Hello dear home builders.
Over the past few weeks, we have gathered numerous quotes from construction companies and are now facing the question: Whom should we choose?
What criteria would you base your decision on, and what would you pay special attention to when deciding who you want to build with?
We would appreciate your suggestions.
Brief overview of the building project:
- Two-story urban villa or single-family house with knee wall of 1.80m (5 feet 11 inches), starting from 130sqm (1,400 sqft)
- No plot of land yet, as they are scarce in Erfurt and the surrounding area. So we are still searching. (Some construction companies offer assistance with this)
Over the past few weeks, we have gathered numerous quotes from construction companies and are now facing the question: Whom should we choose?
What criteria would you base your decision on, and what would you pay special attention to when deciding who you want to build with?
We would appreciate your suggestions.
Brief overview of the building project:
- Two-story urban villa or single-family house with knee wall of 1.80m (5 feet 11 inches), starting from 130sqm (1,400 sqft)
- No plot of land yet, as they are scarce in Erfurt and the surrounding area. So we are still searching. (Some construction companies offer assistance with this)
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Pinkiponk21 Sep 2020 14:06K1300S schrieb:
The catch is probably that a signed agreement is required before any virtual or physical plot of land is disclosed.If the construction companies, as they claim, "have" plots of land, meaning they own them, they can easily provide the address and other details, since the land cannot be purchased without buying the house from the respective company. This is the simplest way to find out whether the builder actually owns plots or not. Based on my experience from last year, this does happen occasionally, but the plots are then directly under an airport’s flight path or are unattractive in other ways.N
Nice-Nofret21 Sep 2020 14:12Make sure there is no registered right of way there.
K1300S schrieb:
The catch is probably that you have to sign something before any virtual or physically existing plot can be named.But here the original poster obviously already took a photo of the specific plot number "8" themselves ???Nice-Nofret schrieb:
Make sure there isn’t any registered right of way on it..The plot doesn’t have a rear neighbor, what do you mean?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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erfurter11028721 Sep 2020 15:23Probably the path on the side, which also belongs to our property.
However, since the path is marked as part of our property in the development plan (building permit / planning permission), we assume there is no right of way, as this path will completely disappear once all the plots are developed.
However, since the path is marked as part of our property in the development plan (building permit / planning permission), we assume there is no right of way, as this path will completely disappear once all the plots are developed.
11ant schrieb:
It seems the original poster has already taken photos of the specific plot number "8" themselves??? I was referring to the recommendation by @Pinkiponk:
Pinkiponk schrieb:
In this situation, unless there are serious reasons not to, I would build with the company that offers me the best plot of land for me and my family at a price I can afford. If they own plots, the construction companies will certainly be able to provide you with the addresses. You look at the plots, the location, etc., and if you like it, you build with that provider (as already mentioned above, unless there are serious reasons not to). Yes, but in the meantime, the original poster had apparently already gone beyond that by physically evaluating a specific plot of land.
I would add a limitation: only if they do not make unrealistic promises and openly act as the developer. Without being forced to buy the plot through the developer, I would clearly ask for the price "just for the land" alone. And even if the seller would otherwise qualify among the finalists, for tax reasons I would build with someone else—unless the seller offers a tax advantage approximately equal to the tax burden.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Pinkiponk schrieb:
In this situation, unless there are serious reasons against it, I would build with the company that offers me the best plot of land for myself and my family at a price I can afford.
I would add a limitation: only if they do not make unrealistic promises and openly act as the developer. Without being forced to buy the plot through the developer, I would clearly ask for the price "just for the land" alone. And even if the seller would otherwise qualify among the finalists, for tax reasons I would build with someone else—unless the seller offers a tax advantage approximately equal to the tax burden.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/