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peilerwen2 Jun 2017 23:09Preliminary note: After quite a bit of browsing—also here in the forum—I know this topic has been touched on before, theoretically discussed, and eventually dismissed with the argument that building a house is never 100% predictable.
I want to try again—and then I guess I have to give up and accept that there are simply things you cannot get for money and good words.
What do I actually want???
I want to plan and have built a single-family house of about 180 square meters (1937 square feet) on an existing, fully serviced plot in Zarrentin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
I want to plan absolutely everything known, everything that can be asked and explored IN ADVANCE, and then have it all done: the house in detail, with floor coverings, painting, kitchen, bathroom, landscaping, and so on—literally everything (except furniture) that belongs to a house. I want to plan and discuss ALL of this, AND THEN, once every detail has really been finalized, hand EVERYTHING over to competent hands (a construction company? a private site manager?? ???) and set off on a world trip.
I want to come back in 6 to 12 months and find the house exactly as planned (not better, but not worse either), receive the keys, pay 100% of all costs at that point (this is not necessarily mandatory; some payments will probably have to be made beforehand or during the build), and then book the moving truck!
That can’t be so impossible!!! Basically, I just want to pay the construction company, a site manager, or someone else for handling what thousands of other homeowners have already “lived through/done” themselves.
Is there really no company offering this?
Any tips or help are very welcome!!!
Thanks & greetings (still) from Hamburg – Carsten
I want to try again—and then I guess I have to give up and accept that there are simply things you cannot get for money and good words.
What do I actually want???
I want to plan and have built a single-family house of about 180 square meters (1937 square feet) on an existing, fully serviced plot in Zarrentin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
I want to plan absolutely everything known, everything that can be asked and explored IN ADVANCE, and then have it all done: the house in detail, with floor coverings, painting, kitchen, bathroom, landscaping, and so on—literally everything (except furniture) that belongs to a house. I want to plan and discuss ALL of this, AND THEN, once every detail has really been finalized, hand EVERYTHING over to competent hands (a construction company? a private site manager?? ???) and set off on a world trip.
I want to come back in 6 to 12 months and find the house exactly as planned (not better, but not worse either), receive the keys, pay 100% of all costs at that point (this is not necessarily mandatory; some payments will probably have to be made beforehand or during the build), and then book the moving truck!
That can’t be so impossible!!! Basically, I just want to pay the construction company, a site manager, or someone else for handling what thousands of other homeowners have already “lived through/done” themselves.
Is there really no company offering this?
Any tips or help are very welcome!!!
Thanks & greetings (still) from Hamburg – Carsten
peilerwen schrieb:
THEN pay 100% of all costs (this is not mandatory; some payments probably have to be made in advance or intermittently)Oh, that must be quite a bit. In house construction, a lot of delivered materials and completed work are incorporated into the building, so simply retaining ownership is not sufficient. Suppliers also need to be paid. With today’s interest rates, finding a contractor willing to act as a financier for you is quite a challenging endeavor.
Or, to put it another way, under terms that would make anyone reconsider.
The alternative viewpoint is also currently being discussed here: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/hoehe-der-Abschlagszahlungen.24559/
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant schrieb:
Oh, that must be quite a lot. In house construction, much of the delivered materials and completed work are “installed” right away, so retention of title alone is not enough. Suppliers also need to be paid. With today’s interest rates, finding a contractor willing to act as a bank and provide upfront financing is quite a challenging task.
Or rather, at terms where you would still consider doing it voluntarily.
The other perspective is currently being discussed here: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/hoehe-der-Abschlagszahlungen.24559/Two examples come to mind immediately.Schwörerhaus and Weberhaus only wanted to see that the financing was secured. I made payments in two or three installments: once for the basement, once for the house after final inspection.
What the original poster seems to want is more like a developer arrangement.
Just contact local companies directly.
However, there will always be issues that no one thinks of in advance.
In our case, the electrical control cabinet simply cannot be installed where it was planned. Everything looked perfect on the drawings. Nobody noticed it beforehand.
And there are things you think are a great idea yourself, but when you stand at the shell construction phase, you realize: it just won’t work.
And if you haven’t planned in advance where the doorbell or the downpipes from the gutters will go, they will be installed somewhere.
However, there will always be issues that no one thinks of in advance.
In our case, the electrical control cabinet simply cannot be installed where it was planned. Everything looked perfect on the drawings. Nobody noticed it beforehand.
And there are things you think are a great idea yourself, but when you stand at the shell construction phase, you realize: it just won’t work.
And if you haven’t planned in advance where the doorbell or the downpipes from the gutters will go, they will be installed somewhere.
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Steffen803 Jun 2017 07:58You can do it this way.. but it causes problems, requires many compromises, and is far from ideal..