Why don't construction prices go down?

I would like to get back to the topic again. Why don’t construction prices go down? Because there are still too many people willing to pay the prices.

We are currently building and started at the beginning of June.

There is definitely more room for negotiation in terms of price, but not so much that prices can just be pushed down easily. Within the framework of the architectural planning, for example, we have 2 items that turned out to be cheaper in reality than planned in March this year.

Screed: About €13,000 had been planned by the architect for screed, insulation, application, etc. Living area: 180 sqm + garage + technical room Paid: Just under €9,500 although we even took the additional item of fast-drying screed, which cost an extra €1,000. So €8,500 would also have been possible with a longer heating-up phase.

Another example: Dry construction

Around €4,800 was planned here and we paid €2,800.

At the same time, for example, windows and roof were more expensive than expected/planned by the architect.

I am slowly getting an overall cost picture, as the "big" trades like shell construction, windows, roof, plaster, etc. are done and we will probably end up at €2,300 - €2,400/sqm.

However, we do not have a general contractor but self-awarded contracts and also contributed a lot of personal work. Price is of course without land. Including land, we are over €3,000/sqm (referring to the house).

We are currently building and started at the beginning of June.

There is definitely more room for negotiation in terms of price, but not so much that prices can just be pushed down easily. Within the framework of the architect's planning, for example, we have 2 items that actually became cheaper in reality than they were planned in March this year.

Screed: The architect had planned around €13,000 for screed, insulation, installation, etc. Living area: 180sqm + garage + technical room
Paid: Just under €9,500 even though we took the additional item of fast-drying screed, which cost an extra €1,000. So €8,500 would have been possible with a longer heating phase.

Another example: Dry construction

Around €4,800 was planned and we paid €2,800 here.

At the same time, for example, windows and roof were more expensive than expected/planned by the architect.

I'm slowly getting an overall cost picture, as the "big" trades like shell construction, windows, roof, plaster, etc. are done, and we will probably end up at €2,300 - €2,400/sqm.

However, we do not have a general contractor but manage the contract ourselves and have also contributed a lot of own work. Price of course without the land. With land, we are also > €3,000/sqm (based on the house).