Hello Bari,
we are building in RLP. Solid construction, 150sqm, 2 full floors, without a basement, double garage. In the end, we will be at your estimated 350,000 EUR. However WITHOUT land and WITHOUT a basement. And with us, the sqm costs 75 EUR. I believe you won’t get very far with that in BW.
We have a cost plan from our architect as well as two offers from solid house providers. All three totals are within +/- 10,000 EUR at the end of the day.
At the beginning, of course, we also thought we would get significantly more for the money. But the ads in the newspaper are always just bait offers. There are additional construction incidental costs, extra expenses for fittings, etc.
It’s no different with Town & Country. Nothing general can be said about the company itself, as these are regional franchisees.
A basement was also our wish at the beginning (like for almost everyone). But it would cost us about 40,000 to 50,000 EUR. Therefore, the topic was quickly settled for us. It’s simply not worth it to us; we don’t want to pay for the house our entire life. We are now just building a larger double garage (6.5m x 9m). And thus still have about 20 sqm of storage space behind the cars.
If you buy land + house from one provider, you pay 5% real estate transfer tax on the total price. That also makes quite a difference.