Price increase - Our construction company wants 21.4% more

This actually leads too far here now, but why you can't (or won't?) understand this is beyond me. Perhaps you haven't read/followed the thread completely. I'll try again: I said that I find the legal position of the small and mostly non-expert home builders in building law generally way too weak and that this (in my opinion) should be changed significantly. I did not specify exactly how. The right of withdrawal was just an arbitrary example of how well consumers can be protected if one wants to. I even explicitly wrote that I do not want a right of withdrawal in building law (which logically makes no sense anyway, but for specialists like you I said it explicitly :D) and regarding Pinki it was not meant at all, but rather generally.

I have followed the thread completely. I suspect I have known Pinki’s story much longer than you. But that has nothing to do with it. My actual question remains unanswered. You take a clearly defined, understandable, and correct law as an example in relation to what happened to Pinki. I ask, what should a comparable law look like that would have protected Pinki from this situation? Nevertheless, you are right, this leads too far.

My actual question remains unanswered. You take a clearly defined, understandable, and correct law as an example in relation to what happened to Pinki. I ask, what should a comparable law look like that would have protected Pinki from this situation?

But you are doing this on purpose now......or do you really mean that? :D
I have repeatedly stated that I did NOT relate this to Pinki. How much clearer do I have to say that? It’s just not possible. Your question may appear unanswered to you, but that is because it doesn’t actually address what I have said/written. There’s nothing to answer... I simply never expressed it the way you keep saying or misunderstanding.

And again, it’s only about giving an example of how well consumers can be protected and not that I want a right of withdrawal in the construction sector. This is with regard to the discussion that took place here briefly in the thread between me and, for example, 11ant, etc., or more precisely with regard to my statement/opinion on how bad the legal situation in construction law generally is for the small homeowner.

Well, information is something you have to fetch, not something that is brought to you. Since January the pig of price increases has been galloping through the new development villages – I would have sought a conversation by March at the latest about what to expect. And I wouldn’t have gone to an appraisal calmly two months after the price lock ended. We have asked the trades multiple times since the start of the price explosion if the calculations are still correct. That’s part of building.

In fact, I assumed that the contracting party would inform us of the price change (in a proper letter, with justification, notice of cancellation period, exit conditions, etc.) and I waited for that after 30.06./end of the price guarantee, not that we would have to ask. When I signed the contract in December 2019, I wanted to know beforehand from the company whether price increases were to be expected in 2020, otherwise we would have taken more time. Back then, I was advised in the forum that this was unwise because I would be prompting price increases.

Addendum, since the processing time was exceeded: After nothing came after 06/30, I even thought, "Oh, how nice of them, they are not even charging us the extra 0.4% per month" and was absolutely impressed by the company. :-) The idea that one would inform "customers," who have a 4.5-hour journey, in the late afternoon just before office closing time that they had to pay xx% more never even occurred to me. But, I was warned in the forum that the construction industry is "special" and have already read shocking examples from you here. In fact, for exactly this reason, I wanted a well-established company from Germany. With what I now know, I would always prefer to purchase an existing building, despite all its disadvantages. And even though I will certainly be "reprimanded" for this now, I did not even deduct the 5% at the first payment, which was to be made before the sample selection, which I could have deducted as the "exact term escapes me," because it didn't seem fair to me. I can honestly only laugh about that now... you really have to be that stupid first. :)

I didn’t even deduct the 5% at the first payment, which had to be made before the sample selection, that I could have deducted as "I forgot the exact term," because it didn’t seem fair to me.

We didn’t either back then. Didn’t know anything about it.

you really have to be that stupid first. :)

… nothing changed for us because of that. I wouldn’t call it stupidity. You don’t build a house as a means to argue.

We didn’t either back then. Didn’t know anything about it. … nothing has changed for us because of it. I wouldn’t call it stupidity. After all, you don’t build a house as a means to argue.

Thank you, I appreciate your understanding.