Prefab house made of Neopor - experiences?

Yes, that was one of the providers back then. Had a comprehensive website, "how easy everything is." Maybe there is more choice now. I still find the concept interesting. But the overall package has to be right.

I have to honestly say I would very much like to keep a construction diary, so there is a detailed report/process of what it’s like to build with Neopor.

I have also already considered creating a WordPress homepage. So far I haven’t done it because I doubt I will have the time in the evenings to also feed the "Internet."

Maybe I will regret our decision sometime, if that is the case it should be well documented. So that others don’t make the same mistake.

But if we are completely satisfied with it and also happy with it in the following years, then others should be able to read about it too. There are so many who are interested, but apparently only a few who actually build with it and then write something about it on the Internet.

Why actually?

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There are so many who are interested, but apparently only a few who actually build with it and then also write something about it on the Internet. Why is that, actually?

My answer you basically already know: I suspect that people are reluctant to admit that they underestimated the ease of the DIY task. Marketing often portrays it as if with formwork blocks any halfwit could raise their house in no time – a bit of playing with Lego and then a call to the ready-mix concrete plant and the house is done. In reality, there is a bit more effort involved; and above all, a lot of planning about what else has to go into the wall before the concrete. DIY fortune hunters who skip the brainwork then end up with dry-installed drain pipes standing in front of the wall – who would then want to broadcast their foolishness on the Internet as well ...

You basically already know my answer: I suspect, ...

Well, we Germans are a people who constantly complain, and especially on the internet where we apparently feel anonymous and untouchable, there is actually more complaining than praising. So I think that when so many have fallen flat on their faces, they look for someone else to blame and also vent their frustration. But here there is probably only one sentence that should stand. Whoever doesn't dare doesn't win. (or lose)

So I think that when so many have fallen flat on their faces with it, they look for someone else to blame and vent their frustration.

But such complainers would probably rather "spam" online communities (if one can consider spelling mistakes with numerous exclamation marks !!! as "texts") than provide visual proof in blogs – which at least require a rudimentary imprint with a real name – that the botched job actually originated from their side.

Have you really found nothing at all there, i.e. do the shuttering block suppliers also not link to such "Hans and Grete build Lego" pages?

Well, either I'm being a bit stupid or there really is very little about it. Of course, there are a few pictures of Isorast and the like, showing a family building the little house themselves. However, that is too staged and provides too little information. Mostly, there are just a few pictures and a bit of text.