NullVier
2015-10-13 21:13:05
- #1
Good day,
since April we have been looking for a construction company with which we want to build a single-family house. Our plan was to initially obtain some offers/quotes. After all, this is a decision that should be carefully considered. However, many of the companies we contacted either do not provide us with an offer, no longer respond, or do not react to our inquiry at all. This is slowly making us suspicious. We do not want to build anything extraordinary. A simple single-family house of about 130m², with an air heat pump, with a living room, kitchen, WC, and utility room on the ground floor, as well as a bedroom, children's room, bathroom, and office on the upper floor.
For example, we had a conversation with a local construction company that ended with the statement that we would receive an offer. We heard nothing from the company for weeks. When we called, we were only postponed, being told that the boss was out, would call back later, or similar. When we finally reached him, we were again just put off until we gave up asking.
Another company wanted to arrange an appointment with us. After I suggested a date by email, we received no further response.
Another wrote that he would call us the next day to arrange an appointment. But he did not call.
Yet another asked us to call at the beginning of the week to arrange an appointment, which we did. Suddenly he was dismissive and said he could not provide an estimate of the costs without a finished draft from an architect commissioned by us, and that was the end of it.
What are we doing wrong? Isn’t it normal to present your ideas and be told in return approximately what costs will arise or whether the desired budget is feasible? We are slowly becoming quite desperate.
since April we have been looking for a construction company with which we want to build a single-family house. Our plan was to initially obtain some offers/quotes. After all, this is a decision that should be carefully considered. However, many of the companies we contacted either do not provide us with an offer, no longer respond, or do not react to our inquiry at all. This is slowly making us suspicious. We do not want to build anything extraordinary. A simple single-family house of about 130m², with an air heat pump, with a living room, kitchen, WC, and utility room on the ground floor, as well as a bedroom, children's room, bathroom, and office on the upper floor.
For example, we had a conversation with a local construction company that ended with the statement that we would receive an offer. We heard nothing from the company for weeks. When we called, we were only postponed, being told that the boss was out, would call back later, or similar. When we finally reached him, we were again just put off until we gave up asking.
Another company wanted to arrange an appointment with us. After I suggested a date by email, we received no further response.
Another wrote that he would call us the next day to arrange an appointment. But he did not call.
Yet another asked us to call at the beginning of the week to arrange an appointment, which we did. Suddenly he was dismissive and said he could not provide an estimate of the costs without a finished draft from an architect commissioned by us, and that was the end of it.
What are we doing wrong? Isn’t it normal to present your ideas and be told in return approximately what costs will arise or whether the desired budget is feasible? We are slowly becoming quite desperate.