Software for project planning/tracking in house construction

What you need for the topic of house construction can be done with the basic functions of any random tool.

... with the already mentioned shortcomings. ;)

And if the parties involved do not use the tool directly, you can still map the administration in it and have corresponding emails sent – still a relief. But there are still people today who go to the field work with an ox cart. You can do that if efficiency doesn’t matter, but for me that would be too tedious.

Again, who else should use it besides the builders?

At least the construction manager/architect.

Like the master craftsman who asked me whether I wanted the offer by mail or fax?

Well, I have not received a single offer by fax/mail anymore. Maybe our craftsmen are all the big exception.

Or should I create colorful reports for my own house building project about how many tickets I have processed?

If that is important to you, you can get them, but I rather see the benefit in operational support.

where everyone can be forced to use it.

If you have to force people to do it, then they have not yet understood the benefit for themselves. However, that is not uncommon. It used to be known that everything was better anyway, so it’s hard to adjust to innovations ... :rolleyes:

At least the construction manager/architect

Exactly, and the OP is neither.
The client is the principal, not the project manager. Therefore, they are not well placed in tools for operational project management.

The tools I mentioned were only necessary because we had awarded individual trades. For a general contractor contract, there is no need for a separate construction schedule (it comes from outside, with few own trades/dates to coordinate) nor billing books (I had to track about 150 invoices, discounts, retention of security, deductions for the bank).
At best, a wish list, a contract, and 1-10 payment dates, whose legitimacy must be verified, are sufficient. Collection.

Exactly, and the OP is neither.

Context?! It was not about it being used ONLY by the mentioned persons but ALSO. ;)

For a general contractor contract you neither need your own construction schedule planning (comes from external, to be coordinated with few own trades/appointments) nor invoice books

Unfortunately, I see that completely differently, because the so-called external construction schedule planning is, at least in most construction projects I know, less planning and more coincidental. A central documentation and preferably also control already helps immensely.

At best, a wish list, a contract, and 1-10 payment dates, whose legitimacy must be checked, are enough. Collection.

Have you ever built like that? Then you shouldn’t be surprised if not the dream house but a cost- and effort-optimized variant of an approximate idea of it arises. I would not want to live in the house that would have come into being completely without my involvement.

If I were building with a standard prefabricated house builder, where I just tick three boxes and then a house eventually stands there, I wouldn’t ask for or need something like that. We are building with an architect and free choice of craftsmen, so something like this seems useful to me for an overview. I once had Todoist, but nowadays I can also do that with shared iCloud task lists. I find Asana and Trello interesting...

I currently do not at all assume that these tools will be used by anyone other than my wife and me. I could still imagine the architect using them, but if he uses something like that, I’ll probably have to adapt to him. He’s not going to reorganize his office because of me.

I once had Todoist, but by now I can also do that with shared iCloud task lists. I find Asana and Trello exciting...

Same story and tools for me back then. However, if you are seriously considering the latter, be sure to also check out MeisterTask!

For me, it ultimately ended up with the iCloud shared notes, reminders, and iCal you mentioned. Everything is tracked and documented in Excel (Numbers).
The latter offers a correspondingly "simple overview," which can also be used for the bank for proofs or fund withdrawals....

I also find the topic very exciting right now, as we are just at the very beginning and, with some luck, we will finally have a plot of land in a month. At first, I also thought about using teams in order to use Planner, etc., but unfortunately, I had to realize that in the Office365 family version, there is basically only a chat program left from teams. No workspaces and no Planner either. Apparently, you can't "add" it either. Do you have any experience with that? Or is there a tool that you would now prefer to acquire afterwards?