ᐅ Which prefabricated house provider offers the best prices and experience?
Created on: 17 Oct 2019 08:49
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saralina87
Hello,
we unexpectedly have the opportunity to purchase a plot of land. Since it comes from family, the price would be a real bargain for us, around 200 euros per square meter (about 19 USD per square yard) (Bavaria - Baden-Württemberg border area).
Unfortunately, the plot is not perfectly shaped; it is 13 m (42.7 ft) wide and 23 m (75.5 ft) long, so roughly 300 square meters (3,229 square feet) in size.
This weekend, we visited a large model home park and checked out various builders.
We were especially impressed by Baufritz, Weberhaus, Schwabenhaus, and Gussek Haus.
I wanted to ask for your experiences with these companies—maybe also regarding costs?
Our budget is about 450,000 euros (around 478,000 USD), minus the land cost leaves us with 390,000 euros (about 414,000 USD) for the house and additional building costs (the plot is already serviced). Our idea for the house is about 130 to 140 square meters (1,400 to 1,507 square feet) of living space, with a footprint approximately 7 m (23 ft) by 12 m (39 ft). We plan to do the landscaping ourselves; a garage is not planned for now, and we also do not want a basement.
I would really appreciate any suggestions!
PS: No, we do not want to buy and renovate an existing property. On the one hand, there are hardly any available here, and on the other hand, it is outrageously expensive when something does appear (recent example: semi-detached house, built in 1969, no (!) renovation measures since construction except for windows replaced in 2012, mold in all rooms, 400 square meters (4,306 square feet) of land, not in a city but in a village, sold by bidding for 380,000 euros (about 404,000 USD)).
we unexpectedly have the opportunity to purchase a plot of land. Since it comes from family, the price would be a real bargain for us, around 200 euros per square meter (about 19 USD per square yard) (Bavaria - Baden-Württemberg border area).
Unfortunately, the plot is not perfectly shaped; it is 13 m (42.7 ft) wide and 23 m (75.5 ft) long, so roughly 300 square meters (3,229 square feet) in size.
This weekend, we visited a large model home park and checked out various builders.
We were especially impressed by Baufritz, Weberhaus, Schwabenhaus, and Gussek Haus.
I wanted to ask for your experiences with these companies—maybe also regarding costs?
Our budget is about 450,000 euros (around 478,000 USD), minus the land cost leaves us with 390,000 euros (about 414,000 USD) for the house and additional building costs (the plot is already serviced). Our idea for the house is about 130 to 140 square meters (1,400 to 1,507 square feet) of living space, with a footprint approximately 7 m (23 ft) by 12 m (39 ft). We plan to do the landscaping ourselves; a garage is not planned for now, and we also do not want a basement.
I would really appreciate any suggestions!
PS: No, we do not want to buy and renovate an existing property. On the one hand, there are hardly any available here, and on the other hand, it is outrageously expensive when something does appear (recent example: semi-detached house, built in 1969, no (!) renovation measures since construction except for windows replaced in 2012, mold in all rooms, 400 square meters (4,306 square feet) of land, not in a city but in a village, sold by bidding for 380,000 euros (about 404,000 USD)).
saralina87 schrieb:
Unfortunately, I’m not allowed to share the floor plan, but prompted by @11ant, here’s a verbal description of what has changed (mind you: the architect was not familiar with my drawing!): Thank you!
Good luck with the construction, and don’t forget to share photos with us as soon as there’s something to see!
saralina87 schrieb:
We only have an 18-degree roof pitch (due to setback regulations in Bavaria) and therefore an open roof structure (knee wall 2.30m (7 ft 7 in)), but we still wanted at least a bit of extra storage space, so we installed a collar beam ceiling in the master bedroom (with a hatch in the walk-in closet). That sounds very interesting.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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saralina8725 May 2020 08:39... last week we submitted our building permit application. It will be interesting to see how quickly (or not) we receive approval. Since we are building outside of a local development plan, the application must be reviewed by a committee that meets at the end of June. If our application is not included by then, the next meeting will be at the end of September – yay. So, starting in early June, I will persistently call the city and refer to the child construction grant. Hopefully, it helps.
Otherwise, we now have fairly high cost certainty – it seems like our estimate is actually quite accurate:
- Kitchen 15,000
- Notary and land registry 3,000
- Soil survey 1,000
- Upgrades 12,000 (stairs, floors, tiles, sanitary installations, windows)
- Connection fees 2,500
- Earthworks + infiltration shaft 18,000
- Electrical (materials only, labor included in overall electrical work) 10,000
- House 327,000
- Insurance 500
- Outdoor facilities (terrace and driveway – materials only) 8,000
We have financed 400,000, with about 30,000 equity remaining. We also expect to receive around 15,000 from the BAFA and 10,000 from the Bavarian homeownership grant.
If anyone is interested, here is the finished kitchen:
Otherwise, we now have fairly high cost certainty – it seems like our estimate is actually quite accurate:
- Kitchen 15,000
- Notary and land registry 3,000
- Soil survey 1,000
- Upgrades 12,000 (stairs, floors, tiles, sanitary installations, windows)
- Connection fees 2,500
- Earthworks + infiltration shaft 18,000
- Electrical (materials only, labor included in overall electrical work) 10,000
- House 327,000
- Insurance 500
- Outdoor facilities (terrace and driveway – materials only) 8,000
We have financed 400,000, with about 30,000 equity remaining. We also expect to receive around 15,000 from the BAFA and 10,000 from the Bavarian homeownership grant.
If anyone is interested, here is the finished kitchen:
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saralina8725 May 2020 09:00face26 schrieb:
Well, that doesn’t sound bad. Except maybe the part about that committee, good luck with that. Thanks... I’m curious about that as well.
face26 schrieb:
I haven’t followed the whole thread, how did you get to the 15k from BAFA? We submitted an invoice of around 41,000 for the heating system (KfW40) – I believe the 15,000 figure came from the bank advisor (but please don’t hold me to that). Could that be correct?
I admit we have absolutely no idea and just filled it in blindly as instructed. If it’s less, that’s fine too, since we don’t necessarily need the money; even 5,000 would be a great bonus.
...so if it is about the BAFA subsidy for heat pumps, you can get 35%. However, this does not apply to the entire heating system. In new buildings, it is essentially limited to the heating system and piping up to the underfloor heating. Possibly also the control technology. This is a very simplified explanation, as there is a vast amount of information on the topic. But without knowing your specific setup, it is unlikely that the full 41,000 will be subsidized. Maybe around half. But if that is not the main concern, it’s not too critical.
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saralina8725 May 2020 09:29face26 schrieb:
...so if it’s about the BAFA subsidy for heat pumps, you get 35%. However, not for the entire heating system. In new construction, it’s basically limited to the heating unit and piping up to the underfloor heating. Possibly also the control system. This is a very simplified explanation; there is a lot of information available. But without knowing your setup, it’s unlikely that the full 41,000 would be subsidized. Maybe around half. But if that’s not critical, it’s not a big deal. Yes, it will probably be a surprise. Here is the offer broken down:
halmi schrieb:
Good luck Thanks!