Prefabricated house in solid construction - Which construction company

So far, many thanks again to everyone who supports us with advice and assistance. Perhaps the "classic" solid house is indeed something for us. The choice was limited for us from the beginning because I did not expect to be able to afford the budget for a custom-designed solid house and therefore we had focused on a "prefabricated house."

Hello ypg, sorry for the confusion. As Nordlys already wrote, I aim to hand over the house construction project to a company and let them handle it. I understand that they usually hire other companies (specialists), but that doesn’t bother me. In the end, I want to avoid having to contact and hire each individual party myself. I’d rather choose from a "palette" and say I would like the house "Haftanstalt 2000" with the following special requests: XYZ

Regards,

Marco

A company that lets loose is called a general contractor, or GC for short, and usually offers turn-key construction. Turn-key can mean a lot of things, though. GCs don’t like to subcontract trades because self-performed work disrupts logistics (self-inflicted delays, poor planning conditions for the GC, no working hand-in-hand). Usually, it’s painting and flooring work, possibly some minor electrical work, that you can or even must do yourself!

Most people here in the forum build with a GC. Some still with an architect. So the full spectrum of the forum is available to you – what doesn’t concern building with a GC can be quickly gleaned.

Best regards in brief

Look around in the region. In our town, there is a company that builds the shell including earthworks. They work together with a planner 2 Str. away. He takes care of the building application, structural engineering, construction supervision, and they also work with other craftsmen. Maybe there is something like that where you are.

They are exactly tailored to builders like you. Unfortunately, too far away for you.

The selection was limited for us from the very beginning because I did not expect to be able to afford the budget for a custom-designed solid house

In fact, the opposite is more the case: "He who pays the piper calls the tune" – the architect directly commissioned by you is also a better friend to your wallet than one employed by the house provider.

Almost every housing magazine annually shows cases where the most successful combination of living quality and cost-saving construction was achieved by an independent architect.

Individual planning with your own architect is not more expensive. What is (unnecessarily) expensive is only a mistaken individual planning: that is, when you have a cookie-cutter plan designed "exclusively."

"Free planning" must virtually always be the case if you do not have a universal-optimal plot. So, mostly.

And saving, as already says, comes from critically questioning frills like bay windows, corner windows & co. – you don’t have to completely forego them, just handle them with budget awareness.

I could recommend our construction company "Weton Massivhaus," they are near you. We are building with them for the second time now and have been very satisfied so far. You can have your house completely freely planned there, and you can choose between different [Ausbaustufen], depending on how much you want to do yourself.

Best regards
Sabine

I could recommend our construction company "Weton Massivhaus," they are near you.

Right, I had completely forgotten about them earlier. They are in the Limburg area. If you might want to consider timber frame prefabricated builders after all: in the region there is Fingerhut, in Neunkhausen (roughly around Betzdorf).