Costs for building a house in the year 2024

It's difficult, especially at the beginning, to assess what a realistic and fair price is.

In principle, every price is fair. Because if you build a 100% comparable house, it will end up costing a similar price. Every provider has to do the same earthworks, use the same materials, has comparable personnel costs, etc.
Cheaper house = smaller, different materials, own work, etc.
With some, you can see right from the start how "expensive" the house is, with others you approach the "expensive" from a lower base. If the entry-level is sufficient, you can still build cheaply today – it is always the wishes of the builders that make it expensive.

The "problem" is the AB. Yes, cheaper entry price in the basic equipment (2,100€/sqm) and explicitly not turnkey. There are always quite a few additional wishes - and floors/walls etc. you unfortunately have to buy as well, because you won't want to live just on the screed (e.g. almost 150 sqm of tiles/parquet and countless 100 sqm of wall coverings/ceilings will be in the mid five-figure range).

Well, that is very individual again... one person likes it expensive, another cheap, and so on. I mean, in the end you have it in your own hands. Do I have to have the famous golden faucets, or will normal ones do. Just as Karsten (was it Nordlys) once wrote.

I already have a catalog from Viebrockhaus here, [...] but basically we would prefer to build with a local provider and companies.

I would also basically prefer that (unless you wanted a specific Viebrockhaus).

As I said, we still have talks and there will definitely be some more before a decision is made.

As I said, for these talks – already for the selection of those with whom you conduct them – it is still too early.

Why do you think it is too early? All of these companies also employ architects and civil engineers, and in one company the managing director is even an architect himself. Is it really necessary to hire an independent architect for this?

These companies all also employ architects and civil engineers, and in one company, the managing director is even an architect himself. Is it really necessary to hire an independent architect for that?

Who pays the architects of the company? Do they work in your interest or in the interest of the seller (= "the company")? Every car salesperson sells the best car – whether it’s the "advisor" at VW, Audi, Skoda, or anywhere else. Good advisors, however, always work independently for you to get the best for YOU, not for your contracting partner.

These companies all also employ architects and civil engineers or, in the case of one company, the managing director is even an architect himself.

This merely fulfills the requirements for building permit authorization. That says nothing about the quality of the design.

Every car salesman sells the best car - no matter whether he is the "consultant" at VW, Audi, Skoda, or wherever.

Exactly. No matter how well an Audi salesman recognizes due to his qualification that a potential customer would be best served with a BMW, Lancia, or Peugeot – he will not send him there.

Is it really necessary to also commission an independent architect for that?

Yes, an "independent" is the magic word.

Why do you think it is too early?

Because there is not yet a neutral draft. You want to find out which provider gives the best answer. Do you seriously think it is wise to let him design the question himself?