Urge to sign due to price increase normal?

Every year has four quarter-ends that can be "over-sterilized" into imaginary deadlines. From the perspective of a home seller, there is no reason to be more reliable than a used car dealer. But from their point of view, any time pressure is good: if you only decide on this provider after the seller has already taken a job elsewhere, he probably won't see a commission either. That small piece of paper connected to the big piece of paper you sign interests him.

For you as home builders, on the other hand, it would be foolish to sign the contract for the house without having the necessary land. In the end, he may even force you to have a piece of land brokered as well so that your signature was not a fraud. Because that is a contract conclusion knowing that it cannot be fulfilled (or where should the house be parked without land?).

There are some who are actually turning the price screw in Q1. Even 3.5% is not unusual now. Business is running. And the sellers are well trained. Nevertheless; you should take all the time in the world. It is rumored that in some providers the legal department has become quite sizable (to basically monetize all the cancellations). Namely, in the definition there are sometimes huge differences in the wording (sometimes along the lines of you only get out if even our financial advisor couldn't somehow cobble together a financing for you; and it's only about somehow making it work on paper).

We visited two prefabricated house providers and a general contractor. No one pressured us.

However, we also had experiences with sometimes aggressive salespeople in the model home parks, especially at A, B, F, H, O.

Try small local providers, whether brick by brick, solid wood, or timber frame.

Get information here about the additional construction costs. Salespeople tend to underestimate them.

I would have the contract and the construction service description checked. Only sign once the land is secured.

Although we ourselves have never had these experiences, we looked around in the prefab house sector for far too long – for our taste today... We are now building with architects and local craftsmen and feel much more comfortable doing so than we ever could have felt with any O, Fs or Bs in the prefab house park. Take a look around the parks and gather impressions. You will quickly realize what you like and what you don’t. You gain a feeling for sizes and floor plans. I always really enjoyed that. You can dream and in the evening at home with paper and pen, draw a little “your” house on your plot (or just on an imaginary ). Talking with the manufacturers is also possible. Also signing contracts. But never under pressure and certainly not without a fixed plot of land! And as has already been said: some people probably spend much longer on buying a car than was just expected from you to make an investment for life! Take your time!

It was the same with us. In the end, we ended up with the local general contractor and, unlike the cheapest prefab house provider, the price still included a ventilation system and a garage.

Since the whole bureaucracy disappears (show home, marketing department, numerous salespeople, sample exhibition), the small companies around the corner are usually cheaper!

Prices have been rising for years, and it depends solely on you how you deal with it. Keep in mind that you will probably be paying for it for the rest of your working life.

And you can forget the tip about the architect, because it's not him who sets the prices but the construction companies, and they adjust to the demand. It is no coincidence that construction projects regularly become more expensive than stated by the architect. In the blue [was] recently the talk of a 20% increase in the last 2 years.

What you should do is put your wishes in writing and include them in the contract.