Reaction To How German Homes Are Built

[@FestungEuropa.v]

The speed for this building shown is actually normal in Germany, BUT this building in the video does not have a basement, which is normally found in a German house. The basement alone has been taking more than a month. So normally it takes a lot longer than in the video, but that's due to the basement. In addition, this house in the video has a simple architecture, which also makes construction progress easier.

[@SilverSmrfr]

Not anymore. Basements are fucking expensive right now.

[@equolizer]

Most houses in Germany have basements. I'm really confused why this one doesn't.

[@sudl5346]

I've seen quite a lot newer houses not having a basement, as it adds significantly to the overall cost (in building as well as in maintenance)

[@user-kv6re6vx6y]

Basement and attics are expensive so this house does not have it. As houses are built by the owner it is hard to say this is a typical house for Germany these days

[@danielrauer5864]

It depends on many factors if you build a basement or not. Here in Northern Germany ground water levels are quite high, insulating the basement against this amount of water pushing all year against the walls makes it particularly pricey, might be even more expensive per square meter than the rooms you live in.

[@equolizer]

@@danielrauer5864 I'm from the south of Germany, so I did not know that. The company that built the house is operating in Berlin and Brandenburg (and you can see the name of a company based in Lower Saxony on an insulation part) so that's probably the reason here. Thanks for the insight!

[@FestungEuropa.v]

@@sudl5346 Usually only bungalows do not have basements, in fact it is unusual for multi-story houses to be built without basements. But it probably has something to do with the increased prices that people are saving on the basement, as it really represents a special challenge and costs relatively much. Excavating the earth alone costs an average of €10,000

[@christiankastorf4836]

The "Rohbau", the naked walls, do not take a lot of time. It is all that plumbing, electric installations, plastering the inside and cladding the outer skin in (nice to look at) brick or plaster ...much later takes weeks or months.

[@aphextwin5712]

The timeline in the additional videos in this house building series illustrates this very well. If I remember it correctly, there is also a multi-week break in between during which they have to let things dry before they can continue working.

[@schnubbel76]

There is no such thing as "the typical german house". There are so many variations of what and how you can build, depending on your personal needs, priorities and how much you wanna spend.

[@googlekonto194]

and how much you *can* pay xD

[@henrikhaas6980]

I guess, most German houses do have a cellar. Recently, because of increasing costs, many new homes don't have a cellar. 40.000 Euros less... The house my parents built in 1973, already had similiar bricks. Our bricks had the same large format, but had no filling with clay or insulation, but just air. It's very good insulation, though, our house stays very cool in summer and warm in winter, although we haven't got aircondition and quite small heating.

[@karstenbalamagi8463]

Thats a commercial of Brale, not what house building really is like. cheapest solution to build something with a roof on.

[@dirkspatz3692]

Ok when my PArents build their House in the 70s everything was simpler and not so expensive but still the basement was about 40% of the total costs of the House. So without Basement you can save a lot of Money.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

A basement cost 3 times like a additional floor. Thats the reason. Older houses have a basement. The stones are all similar. Hollow blocks are mostly used. This variant is of course from this company but the principle is always similar. The ceilings are really extreme. I wanted to drill holes for dowels for a holder. No chance with a standard hammer drill. The machine laughed at me and burned out the drills. I had to borrow a professional machine and special drill bits.

[@aphextwin5712]

Zoning rules usually limit how tall you can build. Thus adding another story on top often isn’t possible. In the end, land prices (and house prices in general) will decide whether buying a larger plot of land or adding a basement gives you more floor space for less money.

[@eagle1de227]

I recently learned that in comparison to the rest of Europe this kind of burnt clay stones ( Poroton ) is not very widespread in the UK. I think they prefer gassed concrete blocks over there. And yes, the timeframe is quite normal. I've witnessed a 4 story apartment block being build in some 3 weeks with this technique (without the basement of course)

[@zimbo65a]

NOTHING here is common and I bet there are NO German Workers on this construction site. I´ve built single-family homes over 40 years and I miss soo many legally prescribed procedures and materials. Of course there are many different ways to build a house based on the local materials and traditions but that company just cobbles houses together fast and cheap. Nothing in this video is German standard.

[@teslavesablinker8528]

Most houses in germany come with a basement

[@janniti5423]

In my region in germany most houses are built without cellar.

[@Falkenschwinge]

Maybe you could watch "Arbeitslose vor 60 Jahren: Stempeln in der Wirtschaft | Zwischen Spessart u. Karwendel | BR". They dug up a Video from 1956 about a village in bavaria an visit it today and look for people that were in the video then. Quite interesting. Also There is a series called "Abendleuten". they do almost the same thing but with focus on the Churches.

[@Annie-ex3ge]

I'm sure there are better videos about building in Germany. There are a ton of variations and options.

[@olgerkhan9331]

How much AI voice you want? Video: YESS!

[@ThePetaaaaa]

I hope this isn’t the future. Haven’t seen a good AI translation example yet and usually quit watching once it’s too obvious/annoying.

[@Justforvisit]

@@ThePetaaaaa Same here. If I want a soulless robot to narrate a video I'd just watch [insert popular KZbinr here]

[@Jerry_1293]

The average German houses have basements and normal brick walls. This house is built with many modern solutions combined with traditional work. Normally the main difference is the type of windows used in british houses and German houses, as well as maybe all those precise laws how to build a house in Germaany that makes our houses quite boring.

[@maartenwinkel5711]

Häuser in Deutschland zu bauen in der Größe des Hauses im Video kostet in Deutschland je nachdem wo du wohnst zwischen 450.000€ und 1.5mio€. Im Norden zwischen 450.000€-750.000€ und im Süden zwischen 850.000€-1.5mio€

[@gonsfx1792]

It's kinda standard nowadays. Not affordable at all, though. 450 to 600k EUR, which is a huge problem because without inheriting wealth from your parents, even families with two full time earners and good salaries can often not finance something like that. It can't be a lot cheaper because of all the regulations we have. Quality is top notch, but actually there's not a lot of cellars being built for new houses, especially in areas where square meter prices of land are high (medium to larger cities).

[@to.l.2469]

It's basically a commercial. This is definitely not "normal".

[@drei-zwei-eins]

Usually in Germany we build: inside wall 175mm glaswool ~160mm outside stone 115mm

[@r.h.7486]

Ojeh, wenn ich an meine alte, aber sehr charmante Backsteinhütte denke..😄 Wenn ich neubauen würde, wäre dieses Haus eine echte Option..

[@Annie-ex3ge]

Nearly all houses in Germany have a basement. It's rare to have no basement

[@Michael-tj7ig]

I don't want to confirm that. I think it has more to do with the soil conditions. Here in the north, we have to build in moorland and that brings with it moisture problems that are very costly to counteract. In order to save money, people like to do without a cellar

[@florete2310]

Actually, a real classic German house does have a cellar. PERIOD. Not having a cellar is more of a trend that has been adapted from the US in recent years for some reason (which makes not much sense, because you are giving up valuable space in *an overpopulated country...* guess, some people are just bad at maths)...

[@janniti5423]

There are a lot of houses built without cellar in my area in germany

[@janniti5423]

A baseent is nice until you have to pay it. We built without it

[@sweet-water8843]

😊

[@CavHDeu]

Strange that you listen to (some) viewers...

[@ferdirunge4510]

this movie do not representate how we build houses!

[@neophoys]

The AI generated voice is so annoying.

[@Justforvisit]

Disliked. Not because of Mert but because of the massively annoying AI voice.

[@lynnm6413]

It‘s really amazing…you go away for a two week vacation, and a whole 2 story house has even erected…but that takes another half o a whole year until electricity, windows and all the inner workings have been done. In areas where land can still be purchased by a single family, this is the normal procedure. However, due to a housing/rent crisis the Greens wanted to forbid singe family homes from being built…you can probably imagine the public outcry! Unfortunately, fewer people than ever now get to enjoy owning their home, the disparity between poor and rich people is rising astronomically each year.

[@holger6792]

The Greens never wanted to forbid single homes. Stop spreading such bs

[@Psi-Storm]

Single family homes not only are less space efficient, they also incur much higher costs to the community. For it to be financial viable for a regular citizen, you have to move out of the city, basically forcing you to rely on cars as a consequence. You don't need to own your own home to be happy. If you are interested, look up the strong town series from not just bikes.

[@lynnm6413]

@@Psi-Storm I grew up in an apartment building where 9 people owned singular units, and it was WAR every day! Keep on being demented, you‘ll learn soon enough, but after you have had a neighbor carry your bikes from one spot to the next for 5 years on end on the daily, we can talk again. I suffered 20 years of bullying from our neighbors, even though it were only 3 parties….as the saying goes, a bad apple ruins the bunch!

[@Ronaldetto]

This is very likely the most untypical German house ever.