Solid house or prefab house - experiences?

Thank you for the confirmation. I read that everywhere in forums, but of course the manufacturers insist on how great it is. We were also shown with a thermometer that the floor is 24°C and the wall 23°C - no problem at all...

Great, yes. But then please in a house that clearly falls below KfW 40. And not just nicely calculated on paper.

Nice corner. Then I don't need to name you 2 small construction companies. You are too far away. You will find the company that suits you. In the meantime, we also felt totally lost. Actually, more often until moving in. For us, it was a coincidence to find the right partner.

By the way, I also prefer smaller companies. One contact person from start to finish. No complaints department, no glossy brochures, no model homes. Instead, transparency and flexibility. We had exactly 2 contact persons throughout the entire construction and planning phase. Once the boss who plans himself and accompanied us from the first meeting to acceptance, and fairly soon the site manager joined. All the craftsmen were local, and we have already commissioned or further recommended some of them again.

Big mistake! Small does not mean bad or inexperienced at the same time. Regionally and experienced = ask for good references. Then I would always prefer the "small" one and not the inflexible "big" one.

OK, I’ll put it differently: If I’m already moving away from prefab houses, then I want to build solidly. For me, timber frame construction would have been more of a compromise.

See previous answers. Detach yourself from prefab houses. But here too – the big ones have problems. See also the first answer.
Prefabricated parts require, and that is the only "problem," good planning. Nothing more and nothing less.

Well, that should always be the case – regardless of the construction method. But as I said, the problem here was more that we didn’t feel comfortable with it.

No. You first need to know what the house should look like. Off-the-shelf or individual. And then you can think about other topics like wall structure, general contractor, etc. Wrong approach, which often ends in a dead end.
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We already roughly know that. Especially with prefab houses, everyone plans based on existing floor plans and shifts AO long walls, works with "sun islands" or other products to somehow get close to our planning. I can’t imagine that it would have been different with an architect. In short: they’re out anyway.

Yes. But you pay him directly, and he does what you want. The draftsman of a general contractor/system house provider receives his salary from company XYZ and (almost) exclusively represents their interests (= to process everything as simply as possible and make a lot of money from you in the process).

Who decides the music at the club? You, because you pay the entrance fee, or the club owner, because he pays the DJ? I prefer to be the club owner = pay my own architect.
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Yes, that makes sense. Since we have now decided against prefab houses, we should look for the most independent architect possible...

Not a mistake. But 145 sqm well planned is better than 170 sqm with a lot of nonsense like unnecessary traffic areas, unusable rooms, etc.

That may be. But if 145 sqm is simply too small, the best planning won’t help me. We have no special frills or anything else. The biggest deviation is a bay window facing west and south.

OK, I’ll put it differently: If I’m moving away from a prefabricated house, then I want to build solid. For me, timber frame construction would have been more of a compromise.

Ok. But this attitude also stems from a bias against timber frame construction and is not based on facts. Timber framing also has various advantages over solid construction.

Maybe. But if 145 sqm is simply too small, even the best planning won’t help me.

What does "too small" mean? What is your list of requirements that it absolutely has to be 180 sqm? Don’t just run off with size – that costs money and does not necessarily mean everything.

OK, I’ll put it differently: If I’m moving away from a prefabricated house, then I want to build solidly. For me, timber frame construction would have been more of a compromise.

I think you need to rephrase even more: What is a prefabricated house, what is solid?

Solid: aerated concrete? Poroton with lots of air surrounded by clay? Sand-lime brick with lots of Styrofoam for thermal insulation?

Prefabricated house: thin walls with plaster and plaster carrier made of Styrofoam?

Or no plastic fantasy foil but a diffusion-open wall construction?