ᐅ How much additional cost is expected based on the structural engineer’s calculations?

WilderSueden schrieb:

I also think this is definitely an option worth considering. When I read statements like these, it feels like a disaster waiting to happen. Every construction project exceeds the planned budget, and if an extra 2000€ (about 2100 USD) can’t be managed at the start, it will become a problem later on.

There was talk of 20,000€ (about 21,000 USD)

Lauralila88 wrote:

Lauralila88 schrieb:

We couldn’t suddenly spend an extra 20,000€ (about 21,000 USD). We found out the day before yesterday that we also need a sump pit for the basement according to the soil report – something we hadn’t accounted for because the architect said drainage would be sufficient.

True... I missed a zero there.

If an extra 20,000 EUR already breaks your budget before any excavation work has started, unfortunately, your only option is to skip the basement and start the planning from scratch.
There will be many more unexpected costs coming your way that you weren’t aware of, and the home seller deliberately did not tell you about them to get you to sign...

I can still hear it today, as if it were five minutes ago, when the home seller said, "12,000 EUR for the utility connections is plenty, there will always be some left over..." When I include wastewater connections, all utilities ended up costing us around 14,000 EUR (approximately 15,500 USD). Even the predicted 2,000 EUR (2,300 USD) for a small cistern was more like a down payment. And it just keeps going on like this...

ypg schrieb:

The wedding has already taken place.

If the marriage is still annulable (and yes, there’s blood on the shoe), then besides the right of withdrawal, the consequence should be to restart the selection process for the candidates. Choosing a soul mate from this, let’s say politely, “heterogeneous” group—“a turnkey masonry build with general contractor, a turnkey masonry build by a candidate nobody fully understands the concept of, and a timber frame self-build provider”—is unlikely to lead to anything but a fairground pregnancy. Or, paraphrasing the Town Musicians of Bremen: “The OP will find something better than a fiasco everywhere” (once she is better prepared).

xMisterDx schrieb:

If an extra 20,000 EUR (about 21,500 USD) already breaks the budget before any excavation work has started, then unfortunately you have no choice but to skip the basement and start the planning over from scratch.

Unfortunately, she still hasn’t responded with the plot owner’s decision regarding the basement question.

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Lauralila88 schrieb:

Since you seem to know your way around, I wanted to ask roughly how much the soil removal costs, as no one could tell me.

Even if you probably won’t like to hear this: here, the soil removal including landfill fees for the basement excavation will be billed at €15,000 net.
Just standard excavation soil, no contaminated earth or other cost drivers...

That works… we are currently planning a multi-family house on a slope, with a footprint roughly equivalent to four single-family homes. The budget includes 100,000 for excavation and disposal, but we also have some rock, category BK 7.