Hello,
I have been looking into house building for some time now, as we will likely be able to purchase a plot of land soon and would like to build a house on it. Through various websites, catalogs, and model home parks, we have already made some contacts and gathered ideas for planning.
In the first three initial meetings with prefabricated house companies, we realized that the candidates we selected all fall within a similar price range (not down to the last cent, but roughly speaking):
Is there a kind of categorization of companies by quality/price that a newbie should know? Like: Audi is more expensive than Skoda, this one is more like Porsche, and that one a Mercedes, which is about the same as the Audi?
For example, we have spoken with Baufritz, Kampa, Rensch-Haus, and Streif Haus, and still plan to talk with Weberhaus and Keitel-Haus.
Have I only chosen BMW, Audi, and Mercedes, or is there also a Ford in the group?
If you can roughly classify this, what is your impression?
(I understand that a Dacia is not only cheaper but also less capable/less well equipped than a Mercedes — but it would be helpful to know what kind of company you are dealing with and what the market offers, possibly without having calculated a project with every manufacturer — or am I the only one who thinks about such things?
Thank you very much and best regards,
Björn
I have been looking into house building for some time now, as we will likely be able to purchase a plot of land soon and would like to build a house on it. Through various websites, catalogs, and model home parks, we have already made some contacts and gathered ideas for planning.
In the first three initial meetings with prefabricated house companies, we realized that the candidates we selected all fall within a similar price range (not down to the last cent, but roughly speaking):
Is there a kind of categorization of companies by quality/price that a newbie should know? Like: Audi is more expensive than Skoda, this one is more like Porsche, and that one a Mercedes, which is about the same as the Audi?
For example, we have spoken with Baufritz, Kampa, Rensch-Haus, and Streif Haus, and still plan to talk with Weberhaus and Keitel-Haus.
Have I only chosen BMW, Audi, and Mercedes, or is there also a Ford in the group?
If you can roughly classify this, what is your impression?
(I understand that a Dacia is not only cheaper but also less capable/less well equipped than a Mercedes — but it would be helpful to know what kind of company you are dealing with and what the market offers, possibly without having calculated a project with every manufacturer — or am I the only one who thinks about such things?
Thank you very much and best regards,
Björn
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Mastermind129 Mar 2018 08:11Baufritz is a family-run company from Erkheim (between Memmingen / Mindelheim) in the Lower Allgäu region.
Baufritz is an eco-friendly home manufacturer that only uses selected materials.
In terms of price, it is definitely comparable to Mercedes. It has a very good reputation for quality.
Since we built a timber frame house ourselves with a carpentry company, based on that experience, I would now prefer a solid wood house.
Our mother is building again at an older age, and for that, we are working with Kaufmannbau. Originally a small carpentry business, it has now become a well-known name in our region (Biberach, Ulm, Memmingen) – specializing in solid wood and eco-friendly construction.
All key trades are handled by their own employees, so there are no interface issues like with a small carpentry company that needs to hire other firms for everything else.
Kaufmannbau is comparable to other alternatives in the solid wood sector. They also sell wall and ceiling systems to carpenters...
Baufritz is an eco-friendly home manufacturer that only uses selected materials.
In terms of price, it is definitely comparable to Mercedes. It has a very good reputation for quality.
Since we built a timber frame house ourselves with a carpentry company, based on that experience, I would now prefer a solid wood house.
Our mother is building again at an older age, and for that, we are working with Kaufmannbau. Originally a small carpentry business, it has now become a well-known name in our region (Biberach, Ulm, Memmingen) – specializing in solid wood and eco-friendly construction.
All key trades are handled by their own employees, so there are no interface issues like with a small carpentry company that needs to hire other firms for everything else.
Kaufmannbau is comparable to other alternatives in the solid wood sector. They also sell wall and ceiling systems to carpenters...
balbi21 schrieb:
At the moment, I’m focusing more on prefabricated construction/wood frame construction due to the wood material and insulation values. The meat content in meat salad is often misjudged. Similarly, in wood frame walls, there is actually more mayonnaise and cucumber.
The insulation values have become much closer due to the energy saving regulations. The conditions from "back then," with twice as favorable U-values at half the wall thickness compared to solid construction (in 1980 still monolithic 30cm (12 inches) solid brick), no longer apply today.
balbi21 schrieb:
Of course, everyone can build both "affordable" and luxury houses, ... is only partly true. For a multi-brand manufacturer, houses from different sales lines can come from different factories despite having the same shareholders, and in the "Lada" there are no leather seats at all. The purpose of the multi-brand strategy here is precisely the separation so that the chief physician and assistant doctor do not buy "from the same" manufacturer.
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Bautraum201529 Mar 2018 19:50Definitely take a look at Keitel-Haus! They offer custom planning and eco-friendly options, and I know two families who built with them and are really very satisfied. That’s quite rare to find. We also visited them but eventually chose to build with solid construction. However, out of all the companies we researched and spoke to (Kampa, Schwörerhaus, Luxhaus, Danhaus, Huf...), they provided the most honest advice.
You are also welcome to visit their factory at any time to see the process for yourself.
You are also welcome to visit their factory at any time to see the process for yourself.
About 13 years ago, for our first house, we ended up with Stommel Haus after considering Baufritz. We initially felt good about Baufritz, but that feeling quickly faded after seeing the first offer :P Stommel Haus is also owner-operated, and the construction process back then was extremely smooth. Everything went well, and when mistakes occurred, they were handled in an exemplary manner.
After the build, I said: if every construction project goes this smoothly, I would build five more times. I see it differently now, but that’s another story and has nothing to do with Stommel Haus.
When we started a new search about three years ago in show home parks, we excluded Baufritz from the beginning, revisited Stommel Haus, and also included Meisterstück-Haus in our considerations… They also made a very good impression!
After the build, I said: if every construction project goes this smoothly, I would build five more times. I see it differently now, but that’s another story and has nothing to do with Stommel Haus.
When we started a new search about three years ago in show home parks, we excluded Baufritz from the beginning, revisited Stommel Haus, and also included Meisterstück-Haus in our considerations… They also made a very good impression!
This topic could probably be debated endlessly.
I was in a similar situation and initially wanted to build a prefab house. For months, we visited almost every model home park available in Germany. If I learned one thing from all those marathon discussions, it’s that no offer is truly comparable to another. We had in-depth conversations with Weberhaus, Fingerhaus, Rensch-Haus, Keitel-Haus, and Hanse Haus.
Weberhaus was by far the most expensive of all the providers, but definitely not the “best” in terms of value for money. The same goes for Hanse Haus—high price, relatively low value. Keitel-Haus and Fingerhaus were on about the same level: still costly but with corresponding quality and performance. Especially Fingerhaus had a well-defined description of the building scope alongside their offer. Rensch-Haus was the “cheapest” provider but seemed somewhat lower in quality compared to, for example, Fingerhaus or Keitel-Haus.
We also visited the factory and specification studio of three of these companies. These visits reinforced my initial impressions. In the end, we chose a regional company specializing in solid construction. Somehow, no prefab company convinced us 100%.
I would suggest comparing regional solid construction firms, unless you have reasons not to. Solid construction doesn’t necessarily have to be more expensive—in fact, quite the opposite.
If I had to choose a prefab provider, it would probably be Fingerhaus.
I was in a similar situation and initially wanted to build a prefab house. For months, we visited almost every model home park available in Germany. If I learned one thing from all those marathon discussions, it’s that no offer is truly comparable to another. We had in-depth conversations with Weberhaus, Fingerhaus, Rensch-Haus, Keitel-Haus, and Hanse Haus.
Weberhaus was by far the most expensive of all the providers, but definitely not the “best” in terms of value for money. The same goes for Hanse Haus—high price, relatively low value. Keitel-Haus and Fingerhaus were on about the same level: still costly but with corresponding quality and performance. Especially Fingerhaus had a well-defined description of the building scope alongside their offer. Rensch-Haus was the “cheapest” provider but seemed somewhat lower in quality compared to, for example, Fingerhaus or Keitel-Haus.
We also visited the factory and specification studio of three of these companies. These visits reinforced my initial impressions. In the end, we chose a regional company specializing in solid construction. Somehow, no prefab company convinced us 100%.
I would suggest comparing regional solid construction firms, unless you have reasons not to. Solid construction doesn’t necessarily have to be more expensive—in fact, quite the opposite.
If I had to choose a prefab provider, it would probably be Fingerhaus.
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