Kitchen surcharge after order placement

I can count myself lucky. We also started with the kitchen planning and discussions in 2019. Then we signed the construction contract in the fall. Several trips to the furniture store until the final kitchen purchase agreement. Also negotiated a bit with the kitchen salesperson. The contract was then signed at the beginning of 20 and an installation was scheduled for Nov./Dec. 20. We had to wait for the house approval. When the kitchen installers arrived and set up the kitchen, it was Dec. 20. The final completion (since there were still some follow-up tasks) then took place in April of this year. Result: We even paid less for our kitchen than previously agreed. Because in the last half of the year 16% VAT still applied. The kitchen installer still had to complete the follow-up work anyway. It was a bit strange, but we were very happy about it. :) So things can also turn out well.

Ok. I only asked because you usually get an offer price (normal for many in the kitchen industry), which is then pushed down after several "negotiations." If this was not the case here, sorry for the assumption. However, I find it surprising that you have been carrying the offer for three quarters of a year already. Yes, it is usually necessary with the general contractor to come up with the kitchen planning very early. The kitchen builder has adapted to having the kitchen "on hold" for three quarters of a year or longer, which is then called off six weeks in advance. But whether you should just basically let the kitchen builder do this so self-evidently? Ultimately it has become a habit. Win-win for all: GC, client, contractor. What surprises me now a bit: haven’t you signed the kitchen contract yet?

We felt like we changed our kitchen 100 times, so we haven’t really negotiated prices much yet. But we also knew from visits to several other kitchen studios that the price there is very good and we feel comfortable with them. We haven’t signed yet, no. We wanted to do that now. Our GC has also had all installation plans for 2 months, meaning we decided on the dimensions a long time ago— it was more a matter of optical details that were still problematic.

So you have a kitchen installer with moderate prices and the patience to carry out a hundred changes over three quarters of a year without anything being signed? I wouldn’t complain about the 4.5% with so much goodwill, which you might even be able to avoid.

So you have a kitchen builder with moderate prices and the patience to let you make a hundred changes over three quarters of a year without anything being signed?
I wouldn't complain about the 4.5% given so much goodwill, which you might even be able to avoid.

For what reason? Every time I make a change I receive an offer with the current price and the new validity of the offer.

Exactly for such a reason I go to a proper kitchen builder and not to a run-of-the-mill furniture store that wants a signature after one conversation.

For what reason? I receive an offer with the current price and the new validity of the offer every time there is a change, don't I?

Exactly for such a reason, I also go to a proper kitchen builder and not to a run-of-the-mill furniture store that wants a signature after one conversation.

So how many hours of service have you already used free of charge? Without the dealer having any guarantee that you will actually buy from them?

For what reason? I receive an offer with the current price and the new validity of the offer every time there are changes, don't I?

Well, but with a hundred changes that must have been a lot of time invested by the kitchen dealer, which was not additionally paid for either.

There is no TZ in our contract. However, the fact that the kitchen is definitely ordered only after the measurement.