Hello everyone,
we are at the very beginning of our building project and are currently complete beginners.
We are about to purchase our building plot near Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. We expect to start construction on our fully serviced plot in the middle of next year.
Although there is still plenty of time ahead, we want to start planning now. Often, turnkey homes at fixed prices are offered by various companies. However, many friends and colleagues recently advised me to carry out the planning (and ultimately the approvals) with an architect and to contract the trades individually during construction. The cost savings could be at least €50,000.
I am quite flexible with my time at work and would be interested in diving deeper into the topic and investing a lot of my own time and energy. Since I work as an IT project manager, I am not very skilled with practical tasks. However, I feel confident managing the project itself.
Ultimately, I would approach this financially quite pragmatically: if by investing my own effort in the build I can save more money than I earn net in the same time, I would prefer to focus less on my job and spend more time on the build. With a potential saving of over €50,000, this would very likely be the case.
However, I do wonder if this approach really makes sense for me. My biggest concerns are in hiring tradespeople. There is often talk of a shortage of skilled workers, and if as a private home builder I end up waiting, for example, 1.5 years to get a roofer, I certainly wouldn’t have gained anything.
I would greatly appreciate your assessments!
we are at the very beginning of our building project and are currently complete beginners.
We are about to purchase our building plot near Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. We expect to start construction on our fully serviced plot in the middle of next year.
Although there is still plenty of time ahead, we want to start planning now. Often, turnkey homes at fixed prices are offered by various companies. However, many friends and colleagues recently advised me to carry out the planning (and ultimately the approvals) with an architect and to contract the trades individually during construction. The cost savings could be at least €50,000.
I am quite flexible with my time at work and would be interested in diving deeper into the topic and investing a lot of my own time and energy. Since I work as an IT project manager, I am not very skilled with practical tasks. However, I feel confident managing the project itself.
Ultimately, I would approach this financially quite pragmatically: if by investing my own effort in the build I can save more money than I earn net in the same time, I would prefer to focus less on my job and spend more time on the build. With a potential saving of over €50,000, this would very likely be the case.
However, I do wonder if this approach really makes sense for me. My biggest concerns are in hiring tradespeople. There is often talk of a shortage of skilled workers, and if as a private home builder I end up waiting, for example, 1.5 years to get a roofer, I certainly wouldn’t have gained anything.
I would greatly appreciate your assessments!
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Ypsi aus NI13 Mar 2022 17:09I’m happy to write it here publicly as well. Our construction company is Peters Schulz from Schneeflingen.
To the OP: Where do you currently live?
When will the next section of the new development area be released?
To the OP: Where do you currently live?
When will the next section of the new development area be released?
Ypsi aus NI schrieb:
I can also share it here publicly. Our construction company is Peters Schulz from Schneeflingen.
To the original poster: Where do you currently live?
When will the next phase of the new development area be released?Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, I have not received anything. I would be happy to discuss this with you in more detail.We currently live in the Wolfsburg Nordstadt (Tiergartenbreite). The development area will be prepared for building starting next summer and will be 'ready for construction.'