Construction financing | Is the procedure good? Your opinion and tips

Interesting method. The arm must be quite sturdy to be able to extend up to about 2.50 m ceiling height. What is the weight of the "lifting platform"? You first have to bring it up via the construction stairs.

The drywall panels (or just panels) will probably come toward you stone by stone as well. This is about the ceiling of the upper floor - which usually consists of the wooden beams, the insulation layer installed between them, and slats attached on the underside. (Explained in layman's terms) You don't want to see these slats. So they are covered.

Maybe just to add in general: I am not a craftsman. Therefore, I am only pointing out a few points that came up with us so that others (you) can consider them early. For example, we initially confidently said - we will do the drywall ourselves. Today I’m very glad that we didn’t do it ourselves.

Since I believe you are not allowed to post a link here, just enter "panel lifter for drywall panels" in a search engine. We saw it at an acquaintance’s and simply rebuilt it. But you can also buy it in many stores.

It shouldn’t sound critical on my part either, I’m not a pro and it was my first time ^^ You are grateful for all information and tips.

For example, at the beginning we were also quite convinced - we would do the drywall ourselves. Today I am very glad that we didn’t do it.

The drywall is carried out by a subcontractor of the general contractor.
We wanted to “save” the putty work (or rather, my husband was of the opinion that he could do it!).

We also decided last week to outsource the putty work.

There is still plenty of work left.

The drywall work is being carried out for us by a subcontractor of the general contractor. We wanted to "skip" the puttying work (or rather, my husband thought he could do it!). We also decided last week to outsource the puttying work. There's still plenty of work left.

I believe that currently as well

I currently believe that too

Ever done that before?

Years ago, we installed and filled a drywall partition. ---> never again! ops:

We got a good offer from the drywall contractor. When I calculate the hours, the lack of practice, and so on and so forth... I even find the offer more than excellent.

In return, we will do the wallpapering and lay the floors ourselves, except for the tiles. Plenty of work remains. I don’t even want to think about cleaning yet.

Ever done it before?

Years ago we built a drywall partition and filled it. ---> never again! ops:

We got a good offer from the drywall contractor. When I calculate the hours, the missing practice, and so on... I actually find the offer more than great.

In return, we will wallpaper and lay the floors, except for the tiles. Plenty of work remains. I don’t even want to think about cleaning yet.

Sorry for only speaking up again now but we only partly dealt with house planning all weekend.

As far as drywall is concerned, we renovated our entire upstairs apartment that way. That’s why I know about the sanding and the waves and (also occasional cracks). Tough work and as you say, with the condensing gas boiler there’s surely enough other work.

Today, the planning progressed a bit further again, and we had to realize with dismay that the more you deal with the topic of financing and also your building savings contracts, the more you notice that you were probably not very well advised in the past. Take a building savings contract (I don't want to name any providers now) that has a valuation number factor of 2.5 and, after 8.5 years of payment and almost 50% paid-in equity, is only supposed to be eligible for allocation in 2.5 years. Who the hell sells something like that...

Now it means clarifying with the building society whether the contract can be modified. Actually, you only want the cash that was paid in, since the loan interest rates are currently not profitable or twice as high as at the bank. But even that now turns out to be questionable. Such stories are annoying, but luckily you deal with them somewhat earlier before it would be needed next week.