First consultation appointment with the prefabricated house manufacturer

Where are you from or which region are you in? Sorry if you already mentioned it and I missed it. [emoji4]

Too much time can also be harmful. Eventually, you go off on a tangent... and get sidetracked.

Topic Free Planning )
We live in times in which Majesty Consumer gladly lets offerees of non-binding proposals dance around, without paying attention to a reasonable balance between possible scatter range and number of comparison offers. The margins that would allow for play in this regard are long gone.

Topic Construction Method )
Flexibility in planning is nowadays as much given in prefabricated construction as in solid construction. However, claiming a superiority of this construction method is audacious. In solid construction, it is advantageous to keep the one-eighth meter grid "in mind" for the exterior walls; the frequently used clinker-sand (KS) interior walls can then be arranged as one wishes.

Topic "All from One Source" )
In prefabricated construction, this is how it goes, at most the basement comes from somewhere other than the above-ground house. But even in solid construction, many construction companies nowadays handle everything completely themselves.

Topic Catalog House )
The basic needs of Müllers, Schmidts, and Hoppenstedts are so similar that only a handful of variants can be derived for every basic floor size by subdividing a rectangle. On the other hand, every plot of land is different. Therefore, there is both a reasonable approach to having few basic models on the menu and almost never the case that anyone implements these in their original unchanged form.

What no provider can manage is to coach the prospective builder like a personal trainer in man-to-man coverage through their entire journey of self-discovery from the overkill of inspiration to landing in reality.

Arriving with an initial draft – which may well be amateurish – is therefore a good approach. However, the provider initially does not know whether this has not also been emailed to a dozen competitors. And I find it entirely legitimate to first go through the proven plans of basic models with potential customers.

Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for salespeople of large providers to be told "this quarter especially push our such-and-such 123 to the masses, preferably with the XY heating system; we still have a purchase obligation for 450 units."

I would tend to opt for a regional, owner-managed company. And not focus on a specific wall building material or a particular staircase construction (but rather initially observe benevolently what they have the most routine with). Unless one has “religious” convictions about it, for example as a Poroton vegan, then these should be clearly laid on the table. Only then can one reasonably get a grip on their project.

Topic free planning)
we live in times in which Majesty Consumer likes to let providers of non-binding offers dance around, without paying attention to a reasonable relationship between possible margin of error and number of comparable offers. The margins that would be at stake are long gone.

I consider that a cheap excuse. Honestly, I’m not buying bread at the bakery but an investment starting at a quarter of a million. When the mayor plans a new garage at the town hall or something similar, no one asks whether the calculation/preparation of an offer based on a public tender is financially worthwhile for the provider and also does not know who else is “bidding.”

That a proper offer with consultation and also genuine interest in the customer and their ideas and assistance is possible, I was able to experience myself. Unfortunately, that was only a small part.

I think that's a cheap excuse. Honestly, I'm not buying bread from the baker but an investment starting from a quarter of a million.

Requesting quotes has become a kind of popular pastime. There are (unfortunately not rarely) people who just want to know what their dream house costs, who don't even have land yet (or don’t know what a development plan is or how to read it and whether it’s even possible there). Some haven't even had a conversation about which loan amount they qualify for. Just because a serious interested party "hides" among a handful of dreamers, would you write an offer to everyone?

Preparing offers costs money. The one who ultimately buys pays for it.
At least the interested party should know what fits on the property. It might also serve as a marker to classify the interested party. As well as an approximate budget and room program.

We visited three providers.
1. Provider (small, regional) takes the room program, desired size, budget, looks at the property, and starts sketching with a pencil; eventually, an offer came.

2. Provider (large) receives the same information, adapts a model house to our wishes, gave us an offer in which special requests were already incorporated, and told us it wouldn’t proceed without an architect. He can’t do that. The pure prefabricated house part was extremely efficient and well developed. The house suited us; whether it fits the property is another matter.

3. Provider (medium-sized, from the region) looks at the property, talks with the municipality, records our wishes, talks to the demolition company, construction company for the foundation slab and retaining wall, obtains offers. What you want. Only the house he developed was not what we wanted. Much too large, orientation on the property was wrong, rooms were missing, washing machine in the bathroom with 230 sqm living space. The costs, certainly five-figure, should be borne by others.

Try a small provider; they have to approach offers differently than the big ones.