Do not receive offers/quotes

... and consistently far exceeded the offers of the architect's craft businesses.....--->however in the wrong direction.

Because you sent the tender on your professional letterhead ....? Rhineland greetings

The fact is that the cooperation between a private builder and a craftsman simply leads to more problems than when you meet on equal footing with an architect.
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I would mic

Hello Mr./Ms. 'xyz',

I became aware of your company through 'abc' and would like a consultation regarding the development of my property in 'def' with a single-family house of approximately 130 sqm. Apart from the property-specific documents, are there any other documents you need for the appointment?

Then it will work

Rhenish regards

That is exactly how I had contacted the contacts on the internet; additionally, I had already attached a soil report and pictures of the building site.

When we wanted to have peace at the prefabricated house exhibition, we said that we did not yet own a building plot and just wanted to get our bearings first.

Because you sent the tender on your professional letterhead ....?

Rhenish regards

No, I did not. I only asked the architect to contact the companies or to forward the architect's tender (bearing the architect's letterhead) accordingly.

: I find your posts here very pleasant to read. Anyone who is capable of expressing themselves in full sentences (nowadays, Occident, decline) really can't make a bad impression.

We ourselves, by the way, received an offer for the construction of a single-family house within three days after the initial conversation, in which we only stated: "We have no plot of land but want to build as soon as possible [brief key data of the intended house]." Apparently, it can go either way ...

I merely asked the architect to contact the companies or to forward the architect's tender (in dispute on the architect's letterhead) accordingly.

Then the different prices do not make sense to me ... Rhenish regards

: ...

We ourselves received an offer for the construction of a single-family house within three days after the initial consultation, in which we only stated: "We don't have a plot of land, but want to build as soon as possible [brief key data of the desired house]." Apparently, it can go either way ...

I found that the worst.... Some turnkey suppliers did not ask us what we wanted, but showed us what they had and expected us to like it.... And if you wanted 160 sqm, you got 130 sqm with the note that this is already suuuuper huge.

The finale was brought by a planning office that showed us a finished house on the PC at the first meeting and wanted to sell the plan for 3000 euros.