Why don't construction prices go down?

  • Erstellt am 2023-05-15 08:17:32

Tolentino

2023-12-21 16:01:38
  • #1
A bit of both. Conscientious GUs may possibly calculate less buffer for potential warranties and are therefore more often on the construction site themselves to nip defects in the bud, resulting in less need for warranty...
 

Oberhäslich

2023-12-21 18:42:30
  • #2
With our general contractor (Heinz von Heiden) there is currently a specification voucher for 9.6k€. Such a thing did not exist for us back then either. In addition, I imagine that features like electric shutters were removed from our house model, but in return there is now a small photovoltaic system installed. However, the price has still increased by about 10% compared to 02/2023.
 

thangorodrim

2023-12-21 19:08:22
  • #3
Yes sure, prices have to keep rising, otherwise the "secure old prices now" FOMO argument won't work. But a while ago, a podcaster from the site with the expert for prefab houses (I'm putting it that way, last time I got a warning from an advertiser there, but I think it was because of the suffix 'dot' and then the TLD for Germany) also predicted that prices would remain stable and there would then be discounts off the list price. On Insta I just saw their wording: Construction prices will slightly decrease in 2024, they've already noticed that in recent months. So next year the list prices might rise again by about 10% and then they just grant a 20% discount. Because construction prices can't go down. That doesn't exist. That would mean deflation. Historically they have only ever risen, why should it suddenly be different? And truck tolls will also be increased next year (or were already increased at the beginning of the month, right?). And just the big prefab house providers have actually only talked about "slightly declining demand" until mid-year, they certainly don't need a price reduction, that only exists with butter at Aldi, but not with such an individual product as a house.
 

Buchsbaum

2023-12-21 20:19:34
  • #4


Exactly where we're headed. Well spotted.
 

xMisterDx

2023-12-21 20:22:47
  • #5
We are further away from deflation than in the last 25 years. Who believes this nonsense?
 

Maschi33

2023-12-21 20:30:30
  • #6
I suspect that here, at least partially, the reduced raw material / material costs are simply being passed on. Waiving the margin, that was a good one. :D
 
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