With whom did everything go smoothly?

Everything went very well except for the floor. The general contractor only takes regional companies with a good reputation. Which is also no guarantee. Craftsmen thought along. Questions were clarified daily on the construction site. Process etc. ran smoothly Flexibility Transparency Fair

Then you haven't flown with them for a long time.

I'll translate: nothing to complain about TUIfly, but the snack was ridiculous, there were no information screens, let alone movies, and the legroom seems to be decreasing. Everything can be upgraded online in advance for money. Anyone who doesn't do that has nothing to complain about. The staff was friendly.

Everything went smoothly with my wife, but I had gray hairs from time to time. The thing is, she is not an expert, neither am I, but I can spot a crooked tile from 2 meters away, she only sees it when I show it to her.

I don't believe that all construction sites went without problems, not even for —if I remember his kitchen, something was reversed. But it depends on how you deal with it; if you recognize a problem, you fix it and don't make it worse than necessary. We had someone here who fought for a permit for 5 years... For what, just to be right? I've also had craftsmen who botched their work; I kicked them off the property—things nearly got physical. Anyway, they'll never see that money, and I'll fix it when I get the chance.

also not with @Nordlys either, if I remember his kitchen correctly something was reversed there.

My memory differs here: I think he wanted the kitchen door to be hung the wrong way from my personal taste and had it changed accordingly. He miscalculated when cooling the storage attic and then retrofitted insulation. Even my house won’t be perfect yet – although I intend, following the saying, to start right away with the third house.

Craftsmen are masters at hiding defects and saying "that's how it's supposed to be, no defect." I am convinced that many customers do not notice when something is fundamentally done wrong. In practice, they often live with the defects and wonder or are lucky and the defect does not occur or only very much later.

On the other hand, building a house is also largely a matter of luck, there is no patent recipe. Risk minimization can be applied, but a residual risk remains.

I understand why some people therefore only rent and would never build.

I understand why some would therefore only rent and never build.

I rent completely pragmatically simply because it fits my current life plan better. The rooms I live in are also in a house, and it didn’t fall from the sky or grow on a tree – but was cobbled together by the same little smurfs who also build owner-occupied single-family houses.

Craftsmen are masters at hiding defects and saying “that’s how it is, not a defect.”

Mrs. Werwolf says, “that’s how it is.” Cabbage!