Own contribution - what did you do and would you do it again?

For what you listed in the other post, 200k is already very little, unless it's a 120m² place.

164 sqm living area.

Forgot to list it in the other thread, after so much personal effort we treated ourselves to a vacation, 10 days Turkey All Inclusive
Departure in one hour.

To D'Artanian Nee, bin Einzelunternehmer. To bortel Keine Ahnung, kann nur sagen dass 200k trotzdem darauf gegangen.

Good morning Being a sole proprietor does not equate to "no employees" Olli

Hello, I'll join in here. Has anyone paved their terrace (approx. 10 sqm) and garage driveway / front door (approx. 15 sqm) themselves? If yes, how much do you roughly save compared to an external contractor?

Hello everyone,

We didn't help much with the house itself, as our focus was more on awarding the trades, which took a lot of time for research and appointments. Nevertheless, we couldn't resist doing a few things ourselves:

Out of curiosity and since we know our carpenter well, we helped insulate the upper floor ceiling including the roof structure and roofing (took one weekend). It was fun, and we gained experience and saved about €1500 in the process.

Furthermore, we did the preparation work for the interior plaster ourselves, such as setting the Stucanet, painting adhesion primer on concrete parts, etc. I don't know how much we saved there - it wasn't much.

Then we also helped the specialist company with setting the panoramic fireplace – saving another €1000. However, the motivation here was more the interest in the matter itself.

Last but not least, lots of painting work, ceiling spots and lamps, and all the little things.

What I never wanted to do and didn’t do was the preparation work for the screed, such as insulating the floors, etc. When I see the expert who can do a floor in one day (alone), compared to friends of mine who need a week for the same area – phew. And as clean as he did it, we personally could never do it.