A big player like Bien-Zenker or von Heiden may have advantages in purchasing. But it also has disadvantages. It needs a sales department, in my case that’s the boss himself alone. Sales wants to earn money... They print colorful catalogs, have model home parks, do advertising. My general contractor (GC) doesn’t do any of that, he doesn’t even have a website, doesn’t need one, it works anyway. They maintain model centers where you can add overpriced tiles and such and sometimes have to. My GC has nothing like that, he sends you to his building material suppliers, pick something from there. That’s included in the price, above that you pay extra. There are no site managers. Each trade has a non-commissioned officer who coordinates that, a kind of foreman, and the builder deals with him as long as their part is ongoing. Surcharges for electrical and sanitary are arranged directly with them. That doesn’t go through the GC at all. All that saves money in the end, so although he probably buys more expensively than von Heiden for example, in the end he is still cheaper. Karsten