Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

For example, the mentioned special repayment. Or always one year saved on staggered (10, 9, 8...) fixed-term deposit investments. Apparently, there are a few that already offer 1.5% (for 10). Maybe next year also for the shorter batches.

If I only get 1.5% for 10 years, then I might as well make a special repayment on my house, because I get more there. It doesn’t matter now, the plan is set. Thanks for the discussion.

We also spoke with our general contractor yesterday and he was largely able to reassure us. The house is ordered turnkey, no sliding price clause was agreed upon, the contract was signed in December 2020. That's our luck, he says, because the current new customers already have to pay more. However, he made it clear that he will stick to the agreed price and has already stocked most of the materials for our house – construction will begin in about 4 weeks. He only wants to order the wood for the roof truss as late as possible in the hope that the situation will have eased a little by then. I don't want to be one of those who now buy an old property and renovate it on their own. As a private individual, it's practically impossible to get building materials anymore.

So our offer is about 5% above what it was 6 months ago. Of course, that is a lot of money but far from the dizzying 15% or 20%. So, calm down a bit and make the best of it.

As a private individual, it is almost impossible to get building materials anymore.

All normal building materials are sufficiently available. Only partly more expensive. I currently have no problems obtaining wood/drywall/insulation materials.

I will dare to try this afternoon to get formwork boards at the local hardware store in order to use them on our slope. I am curious about the availability ...

Can't you check the availability on the [Internetseite des Baumarktes]?