ᐅ Prefab House or Solid Construction House

Hello,

we are currently planning to build a house. Since it should be turnkey and ready to move in, a prefab home provider is basically the only option. However, turnkey solid construction houses are also available, but aside from the construction time and other differences, we are mainly interested in whether this is even feasible price-wise.

Every home builder must face this question, and there seem to be quite a few at the moment.

What are the providers’ prices per square meter? (without basement, with slab foundation)

Danwood is said to be the cheapest here, but is that really true and how big is the difference?

Who has recent experience and can share it with us? What are the differences?

Thanks for your information... we will share ours as soon as we receive the first offers.

Heinziii schrieb:

We are currently planning to build a house. Since it is supposed to be turnkey and move-in ready, only a prefabricated house provider really comes into consideration. However, there are also turnkey solid construction houses. Putting construction time and other differences aside, we are mainly interested in whether this is even feasible in terms of cost.

Both options are quite similar in terms of price and time. Construction time is also very similar – only the actual assembly is faster with a prefabricated house. Prefabricated houses are often more expensive than their solid counterparts.

It is also perfectly possible to build a turnkey house working with an architect and managing individual contracts.

Heinziii schrieb:

Actually, every home builder should ask themselves this question, and there seem to be quite a few of them at the moment.

Yes, it feels like half of this forum is about the question of solid construction vs. prefab homes.

Heinziii schrieb:

Only a prefab home provider is an option, really,

Oh, and why is that? In prefabricated construction, there are more shell houses than solid builds...

Heinziii schrieb:

What are the providers charging per square meter? (without basement, with slab foundation)

Should we ask for you? On average, a house costs about 2000€ per living square meter.

Heinziii schrieb:

I heard Danwood is supposed to be the cheapest here, but is that really true?

No.

Heinziii schrieb:

And how big is the difference?

Compared to what or whom? What exactly do you want to compare? It’s not possible because everyone has their own detailed scope of work. The effort to break it down must be done by the homeowner, since there are also many subjective factors.

Heinziii schrieb:

Who currently has experience and can share it with us?
What are the differences?

Why do you need experiences now? Everyone’s is different...
General knowledge about everything (which you want here) can be found easily by searching with the right terms.
The answers to your questions aren’t simple; they always involve pros and cons, countless discussions that are easy to find here in the forum. You have to do the reading yourself.

If you’re simply looking for the cheapest home provider, that doesn’t exist, because we’re back to the need for a complete and transparent scope of work.

NatureSys schrieb:

It is also perfectly possible to build a turnkey house with an architect and direct contracting.

And the architect also acts as the construction manager? And that works? I would have to bear the risk or responsibility? It probably wouldn’t be cheaper either, right?

ypg schrieb:

Yes, the forum feels like it’s half made up of the question about concrete houses vs. prefabricated houses.

Oh, and why? There are more shell construction houses than concrete ones in prefab...

Should we ask for you? A house costs about 2000€ per living square meter on average.

No.

Compared to what or whom? What do you want to compare? It’s not possible because everyone has their own detailed and differentiated scope of work. The effort to break it down has to be invested by the builder, since much of it is subjective as well.

Why look for experiences now? Everyone has different ones...
The general knowledge about everything (which you want to know here) you can find by searching the forum with the relevant terms.
The answers to your questions are never simple answers, but always pros and cons, countless discussions that are easy to find here on the forum. You have to read those yourself.

If you are simply looking for the cheapest house provider, there isn’t one, because we are back to needing a comprehensive scope of work description.

Thanks for the answers. My hope was that there are already people here who have made comparisons.

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