ᐅ What aspects of building your house were the most stressful or challenging for you?
Created on: 4 Mar 2022 08:29
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Pinkiponk
I think this thread could be helpful as a trigger warning for new home builders or maybe to reassure them that their own experience was quite relaxed:
Interestingly, the first response we usually received after telling someone we were building a house was "Good luck with that"; whether from a notary, loan advisor, colleagues, acquaintances, relatives, or friends. Was it similar for you? And to get to the main question of this thread: "What has cost you the most nerves?" My usual answer was that we are not building ourselves, we are having it built, to which the response almost always was, "I thought the same once."
For us, so far, the biggest challenge has been arranging construction water and temporary power on the building plot. (Yes, also the land search since we always had about a 500km (310 miles) one-way trip to the desired building region, but that was balanced out by the enjoyment of the process. The price increase of about 15% was also a factor. I would need to check the exact figure again.)
Interestingly, the first response we usually received after telling someone we were building a house was "Good luck with that"; whether from a notary, loan advisor, colleagues, acquaintances, relatives, or friends. Was it similar for you? And to get to the main question of this thread: "What has cost you the most nerves?" My usual answer was that we are not building ourselves, we are having it built, to which the response almost always was, "I thought the same once."
For us, so far, the biggest challenge has been arranging construction water and temporary power on the building plot. (Yes, also the land search since we always had about a 500km (310 miles) one-way trip to the desired building region, but that was balanced out by the enjoyment of the process. The price increase of about 15% was also a factor. I would need to check the exact figure again.)
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Pinkiponk6 Mar 2022 08:0311ant schrieb:
That seems unprofessional to me and would be a reason for me to warn against such companies. I would like to know why. We would have liked to visit the factories but were not invited or encouraged to do so by anyone. To me, that suggests openness and transparency. What is unprofessional or disadvantageous about that, as long as you are not pressured to sign anything during the company visit?
Pinkiponk schrieb:
What is unprofessional or disadvantageous about it,It’s all about the tone: HoisleBauer22 schrieb:
Companies don’t respond, they want you to visit the factory first,This is not an invitation to visit the factory (which would understandably be a commendable gesture of transparency), but quite the opposite: a potential customer is only granted the “favor” of information or an offer after making the effort to travel to the birthplace of the desired product. This is unprofessional, since it seems to be a deliberate strategy based on exploiting three psychological effects: 1. Emotion: anticipation builds during the trip, hyping the “event”;
2. the factory visit at the first manufacturer creates an anchoring effect that strengthens that of a first model home visit at the same manufacturer (or overwrites an initial model home visit at a different manufacturer);
3. the reluctance to have “sunk costs” from the effort leads the manufacturer to gain bonus points in comparison, effectively making them the winner despite only approximate parity.
Anyone who uses factory visits manipulatively as a “no show, no treat” tactic in my opinion deserves a red card.
Checking the sincerity of interest is legitimate in itself—after all, calculating an offer costs time and money—but sales advisors should be able to achieve this in other ways.
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WilderSueden7 Mar 2022 11:15We are not that far along yet, but what stresses me the most is the waiting. Almost 1 year for the development of the building area, then waiting forever for the survey, 3 months from the notary appointment to the transfer of ownership, waiting for suitable weather. Waiting for the kitchen builder2 to finally provide a quote (especially frustrating because I kept kitchen builder1 on hold because of this…).
WilderSueden schrieb:
Waiting for kitchen fitter 2 to finally send a quote (especially annoying because I have kept kitchen fitter 1 on hold because of this...)Could it be that these two are actually waiting on each other because they are both expecting a project price from the same wholesaler?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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WilderSueden7 Mar 2022 12:42I rather doubt it. As far as I can tell, they use different brands for the furniture. The problem, I believe, is more that KitchenBuilder2 has an employee who isn’t properly managing the situation. He also somehow missed the first appointment. So, the decision for this company was basically already made...
WilderSueden schrieb:
I think the problem is more that Kitchen Manufacturer 2 has an employee who isn’t really taking care of things. He somehow missed the first appointment as well. So, basically, the decision for this company was already made...In terms of the main question, that would actually make you the biggest source of trouble yourself, since you’re still keeping Kitchen Manufacturer 1 waiting ;-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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