ᐅ How are you dealing with the current construction situation?
Created on: 3 May 2022 16:44
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Klinkerstyle
Hello everyone,
I’ve been quietly following along here for a while and wanted to check in with those who are about to start building or are still in the early stages of planning.
How do your friends and family react to your project? Do you get unsolicited “advice” to stop?
Do you find that your family talks about it all the time, or is it more a case of keeping calm and carrying on because there’s no turning back? Are you trying to calm yourselves with certain strategies, or are you already quite relaxed about it?
About us:
Our building project is nearing the end of the planning phase. The building permit / planning permission has been submitted, the loan is signed, and if everything goes according to plan, construction will start in late summer/autumn.
As a couple, we are actually pretty relaxed, but everyone around us is driving us crazy. We’re never quite sure how to react, which causes some frustration.
Tell us about your experiences.
I’ve been quietly following along here for a while and wanted to check in with those who are about to start building or are still in the early stages of planning.
How do your friends and family react to your project? Do you get unsolicited “advice” to stop?
Do you find that your family talks about it all the time, or is it more a case of keeping calm and carrying on because there’s no turning back? Are you trying to calm yourselves with certain strategies, or are you already quite relaxed about it?
About us:
Our building project is nearing the end of the planning phase. The building permit / planning permission has been submitted, the loan is signed, and if everything goes according to plan, construction will start in late summer/autumn.
As a couple, we are actually pretty relaxed, but everyone around us is driving us crazy. We’re never quite sure how to react, which causes some frustration.
Tell us about your experiences.
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WilderSueden5 May 2022 16:47Basement beneath the carport. I’m really looking forward to that 😀
WilderSueden schrieb:
Carport with a basement. I'm really looking forward to that 😀I will post pictures, but it will probably take some time. 😀
Here, people tend to give unsolicited advice to just outsource more work 😎 But to be fair, my mother is not fully up to date. We have already made significant progress with our self-performed renovation, so now it’s a matter of stockpiling materials wherever possible to turn the construction site back into a livable home. Hiring tradespeople has been quite challenging at times. I hope that with an architect involved, we’ll start receiving quotes more quickly. Price increases are now generally accepted (with some brief exceptions), but the bigger problem is often when materials can actually be delivered. On the bright side, once it’s all done, there will be plenty of stories to tell. So, we are definitely in the “keep calm and carry on” camp.