There are many reasons for this: prices are driven up by higher demand, as people build and renovate more during pandemics, basic raw materials have become more expensive, the coronation crisis has disrupted their processing and supply chains.
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“In March, we chose a turnkey type house, a 4-bedroom bungalow with a usable area of 99 m2, on the construction company’s website. We were also interested in the relatively favorable price. When the company sent us a breakdown of construction costs, including the reserve, in June, it informed us that it had to increase the prices of the material by about ten percent, “Lenka, who wants to build in the Kolín region, described Práva.
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In the meantime, the company has withdrawn house prices from its website, stating that it is currently working on revaluation, and has also suspended the receipt of orders for further construction.
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Of the million, it is suddenly 1.5 million crowns
The situation in the construction industry, which is still failing to start in the Czech Republic, as well as the situation on the already overheated real estate market, are thus becoming more uncertain. Designers and builders have difficulty setting prices, and money may not be enough for people who usually take out mortgages for new housing. A ten percent increase in price, as with Lenka, that is hundreds of thousands of crowns extra when building a family house.
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“From the designer’s point of view, it is difficult to estimate the price of the construction,” designer Eva from Prague confirmed to Práva.
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“For example, I am dealing with the reconstruction of a family house in the vicinity of Brno. The builder wants to do the attic, including the replacement of the truss. Normally, I would estimate it according to price indicators for the construction industry or from experience, and I could tell them that they will fit into a million crowns, for example. Now I’m really not sure about that, “added the designer.
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According to her, it may happen that out of a million will be CZK 1.5 million. “Currently, I am also creating a project that will last for half a year after the building permit, so the contracting authorities will start building next spring. This cannot be estimated at all, “added the designer.
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A carpentry company from Veltrus submitted an offer for the reconstruction of the truss and roof covering for a family house. The builder was thinking for about a month, which is normal time for such an investment. When he decided and called the carpenter to take it, and let him do it, the prices were somewhere else and the wheel was repeated.
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Trouble is everywhere. “We are forced to raise the prices of family houses again,” said the construction company HP Domy, without yet estimating how much it will increase.
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However, the list of material inputs is breathtaking – plastic, wood and steel products have become more expensive by Tens of percent since the New Year.
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Big differences in the offer
At the same time, price growth has varied considerably even within the segment. For example, Den Braven, a manufacturer of sealants, adhesives and other construction chemicals, has announced that it will increase prices by three to 40 percent from June 14.
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At the same time, it introduces quantitative regulation; in addition, it will supply companies with a maximum of 15 percent of materials in excess of their volume last year.
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At the same time, it reserves the right to sell at a higher price even for previously received orders, or not to deliver the goods in the end. And without penalty.
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