Hello,
My wife and I plan to start building in the first half of 2015 and are currently in the planning phase, looking for a contractor to help us realize our project. We already have a plot of land, so our total budget for the project is set at 300,000€ (approximately $320,000), which should include, for example, the kitchen, garage, and other features—excluding the garden.
Our current requirements are as follows:
- City villa with about 140 sqm (1,500 sq ft) of living space, including a basement
- Heating system: we are currently considering an air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating and possibly photovoltaic panels (but this may change as we learn more about heating technologies)
- Open plan living/dining area, office, and shower toilet on the ground floor
- Bedroom with walk-in closet, two children’s rooms, and a bathroom on the upper floor
- Storage room, technical room with laundry facilities, and storage spaces in the basement
- External access to the basement
- Garage on the north side of the house with enough space to the house; the garage roof should be connected to the house roof to create a carport (basement access should be located under the carport)
- Possibly building with energy efficiency to take advantage of subsidies, if worthwhile (ideology comes second :p)
If I remember or think of additional details that we want to consider, I will update the list.
We currently have four requests for conventional solid construction and one offer from a prefabricated house manufacturer. We prefer conventional solid construction but wanted to have a comparison with a prefabricated house of the same size.
In the coming days, I will definitely provide floor plans, as I am also hoping for optimization suggestions in that area.
We appreciate any tips or advice.
My wife and I plan to start building in the first half of 2015 and are currently in the planning phase, looking for a contractor to help us realize our project. We already have a plot of land, so our total budget for the project is set at 300,000€ (approximately $320,000), which should include, for example, the kitchen, garage, and other features—excluding the garden.
Our current requirements are as follows:
- City villa with about 140 sqm (1,500 sq ft) of living space, including a basement
- Heating system: we are currently considering an air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating and possibly photovoltaic panels (but this may change as we learn more about heating technologies)
- Open plan living/dining area, office, and shower toilet on the ground floor
- Bedroom with walk-in closet, two children’s rooms, and a bathroom on the upper floor
- Storage room, technical room with laundry facilities, and storage spaces in the basement
- External access to the basement
- Garage on the north side of the house with enough space to the house; the garage roof should be connected to the house roof to create a carport (basement access should be located under the carport)
- Possibly building with energy efficiency to take advantage of subsidies, if worthwhile (ideology comes second :p)
If I remember or think of additional details that we want to consider, I will update the list.
We currently have four requests for conventional solid construction and one offer from a prefabricated house manufacturer. We prefer conventional solid construction but wanted to have a comparison with a prefabricated house of the same size.
In the coming days, I will definitely provide floor plans, as I am also hoping for optimization suggestions in that area.
We appreciate any tips or advice.
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Doc.Schnaggls27 Nov 2014 16:44Alright, then you should have a truly comparable reference.
We also chose a higher-end timber frame house provider and have been more than satisfied so far.
When selecting potential providers, we made sure that their main headquarters were no more than 150 meters (500 feet) away from our building site.
We also chose a higher-end timber frame house provider and have been more than satisfied so far.
When selecting potential providers, we made sure that their main headquarters were no more than 150 meters (500 feet) away from our building site.
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Basti150327 Nov 2014 16:49Accordingly, I assume that you own a prefabricated house?
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Doc.Schnaggls27 Nov 2014 16:53Yes, however, we are not completely finished yet. The handover of the house is scheduled for February 2015.
We are building a custom-designed Weber house.
If you are interested, I can gladly share the link to our construction blog. It covers everything from A like supplier selection to F like fire brigade intervention on site, all the way to Z like cistern, up to now...
We are building a custom-designed Weber house.
If you are interested, I can gladly share the link to our construction blog. It covers everything from A like supplier selection to F like fire brigade intervention on site, all the way to Z like cistern, up to now...
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Doc.Schnaggls27 Nov 2014 16:58You can find the posts about the selection process from September 2013; serious construction work started in July 2014...
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Blackforest28 Nov 2014 11:35Very interesting blog.
May I ask about your impressions of Beilharz Haus during the selection process? What were the reasons for not choosing them? They are among our top candidates. They are not far away and have so far made a good impression.
What speaks against Weberhaus for me at the moment is that they schedule 12 months from contract signing to the start of construction. That is really a long time. They must be very busy! Smaller, local builders are simply faster.
May I ask about your impressions of Beilharz Haus during the selection process? What were the reasons for not choosing them? They are among our top candidates. They are not far away and have so far made a good impression.
What speaks against Weberhaus for me at the moment is that they schedule 12 months from contract signing to the start of construction. That is really a long time. They must be very busy! Smaller, local builders are simply faster.
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Bauexperte28 Nov 2014 11:52Hello,
Regards, Bauexperte
Patchwork schrieb:Correct. Currently, a 3 x 6 m (10 x 20 ft) prefabricated garage in the Rhineland costs €4,588.00, and two strip foundations cost €895.00. For Hesse, I simply added a flat surcharge. For everything else—excluding the green roof—I estimate an additional €2,200.
6,000 euros for a prefabricated garage: I assume this does not include windows/doors/sectional door/green roof (usually required by the development plan), right?
Patchwork schrieb:Self-performance (SP) also means materials worth €30.00 plus doing the painting or installation yourself. For example, one builder uses just standard textured wallpaper for the walls and €20.00 tiles; for a single-family house around 140-150 m² (1,500-1,600 sq ft), that might cost about €12,000. Another might paint the walls themselves and use tiles worth €20.00. That should be manageable with own labor for around €15,000. But there are also builders who opt for expensive wallpaper and higher quality flooring materials, so €20,000 can still be too low. Therefore, I always set a mid-range value of €20,000, with no upper limit.
20,000 euros for painting and flooring done as self-performance. You probably mean including tiles. Under "self-performance," I only understand the cost of materials, and €20,000 seems very high for that.
Regards, Bauexperte
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