Total costs for a single-family house in 2019

Thank you very much for the feedback!

So nothing has happened contractually yet, so the planning is still at a very early stage. A general contractor contract will not be signed. If I understand correctly, such a contract only comes into question if you want to have a company build turnkey. We don't want that. Planning is done by the architect, construction by individual companies that we commission. Therefore, a period of 6-8 months from planning before the first groundbreaking should actually be realistic, or am I really that wrong?

The plot is relatively flat, maybe 1 meter difference in height over 25 meters

Many thanks already for the feedback!

So nothing has been contractually agreed yet, the planning is therefore still at the very beginning.
A general contractor contract will not be signed. If I understand correctly, such a contract only comes into question if you want to have a turnkey build done by a company.
We do not want that. Planning is done by the architect, construction by individual companies that we hire.
Therefore, a period of 6-8 months from planning until the first groundbreaking should actually be realistic, or am I really that wrong?

The plot is relatively flat, maybe 1 meter difference in height over 25 meters

We are also building with architects and individual trades. My electrician said last week that he will only get a shell builder for himself privately in late summer 2019 if he confirms now. So now you know.

I hope you have a good architect who does not complain because he does not get trades and offers after the tender.
The situation is really not funny right now, you will be surprised.

For my part, I am glad that I have started now and that all my tradespeople know each other from school. From the shell builder to the architect to the construction coordinator.

Otherwise, it must be said: Everything was done right with the idea of awarding individual trades. I know my house and the materials in detail and have contact with every trade at any time. Depending on communication needs and urgency, I get called or can call until 8 p.m. My neighbor, who is building with a general contractor, neither knew how big his windows are nor how big each room is, although he is often on the construction site. But we started planning already 1.5 years ago.

From my point of view, I wouldn’t count on 2k€ anymore in 2019, because the Baukindergeld is definitely factored in here. Usually with 2 children it’s 24k€. That aside...

Have you already signed a general contractor contract? If not, then there won’t be a start of construction in 2019 but rather spring 2020.

Now let’s calculate...

Min. 2200€ per sqm but for 2020
=330k€
Construction ancillary costs 30-40k€
Detached garage 25k€
Possibly an upgrade of 10-15k€ depending on the general contractor and equipment.
Outdoor facilities min. 20k€

Total 415k€-430k€ without land.

I already had 90% of the offers by the end of 2017 for financing. Now at the start of construction all offers per individual trade have become more than 5% more expensive. That easily makes 20k€ additional costs.