -> no interior finishing. Currently, the window manufacturer says the end of July; he was there for sampling and measurements at the end of April. I am also somewhat skeptical about falling material prices. The cost increases are caused by two factors: excessive demand and rising costs (e.g., energy). The high demand is gone, but the high production costs remain, and materials suppliers will not produce at a loss (or even with a significantly reduced margin). When demand decreases, production capacities will rather be adjusted. Prices will certainly fall somewhat and availability will improve, but we will certainly not return to the prices of 2020.