ᐅ Additional cost for exterior paint when changing from white to color?

If the plaster is already colored, it should be cheaper since that means two fewer coats (work steps).
To me, that’s a misleading argument.
Just go with white; if you want a different color in five years, you can simply repaint it yourself.

Nothing. We had color charts from STO and were free to choose. Only color accents required an additional charge. Not an entire wall.

First of all, we did not build with a general contractor.

We had already planned to add some color to the house, so we had the freedom to choose from the color palette. The desired color was then mixed directly into the plaster and applied in one go, which worked well.

In our case, the applicator went to the building material supplier and said, “Plaster mixed in color XYZ” for an area of xx m2 (xx sq ft), and that was it. Either their profit margin was already high enough that the extra cost for mixing was negligible, or it was minimal because it “barely” costs extra.

As mentioned before, this saves two work steps — at least twice the effort of painting over white plaster.

I also offer colored plaster, with paint of your choice at no additional cost. The general contractor only requests to avoid colors that are too dark. Even recesses have been done at no extra charge, though these were plastered in white and then painted.

Thank you all for your replies! That sounds really unpleasant, especially since mixing it yourself is actually supposed to be cheaper...

I have no idea what we should do now. We never wanted plain white anyway, but 4,000€ is definitely a lot!

I think once we’ve finished building, I'll write a book: "Pitfalls in Prefabricated Houses"....

We actually prepared well, but we didn’t expect tricks like these.

Fertighaus123 schrieb:

We had actually prepared well, but we didn’t expect such tricks.

But that is naive. Especially with prefab houses, but also with many general contractors for solid construction, the business model is based on earning money from customers’ extra requests. Like with cars ... you only get one color included, and if you want something different, you pay extra. Whether it is more complicated or not.