ᐅ Prefabricated house – yes or no?

j.bautsch schrieb:
with us, you would get about 250m² (2700 sq ft) for that

Yes, that is the big unknown here. We are paying 33,000€, but that is only for 570m² (6,135 sq ft).

Here it would be a maximum of 220m² (2,368 sq ft) in the surrounding area. In our town, only 125m² (1,345 sq ft).

Hi.
We recently built a house too, but in Austria.
We chose a prefabricated house because it’s fast.
The house was ready to move into less than six weeks after assembly.
We didn’t build a basement because the benefits and costs didn’t seem worthwhile to us.
A fully finished basement would have added about 50,000 euros to the price.
My idea was to build a carport with storage rooms for less than half that cost, to store things that would otherwise have gone into the basement.
In total, we spent 280,000 euros for the plot (767 sqm (8,250 sq ft)), the house (120 sqm (1,290 sq ft)), earthworks, foundation slab, turnkey completion, and a rainwater cistern.
Another reason we preferred this type of house: if we had built a traditional masonry house, we would have had to choose every tile, door, and floor covering ourselves, visiting many hardware stores and suppliers.
Instead, we went once to the manufacturer’s central showroom, picked everything—bricks, gutters, windows, floors, bathroom, kitchen—simply everything, and we were done in three hours.
Best regards

"If we had built with solid construction, we would have had to choose every tile, every door, and all the floor coverings ourselves. Going from one hardware store to another, etc."

That is a rather strange statement, and it is also incorrect. Many (I would even say most) solid house construction companies also have a showroom or selection center! Here, you can choose all the building components in one place. Even if the house was designed by an architect, you can still find a company that handles everything, the so-called general contractor.

Meister keks schrieb:

If we had built with solid construction, we would have had to choose every tile, every door, and the flooring ourselves. Visiting many hardware stores, and so on.
Instead, we went once to the manufacturer’s central showroom, selected bricks, gutters, windows, flooring, bathroom, kitchen — everything — and were done in 3 hours. Best regards

We are building with solid construction and can do our selections in a single design center where everything is on display. This has nothing to do with prefabricated or solid construction.

Regards,
Sabine

@Meister keks: Sorry, but all three points are simply incorrect. A prefabricated house is neither faster overall, nor cheaper, nor are showrooms only available there.