Why building a house almost always costs more than calculated

2016-07-01 20:18:16

We only ended up with the terraced house because the location is so great - originally we had only been looking for a condominium.

Well-built terraced houses: There is absolutely nothing against them, as I have seen almost 50 times in the immediate neighborhood.

Nice layouts - good constructions, very high living quality. Significant cost savings possible (fixed 80-100T with the same living space). Less garden/work.

The only disadvantage: The floors. I am glad that I only have one, after my accident and the still ongoing hip problems, which are easing though. But well - even here I had to go up the stairs with walking aids, it works.

Admittedly: I enjoy being able to walk conveniently around the house, that was what I wanted back then. However, looking at the neighbors next door in the terraced houses I see: It doesn't have to be that way, they all treat each other with so much respect and politeness. In retrospect: I could have bought one too, there were still some available at the time.

Best regards
Thorsten

2016-07-03 17:54:25

Hello,

The only disadvantage: The floors.

Exactly for that reason, we are now building a small single-story bungalow as a retirement home.

On the actual topic:
The most important question from my point of view is: am I building for myself or for others? If a shower curtain is considered "social housing," as was said here, albeit ironically, but presumably based on a kernel of truth, then that somehow can't be good.

2016-07-04 09:15:01

To the actual topic:
The most important question from my point of view is: am I building for myself or for others? If a shower curtain is already considered "social housing", as was said here somewhat ironically but presumably based on a true core, then that can't be good somehow.

Since I read this here quite often:
I think the term doesn't really come to the intended builder's mind when they choose a shower door/open shower or decide against a shower curtain.

In my opinion, two other points are more relevant here:
1. People know the shower curtains from the past and no longer want them in that form.
When it comes to shower curtains, I always think of how we used to shower in the bathtub as kids, and the water would run down the shower curtain. Since it sometimes didn't end up in the tub for me, but (for whatever reason) went over the rim of the tub, the water then flowed on the outside onto the tiles. That didn't bother me as a kid – probably my mother did. That's why I didn't want a shower curtain. Of course, I know that shower curtains are also used with a normal shower – but my inner eye shows me the past.
2. The comparing/measuring with acquaintances described initially by . You can see it. They have it – that's great – I want that too. Or rather, I have to have it because XY has it too.

2016-07-04 11:25:49

Whereas the price is not as limited as the functions. (At least from what I have read so far in the KNX forum.)

OFFTOPIC: Can you summarize that in a few sentences? I would be very interested...

2016-07-04 12:38:57

Hello Yvonne,

I’m very happy that you like it. The layout posed serious challenges for our builder. At first, he resisted the position of the kitchen because he had never done it that way before. Then he was somewhat reluctant to remove all the interior walls, as he couldn’t imagine that we wouldn’t want to have children later.
The open-plan kitchen has always been a dream of ours, as we cook a lot for guests and our life revolves more around the dining table than around the TV.

The three floors plus basement also made us think a bit, but ultimately the deciding factor was that we currently live on the 5th floor without an elevator and have gotten used to it well.

A single-family house was never really an option for us. Partly because of the garden, for which we will have little time, but mainly because we were looking in the city and there are no individual plots there.

We only ended up with the terraced house because the location is so great – originally we had only searched for a condominium.

Also, we really like the housing estate. Everything is designed to be green, cars are not allowed on the properties, and fences are not allowed either.

Why can't I find the blog? Is there a direct link or are they not displayed in the mobile version?

2016-07-04 12:45:41

.. in the profile of 77.willo on the card "Information"

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