Is new construction under 400k€ still actually possible?

Keep it up...and if necessary, you'll stay under 300 too.

Well, I find the Nordlys entertaining. And you surely don’t have to weigh every word on a gold scale.

Roller shutters - definitely a good thing at my mother-in-law’s, at least on the south side. The sun really blasts in there, plus she has large windows (built at the end of the 60s). We don’t have any. Don’t need them either, since it’s a half-timbered house with 80x60 windows; if it gets too hot, we air out in the evening or turn on the ceiling fan in the bedroom (unfortunately on the south side). And eventually, we want to reinstall the shutters that are waiting to be refurbished in the attic. (Are there actually still new buildings with shutters?)

I find it a bit of a shame with all the new houses that they have floor-to-ceiling windows, but these are almost covered all day by the roller shutters. At the neighbors: in the morning the things go up at 7, then the sun comes and at 10 they’re down again. In the afternoon at 2 pm they briefly go up, at 4 pm back down. But it’s not really great to always look at those things from inside, is it?

Finally, a woman understands me...

Since the bare house price without additional construction costs, garage, etc. is taken, even painting and flooring are extra, meaning: the 2000€/sqm refer to an offered "turnkey" single-family house according to the Energy Saving Ordinance 100, Karsten's is even below 1500€/sqm. And that is not distorted or sugar-coated.

Without the garage, yes. But until now, I always had the rest included in the 2000€/sqm. Especially floors and walls. Otherwise, it fits, right?

I find it a bit unfortunate with all the new houses that, although they have floor-to-ceiling windows, these are covered almost all day by the roller shutters. At the neighbors': in the morning, the things go up around 7, then the sun comes, and by 10 they are down again. In the afternoon at 2 pm briefly up, 4 pm down again. But it's not so great to always look at those things from inside, is it?

In our house, we adjust the roller shutter to the sun position in midsummer. We have windows in the living/dining area facing E/SE. There is usually always a part of the windows with the roller shutter up, but where the sun shines directly, they are down.

I wouldn’t want to miss that.

Are we talking about [Rollläden] or [Jalousien] here? We have both. In the bedrooms [Rollläden] and otherwise [Jalousien]. This way you can shade during the summer months and still have enough daylight inside. I don’t know what some people see as a problem here...