New standards in new construction and their impact on us

Hello everyone,

a quick question for you: How do you see the new standards for new buildings and what could they mean for all of us? It seems that the requirements for new constructions are currently rising enormously. Politics is increasingly emphasizing energy efficiency and sustainability, which of course also affects construction costs. This could have significant consequences for many of us who are thinking about building a new house or buying a property. On the one hand, it is naturally good that we build more environmentally friendly and sustainably, but this could also drive real estate prices even higher. What do you think about this? How do you think these new standards will affect the real estate market and should we, as future builders or buyers, pay attention to anything specific?
Looking forward to your opinions! ;)

How do you see the new standards for new buildings and what they could mean for all of us?

Significant reduction in construction costs, what else? But it will mainly affect multi-story residential buildings. I read today in an article about construction costs falling by up to €1,000/sqm. But there is still a long way to go until the regulations are legally established.

Significant reduction in construction costs, what else? But this will mainly affect multi-storey residential buildings.

I read today in an article about construction costs falling by up to €1,000/sqm. But it is still a long way to go until the regulations are legally established.

Exactly, I read a similar article in a major German online newspaper. It mainly dealt with cooperative housing projects or larger residential projects financed by investors, especially in social housing, regarding the fact that by lowering construction standards that are not relevant to building safety, the attractiveness of such projects can be increased through a significant reduction in costs. This is hoped to stimulate new housing construction, especially in the lower rent price segment.

I am not very familiar with the real estate market; I think there are participants here with much more insight, but at least to me it seems that the technical standards or building regulations in new construction will medium to long term rather stagnate or not be raised further.
Most likely, one has to look separately at the largely private single-family home sector and the multi-family residential construction carried out by professional investors. However, I see no reason for the pessimism implied between the lines in the first post of this thread. As one has seen with the Building Energy Act, things are rarely as bad as they are made out to be, to put it bluntly. At least I do not know a single family that is now on the brink of ruin because of the GEG, which is often claimed, although of course my personal circle of experience only has anecdotal relevance.

Reducing construction costs: the most effective method to reduce construction costs is first of all to come back to reality. Many have succumbed to a certain megalomania. In times of low interest rates, it couldn’t be big enough.

If you look through the relevant forums, it also couldn’t be good enough. Fingerprint for the front door, a cooking landscape, etc., etc., and of course all on a correspondingly large scale, including the kitchen for 20 grand (and more). But when it came to investing even 2,000 euros (which doesn’t even correspond to one square meter of living space!!) (and thus saving heating costs in the long term), everyone screamed insulation madness, coercion, rubbish, etc., etc...

On the other hand, I am currently experiencing sheer madness: single-family house, photovoltaic system, heat pump, wallbox: the supplier demands 3 meter spots plus 2 TSG. You can just google what a device like that costs for a single-family house(!!)...

On the other hand, I am currently experiencing pure madness: Single-family house, photovoltaic system, heat pump, wallbox: the supplier demands 3 meter slots plus 2 TSG. You can google what such a device costs for a single-family house (!!)...

We had that too - and it was then reduced to a single meter with two directions.

In our case, it depended on our billing preferences - and we very quickly argued in favor of "let it go." We would have to buy electricity quite cheaply for a long time before it would pay off.

In the end, we just have the one meter, since the car is only charged in the summer anyway, and the photovoltaic system supplies the rest as best it can for the rest of the year. The rest then runs on "general electricity."

This was mainly about cooperative housing projects or larger housing projects financed by investors, especially in social housing, in terms of lowering construction standards,

Yep. For example, thickness of the concrete ceiling (sound insulation), number of sockets, lowering the temperature in the bathroom from 24 to 20 degrees (saving wall heaters), wooden floor ceilings possible even without screed, and other points. Deviation from aRdT is not directly a construction defect. These are the major areas.