ᐅ Concrete offer for a turnkey home only available with proof of land ownership?

So when it comes to the roller shutters and the window color, I agree with you on saving costs, but rimless toilets are really hardly more expensive than "normal" ones, and Nolte and Nobilia are basically comparable in price. If it comes down to something like that, the initial budgeting was fundamentally off.

These were just examples. What I mean is, similar to zaba, something will always turn out differently, more expensive, or unavoidable, and then you have to provide additional funding or limit yourself somewhere. That’s how construction goes, both private and public. Public projects regularly run over budget because instead of setting limits, the attitude is always, well, while we’re at it, and initially this was not foreseeable, but now in light of new insights... Karsten

Zaba12 schrieb:
Had to provide additional funding due to the earthworks (by the way, without a basement).

What I always try to make clear is this: a basement always costs money, whether you build it or “skip” it. The basement costs are hardly reflected in the interior space or even in the finishing but mainly come from the elevation differences of the building site. There is no sloped site house at slab-on-grade prices, no matter how many dreamers want to believe that.

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We have long since ruled out having a basement – with almost all providers quoting at least €50,000 plus excavation, disposal, and clearance certificates. The landfills in our area are full. Two developers even advise against building a basement because of the unpredictable costs.

Therefore, we are planning without one, although of course we would have liked to have one.

goalkeeper schrieb:
We have long since ruled out a basement – almost all builders quote at least €50,000 plus excavation, disposal, and a clearance certificate. The landfills in our area are full. Two developers even advise against basements altogether due to unpredictable costs.

However, "unpredictable" is somewhat exaggerated. You can estimate the costs quite accurately if you carry out a soil survey beforehand. This way, you find out if there are any special foundation requirements that could increase costs, and you can get quotes for disposal. The builder should be able to provide a highly accurate offer for the construction itself (foundation, walls, insulation, backfilling, etc.).

I also like the comment about "the landfills are full." Does that mean no more houses can ever be built in your area?

Without a soil survey, calculating costs is impossible, of course. But even then, my excavation contractor wouldn’t commit to a specific amount of soil to be excavated for the basement. I maintain that you only know the exact costs once you receive the contractor’s invoice. Not a minute earlier. If you excavate 50cm (20 inches) more over an area of 13x11m (43x36 feet), you’re immediately short by around $2,000 in your budget. You can imagine how much I hoped it wouldn’t be 300 or 400 cubic meters (cubic yards). In the end, it was only 240 cubic meters (cubic yards). But you just don’t know in advance. You can try to recalculate a lot based on height specifications.