Decision aid for choosing the construction company

Hi,
we will build KFW55, originally the Energy Saving Ordinance would have been sufficient for me, or even less (but that’s not possible).
KFW55 costs about €8000 more compared to the Energy Saving Ordinance in our offer from the regional general contractor for solid construction.
The subsidies are higher there.
The main problem is the wall thickness. We already have problems with the floor area ratio, every centimeter counts.
Regards Olli

No, you can't, if you’re honest. Your impressions, but not the experience with the quality of the house. You haven't even done it yet?!!! Read this sentence: That’s exactly why I said that I’m talking about MY experiences and that KfW 40 would never have made sense for us, nor would a nationwide provider have made sense. This sentence implies that you’ve already gained experience, that you’ve been living in your house for one or two years... the sentence suggests that you’ve already built. I’ve always been a woman ;) ... and therefore very careful to distinguish between: it could be, that’s how I see it, my experiences are... // It is so, it is so, it is so... ;)

Ahm, yes? No, KfW 40 would never have made sense for us because the surcharge with our general contractor would have been way too high and we decided on solid construction with brick? So yes, for us it would NEVER have made sense :D – for that, I don’t need “living experience.” And yes, a nationwide provider would never have made sense for us either, because we wanted to build solid regionally, and we have about 2000 reasons for that :D My point of view, or my experience, has nothing at all to do with the quality of the house? I think you’re confusing something there :D It’s solely about the price/performance ratio of our solid house KfW 40 – KfW 55.

Hi,
we will build KFW55, originally the Energy Saving Ordinance would have been enough for me, or even less (but that’s not possible).
KFW 55 costs about €8000 more compared to the Energy Saving Ordinance with our offer from the regional general contractor in solid construction.
The subsidies are higher for that.
The main problem is the wall thicknesses., we already have problems with the floor area ratio, every cm counts there.
Regards Olli

Exactly the same with us.

I would have preferred to build KfW70 without subsidy - but as you say, it doesn’t make sense nowadays, since the subsidies are usually higher than the extra cost for KfW 55.

No, KfW 40 would never have made sense for us because the surcharge with our general contractor would have been way too high and we decided on solid construction with bricks? So yes, it would NEVER have made sense for us :D - I don't need "living experience" for that.

What makes sense for you does not answer the OP's question. But there is a difference between talking about your experiences and talking about your choice and the sense in having chosen something.

Exactly, that's why I said that I am talking about MY experiences

... experiences, knowledge, opinions...
I wonder every day in this forum at what % of testosterone in the body this distinction ceases.

What makes sense to you does not answer the question from the OP. But there is a difference whether you talk about your experiences or about your choice and the sense of having chosen something. … experiences, knowledge, opinions… I ask myself every day in this forum, from what percentage of testosterone in the body this distinction ceases.

But it absolutely answers the question from the OP :) He wants decision-making help – I offer him this help by telling him that for us, a prefabricated house would not have made sense, since regionally, solid construction is better for the reasons I already mentioned. He is totally fixated on something without being able to name the reasons for it – thus the OP needs even more input from several sides to be able to form his own picture. This is all just nitpicking – ultimately, the OP should simply read through the things and consider for himself whether something else also makes sense for him or not. We don’t always have to be so petty, in my opinion that helps the OP even less :p @ in this forum, every statement is fundamentally torn apart, that’s unbelievable :D One often forgets the core of the thread (I had often missed that myself when I had already started my own threads here).

That you pay for the marketing-etcetera overhead applies to all Big Names regardless of construction method. / kitchen aspect: my recommendation would be "Der Kreis" / Varia, which is an association of independent kitchen specialists.
I do not see that with KfW40 automatically all solid builders are eliminated; that only seems to apply on the condition that one limits their search to the Big Names. Has the OP already "bothered" to crawl through the local "Experience with construction company XYZ" section to see what is reported about builders near the surrounding district towns?
What the Big Names really do better are two things that do not benefit the builder or are even to their disadvantage: namely first optimizing their money-making process and second limiting complaint losses. Although I consider the claim that "in new development areas 80% is built regionally" slightly exaggerated, it is otherwise a key reason for the idea of the "property service": the brand heads are annoyed by the market share of owner-managed companies.
/ aspect of eliminating trades "construction stage turnkey minus" - without wanting to call myself an insider, I think I can explain this simply: all supra-regional general contractors (including the timber frame panelers among them) want to minimize their logistics and cost calculation problems, where the difficulty lies is where (possibly for the first time) cooperation with a small subcontractor is required. Floor layers are - even in Frankfurt Darmstadt Offenbach, but especially in Kleinkrotzenburg - typically small businesses. With them, they have more risks than added value in these trades, so away with them. Picking cherries in reverse.

These are not regional, they just have their headquarters or something with you.
Regional companies are those in the area you learn about from the yellow pages because their websites are hardly found since the experts build and do not busy themselves with optimal advertising presences. Or because you keep your eyes open when you travel to the countryside.
Apparently, you only stop at those you know from advertising. Immoscout, prefabricated house providers, Das Haus, Schöner Wohnen – they do not report on builders who build 50 houses a year in Buxtehude or Bielefeld.

That's how it is. And only that. The vocational schools for bricklayers or carpenters are the same for the Big Names and the owner-managed. None went to Harvard (or Hogwarts – because none of them can do magic either).
Incidentally, I consider one thing absolutely certain: on the topic of heat pumps & co, I see the OP in the greatest danger of all partial aspects to be badly taken advantage of if he does not thoroughly fight ignorance there: there lie the biggest bombs for the "wrong" technology, inflated prices, disappointing paybacks, and so on. Compared to that, every interior wall paneling or other construction service description detail at the fifth decimal place is trivial. Whoever knows too little but says: "Waiter, bring me the best champagne" (KfW40), will be fooled and picked like a Christmas goose.