House price, how to compare?

Hello,

According to which criteria do you actually compare the price of turnkey houses?

Reasonably by square meters; the plot of land is excluded. I described approximate reference values in the previous post.

As "Kikolool" correctly pointed out, you can't avoid comparing the construction descriptions via a table; a small help (but really a small help) can be the sample construction description from the consumer advice center. If you don't feel comfortable doing that, professional help is available everywhere.

Basically, you have to assume that what is not described in the construction description (BB) — or in so-called additional agreements (ZV) — is considered not purchased. Therefore — if a seller makes promises that are not found in the BB or ZV, always insist that they are confirmed in writing. A reputable provider will have no problems with this; if a provider refuses, you should immediately eliminate them.

Rhenish regards

Hello,

we also proceeded exactly as the construction expert just described.

Created an Excel spreadsheet and displayed the construction service description broken down in it. It was really a huge amount of work, but the results were sometimes very surprising. Many providers, whom we had previously considered rather expensive, quickly proved to be relatively affordable due to the included equipment and even turned out to be rather cheap. We also discovered that some providers could not or would not fulfill some of our requests.

The effort is definitely worth it.

Best regards,

Dirk

Hello,


That is simply not entirely correct.


The costs you described also fit your region.

It actually depends on which part of Germany is being built; the €1,500.00/sqm here "only" mark an average value. In Bavaria, south of you, €1,700.00/sqm and above are not uncommon; in the north of the republic, rather €1,400.00/sqm can be assumed. The east is slowly catching up, so here too one should rather calculate with €1,400.00/sqm; for NRW I already calculate with €1,550.00/sqm. All approximate reference values for a medium standard; at least built according to Kfw 70 and in the "turnkey" variant (without painting work + floor coverings).

From 01.01.2015 the reference values will change, as a price increase of 3-4% - across all trades - is imminent ;)

Rhenish greetings

The only question left is whether the basement is included. That would make a noticeable difference.

Hello,

The only question left is whether the basement is included.

No. Including the utility basement, you can safely assume between €2,100.00 and €2,300.00/sqm.

Rhineland greetings

Hi!

I also made a table and entered the prices per service.

In addition, I asked about special requests:
- additional skylight
- floor-to-ceiling window additional
- extra tiling work

And the topic of "flexibility" was also interesting to me. What can still be changed after signing, etc.

In the end, we decided based on price, but also on likeability. The overall package just fit! ;-)

Greetings

I also have to say that in the end, we actually decided only to a limited extent based on the price, but rather according to gut feeling. If it was "too cheap," I was already skeptical; you also don't want it to be too expensive. Then many remain in the mid-price segment. Here we compared the construction service descriptions, etc. but ultimately we chose a general contractor we simply felt most comfortable with or with whom we could most easily imagine such a project.