Cost of house construction 2022 Single-family house turnkey

Hello, sorry for my late response. We have now decided to get counteroffers from other construction companies/trades. Just so we know that the general contractor is not trying to rip us off. Just with the windows alone there is already a difference of 50K compared to the general contractor and I think this will continue throughout. What do you think, should I show the general contractor the other offers and have him calculate with those or is that not possible? He advertises with individual planning and if I prefer the shell construction from company XY (because I know them), then he should be able to implement that, right?

288 sqm x 3000€/sqm = 864K€ + Garage 50K€ + Additional costs 86K€ = at least 1,000,000€ just for the house plus land. No. I don't think the general contractor wants to rip you off. I doubt that a general contractor is the right way for such a project.

Building with a general contractor means you have a contract for work with the general contractor and how he fulfills it is his business. Whether he lets all his people do the work or hires subcontractors... If you want to work with specific craftsmen, then architect with individual contracts is the right way.

We have already received a draft from the architect, but everything also went through the general contractor. We definitely want the plot of land. We would have the option to buy the plot from him individually, but of course he adds a good margin, he wants to make some money too, the good man. So right away, the land is 100k more expensive. I suspect that we can recover the money through individual contracting, but I'm not sure.

If you purchase the plot individually and build with another company, you save the property transfer tax on the house. That alone should make this option cheaper, even if the contractor adds a few euros to the plot price.

If you take the plot individually and build with another company, you save the real estate transfer tax on the house. That alone should make this option cheaper, even if the general contractor adds a few euros to the plot

That's true, I hadn't thought of that at all. Thanks for the tip.

We have now decided to obtain competing offers from other construction companies/trades. Just so we know that the general contractor won’t rip us off. Just with the windows alone, there’s already a difference of 50K compared to the general contractor, and I think this trend will continue. What do you think, should I show the general contractor the other offers and have him then calculate with those, or is that not possible? He advertises with individualized planning, and if I would rather have the shell construction from company XY (because I know them), then he should be able to implement that too, right?

We really want the plot. We would have the option to buy the plot from him individually, but of course, he adds a good margin, he wants to make some money too, the good guy. So right away we’re at about 100k more for the land. I suspect that we can make that money back through individual contracting, but I’m not sure.

So: we’re talking about 1100 sqm at 245 EUR each, so the 100k payout for releasing the developer binding is basically 335 EUR per sqm. My approach for plan B (because MY plan A would be to keep searching) would be to release the developer binding and market the surplus part of the Ponderosa. Then I would seriously question the competence of the planner, because 288 sqm—even including a double garage—indicate a planner who likes to go big, he must be a bragging kitchen master if we’re not talking about five kids’ rooms. Whether a general contractor can properly build such a posh house is where "or" is probably the right guess (for non-believers, see the threads here). Your approach to test the price reasonableness of the general contractor with competing offers from third parties I consider naïve. It may seem logical, but the result very much points to craft-related errors by a tendering layperson. A 50k delta (!) for the glazing alone would already be really big, unless there’s an apples-to-oranges comparison involved, because this magnitude should correspond to the total price even for wood-aluminum windows (unless you orient yourself on the projects of and ). There is decidedly more substance in a needs-based planning and a professional tender than in any price-counterargument or the evergreen attempt of dumping addition.