Hello,
We are about to buy a house from a developer. The house is very expensive and costs 730,000 euros without any customizations. It has just over 200 square meters (2,150 square feet) of living space and is a KfW 70 house. For underfloor heating throughout the entire house as a customization, the developer charges 12,000 euros. That seems very, very expensive, doesn’t it? I suspect they want to make a good profit since nowadays almost everyone installs underfloor heating. What are your thoughts on this?
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We are about to buy a house from a developer. The house is very expensive and costs 730,000 euros without any customizations. It has just over 200 square meters (2,150 square feet) of living space and is a KfW 70 house. For underfloor heating throughout the entire house as a customization, the developer charges 12,000 euros. That seems very, very expensive, doesn’t it? I suspect they want to make a good profit since nowadays almost everyone installs underfloor heating. What are your thoughts on this?
Thank you
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In my house build, the underfloor heating throughout the entire house cost an extra 12,000 euros (about $13,000). I resisted for a long time and convinced myself that I didn’t need underfloor heating, especially since I had radiators for the past 10 years and never missed underfloor heating.
After endless discussions with my parents and current neighbors, and thinking about all the nice things you could do with 12,000 euros (about $13,000), I finally decided to go with the underfloor heating. Yes, I know it’s overpriced, but the builder simply has the upper hand here.
In the end, I still believe I didn’t really need the underfloor heating, but I’m nevertheless glad I opted for it.
You can arrange all the furniture however you want (which, for me, was the most important point), and in my opinion, underfloor heating plays a significant role in the resale value.
After endless discussions with my parents and current neighbors, and thinking about all the nice things you could do with 12,000 euros (about $13,000), I finally decided to go with the underfloor heating. Yes, I know it’s overpriced, but the builder simply has the upper hand here.
In the end, I still believe I didn’t really need the underfloor heating, but I’m nevertheless glad I opted for it.
You can arrange all the furniture however you want (which, for me, was the most important point), and in my opinion, underfloor heating plays a significant role in the resale value.
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Caspar202015 Apr 2016 10:21Recently, near Cologne, we saw an additional cost of 7,500 to 11,500 for a gas condensing boiler with panel radiators listed in the price supplement from a builder. This depended on whether you wanted to install underfloor heating only on the ground floor, ground plus first floor, or ground plus first plus attic. The total living area in the full upgrade was 145m² (1,561 sq ft).
In the last upgrade stage, no radiators could be installed in the basement (in the partial upgrade stages, a gas condensing boiler with a multi-circuit system would have been installed instead). However, the two radiators in the basement would have cost an extra 950 for both.
I think this is a kind of mixed calculation approach some builders use. The developer advertises a low starting price (with a slightly reduced margin built in) and then tries to increase it later on.
Because these are things that almost everyone wants.
In the last upgrade stage, no radiators could be installed in the basement (in the partial upgrade stages, a gas condensing boiler with a multi-circuit system would have been installed instead). However, the two radiators in the basement would have cost an extra 950 for both.
I think this is a kind of mixed calculation approach some builders use. The developer advertises a low starting price (with a slightly reduced margin built in) and then tries to increase it later on.
Because these are things that almost everyone wants.
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