Hello everyone,
We are currently building a single-family house turnkey through a local construction company. Basically, the price includes a fully tiled ground floor, a tiled staircase, and, of course, the bathroom.
We have now selected tiles, and for the hallway as well as the living and dining areas, approximately 50 sqm (540 sq ft), plus the staircase (22 sqm (240 sq ft)), these tiles are larger format and also more expensive. However, the other tiles are even slightly (not worth mentioning) cheaper than the price quoted by the builder.
The additional material cost comes to just under 5000 euros. Unfortunately, the tile dealer only told us the net tile price, otherwise, at 95 euros per sqm (9 dollars per sq ft), I probably would have reconsidered. But now we have fallen in love with the tile since it really looks like wood.
Additionally, there are about 1000 euros for extra tiling in the utility room (which I find completely reasonable and expected).
Also, it was clear to me that laying the larger-format tiles would cost more.
That's why I generously calculated additional costs of 7000-8000 euros (although I estimated somewhat lower material costs).
But…
the quote really shocked me.
Almost 12,000 euros.
About 35 euros per sqm (3.25 dollars per sq ft) extra for installing the large-format tiles, I think they are 120 x 20 cm (47 x 8 inches).
Plus about 7 euros per meter (2 dollars per foot) for water jet cutting.
Additionally, the tiles we thought were standard rectified tiles, and the tiler charges about 23 euros per sqm (2.15 dollars per sq ft) extra for installing them.
There are stainless steel edge profiles instead of the included plastic edge profiles, but on top of the material cost increase, an additional around 33 euros per meter (10 dollars per foot) is charged for installation.
(The approximately because I did not convert the prices exactly from net to gross.)
The extra costs seem very high to me, also compared to what I have read online. Or is this actually realistic?
The posts I found were already quite old.
We are currently building a single-family house turnkey through a local construction company. Basically, the price includes a fully tiled ground floor, a tiled staircase, and, of course, the bathroom.
We have now selected tiles, and for the hallway as well as the living and dining areas, approximately 50 sqm (540 sq ft), plus the staircase (22 sqm (240 sq ft)), these tiles are larger format and also more expensive. However, the other tiles are even slightly (not worth mentioning) cheaper than the price quoted by the builder.
The additional material cost comes to just under 5000 euros. Unfortunately, the tile dealer only told us the net tile price, otherwise, at 95 euros per sqm (9 dollars per sq ft), I probably would have reconsidered. But now we have fallen in love with the tile since it really looks like wood.
Additionally, there are about 1000 euros for extra tiling in the utility room (which I find completely reasonable and expected).
Also, it was clear to me that laying the larger-format tiles would cost more.
That's why I generously calculated additional costs of 7000-8000 euros (although I estimated somewhat lower material costs).
But…
the quote really shocked me.
Almost 12,000 euros.
About 35 euros per sqm (3.25 dollars per sq ft) extra for installing the large-format tiles, I think they are 120 x 20 cm (47 x 8 inches).
Plus about 7 euros per meter (2 dollars per foot) for water jet cutting.
Additionally, the tiles we thought were standard rectified tiles, and the tiler charges about 23 euros per sqm (2.15 dollars per sq ft) extra for installing them.
There are stainless steel edge profiles instead of the included plastic edge profiles, but on top of the material cost increase, an additional around 33 euros per meter (10 dollars per foot) is charged for installation.
(The approximately because I did not convert the prices exactly from net to gross.)
The extra costs seem very high to me, also compared to what I have read online. Or is this actually realistic?
The posts I found were already quite old.
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Daniel-Sp3 Dec 2020 11:11I have nothing against choosing tiles. However, I believe one should not limit themselves to wood-look tiles.
Tolentino schrieb:
Yes, there are also people who even cover their sofas with plastic protectors. However, this is probably not common anymore in Germany. In the USA and Asia, this is still sometimes seen... This is what it looks like (note that even the cushions are individually protected):
I have two small children, one of them unfortunately equipped with a few special challenges. We currently have hardwood flooring, which was definitely not cheap, but even the best hardwood won’t hold up in the long run to cutlery slammed down in frustration, etc. It’s also been difficult lately to make my children understand that they shouldn’t walk on the floor with dirty shoes.
I’m not someone who gets upset over every scratch, but the hardwood in our living and dining area, especially around the dining table, looks terrible.
I do like hardwood, especially in living areas, but for our needs, it definitely isn’t the right floor at the moment.
Ultimately, we have to decide what we like and what we don’t. Just as I shake my head at your hardwood in the kitchen, you’re allowed to shake your head at the fact that I prefer wood-look tiles. To each their own.
And whether you can really get exceptionally good hardwood for 150–160 euros per square meter (approximately $160–$170 per square yard), including installation and adhesive, is something I seriously doubt.
My main concern here was simply how realistic the additional costs proposed by the tiler are. Since I had no experience with this before, I wanted to discuss it.
How we deal with the offer—whether we accept it or not—is a different matter. Of course, it’s a lot, and we’re thinking about where and how we can save, but we will also discuss this with our tiler. Maybe there are cheaper tiles, maybe we’ll save elsewhere. We’ll see.
I’m not someone who gets upset over every scratch, but the hardwood in our living and dining area, especially around the dining table, looks terrible.
I do like hardwood, especially in living areas, but for our needs, it definitely isn’t the right floor at the moment.
Ultimately, we have to decide what we like and what we don’t. Just as I shake my head at your hardwood in the kitchen, you’re allowed to shake your head at the fact that I prefer wood-look tiles. To each their own.
And whether you can really get exceptionally good hardwood for 150–160 euros per square meter (approximately $160–$170 per square yard), including installation and adhesive, is something I seriously doubt.
My main concern here was simply how realistic the additional costs proposed by the tiler are. Since I had no experience with this before, I wanted to discuss it.
How we deal with the offer—whether we accept it or not—is a different matter. Of course, it’s a lot, and we’re thinking about where and how we can save, but we will also discuss this with our tiler. Maybe there are cheaper tiles, maybe we’ll save elsewhere. We’ll see.
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nordanney3 Dec 2020 12:56Silvia79 schrieb:
And whether you can really get exceptionally good parquet flooring including installation/adhesion for 150-160 euros per square meter, I would dare to doubt that. That's right, for that price, you won't get exceptionally good parquet, but exceptionally good and solid plank flooring, which is in a completely different league. At the price you mentioned, I wouldn't even consider tiles – except maybe something like 150 x 150 cm (60 x 60 inches) or similar. Good (standard) parquet flooring starts at about 30 €/sqm (30 $/sqft)...
Okay, hmm, it seems we paid quite a lot for our parquet flooring at 90 euros per square meter (about 8.4 dollars per square foot) from the hardware store, without installation, and my father-in-law paid an extremely high price of 180 euros per square meter (about 16.8 dollars per square foot) including installation.
Parquet flooring is not an option for us.
However, I want the look.
Everything else is my problem.
This is now getting off-topic for me here.
Parquet flooring is not an option for us.
However, I want the look.
Everything else is my problem.
This is now getting off-topic for me here.
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