Regarding all this nonsense, I can only say: first world problems.
If it becomes problematic to live on €3000 a month, you’re saying goodbye to reality. And in a big way.
To the OP: You have the craftsmen including the bricklayer, right? Then definitely insist on having the garage in the building plan including the permit and build the garage at the very end if there’s still money left.
Foundations, walls, and ring beams can then be done by yourselves with the help of friends and acquaintances. That then hardly costs much.
Thanks for your contribution!
We pretty much decided that today in the family council.
But the garage will definitely be a good bit smaller. We agreed on 40 sqm instead of 56 sqm.
My cousin will certainly get a week off to help us with the masonry and will bring a friend along. And we also mobilized a few other buddies who can help out with the garage for 1-2 days. The standards aren’t as high as with the house if a wall isn’t 100% straight.
My girlfriend’s parents would also support us financially so that the garage isn’t left out. We hope it works without their help. But it’s good to know that help would be there in an emergency.
However, if already significant unplanned costs arise during the earthworks or the shell construction of the house, then the garage will have to be left out after all.
I can’t understand that €3k after rent wouldn’t be enough.
But since it’s not understood the other way around either—that we manage well and happily with significantly less—it balances out again.