Questions and answers

You can initially proceed in two ways. Either you contact us by phone or by submitting an expression of interest, and a project manager will contact you to arrange an initial meeting. If you have already found a model, you can start by building it in our online construction tool. When you complete your build online, you will receive a price directly on screen based on your choices and your contact details will be sent to us and a project manager will call you to schedule a meeting. We offer viewings at existing customers but you are also invited to our office in Farsta center, where we also have our viewing houses. You will have the opportunity to experience our high quality of raw materials and interior choices in reality. You have a meeting with the seller who goes through your needs and conditions on the plot. After the meeting, you will receive a compiled and detailed quote that takes into account lifting and transportation conditions on your plot. If everything feels good, you go ahead and sign the contract for the purchase. After this, you are always in good hands with project managers and administrators.

Yes, we have developed several smaller models that have basements and basement floors. The models can be scaled up and adapted to your needs and wishes. Here it is important to make a careful assessment and calculation on the plot to choose the right house and solution. Contact us for more information.

There is not much difference between the building regulations for a permanent home and a holiday home. However, the requirements for accessibility, energy and space differ somewhat. The energy requirements are lower for a holiday home, so it is possible to influence the architecture without having to pay too much attention to energy requirements. In terms of space, for example, you don't need to have a certain size of kitchen for it to be approved. There are also no accessibility and accessibility requirements for a holiday home. This means that you can choose to have a smaller bathroom or bedroom than is allowed in houses used as permanent accommodation.

A holiday home is usually used for a temporary stay and not as a permanent residence. Many people use them as summer cottages or places to spend weekends and vacations. They can vary greatly in style and comfort, from simple cottages to luxury vacation villas.

Our price includes a variety of options and offers to suit your needs and wishes. We offer modular or prefabricated building elements, as well as turnkey modules. You also have the option to choose from several different floor plans depending on how you want to use your shed.

Transportation to Stockholm and Karlshamn is already included in the house price. Then there is the cost of transportation to your plot, which is included when you sign an agreement with us. When purchasing a turnkey or modular climate shell, the assembly of the house on the foundation is also included, as well as a standard lift of the shed from the trailer. If you choose to use prefabricated building elements, these are delivered to the site boundary. Coordination and cost of lifting and assembly of the house is then taken care of by you as a customer or a third party.

Our house can be delivered completely finished on the outside as a finished module or as prefabricated building elements. In both cases, the module/building elements are insulated and the interior walls are prepared according to the model and floor plan you have chosen. You as the customer are responsible for the electrical and plumbing installations and the interior finishing. If you choose our turnkey design, the house will be turnkey both externally and internally. If you add one of our contracting packages, you can also get a total solution where we take responsibility for the entire process.

Our price includes a variety of options to create a customized solution for you. We simplify the process by offering transportation and assembly services as well as the possibility to choose between different ready-made designs. We strive to give you as a customer the best possible experience and we can also offer total solutions to make it easier for you. Welcome to us to create your dream storage room or shed!

Yes, it is possible.

Yes, it is. You can have both a bathroom and a kitchen.

Yes, you can build one or more sheds. However, the total building area of all sheds on the plot must not exceed 15 m2. The maximum height from the ground to the roof ridge must not exceed 3 m.

A shed is a building that may be erected on a plot without either a building permit or a building notification. A shed may have a maximum construction area of 15 m2 and a maximum roof height of 3 meters. The shed must be on a plot where there is a one- or two-family house. Furthermore, the shed must be free-standing and may not be built together with another building. If you want to place the shed closer than 4.5 meters from the plot boundary, the neighbor must give their consent. The shed may be placed on marked land and does not count towards the area of your plot that may be built on.

If the size of house model you want is not available, we are happy to produce a larger house for you. We have previously customized several houses for our customers and it is no problem to take an existing model and make it on a larger scale. Contact us and tell us what you want and together we can develop a house according to your requirements for size and other wishes.

We offer three different contracting packages for our modular houses, adapted to your preferences and level of commitment. You can choose from the following contract types:

The installation package.

This package includes:

• Managing the municipal process of building permit or building notification.
•  We perform crane and transport control as well as project manage and coordinate the transport and crane lift so that the house is in place.
• The assembly and completion of the house is done by our own carpenters.
• Final check of the house with our foreman
• We are responsible for contracting services such as plumbing connection, functional testing and installation of heating cable. Electrical connection and insulation testing according to the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority's guidelines are also included in the package.

The major contracting package. 

This package includes:

• Managing the municipal process of building permit or building notification.
• We perform crane and transport control as well as project manage and coordinate the transport and crane lift so that the house is in place.
• One of our contracting partners for earthworks makes a site visit and the planning for pipes, culvert and earthworks for water, sewage and electricity is made. In close connection with the house delivery, this work takes place where the other earthwork is also carried out. This includes a graveled and compacted surface where the house foundation is to be placed and the construction of the foundation type ordered under the contract.
• We are responsible for contracting services such as plumbing connection, functional testing and installation of heating cable. Electrical connection and insulation testing according to the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority's guidelines are also included in the package.
• Our carpenters complete and install all the details of the house, and liability insurance and final inspection by a certified inspector are included as standard in this large construction package.

Major contracting package - Fixed price. 

This package includes:

• Large contracting package as described above
• Fixed and secured price for house delivery
• Currency insurance
• Completion insurance and new construction insurance

To develop a price for this package, a complete investigation is required where we make site visits and collect quotes and compile everything into a final quote. In our experience, it takes more time and effort than you might think to run, project manage and coordinate your construction project with contracts and works yourself. Even if you have initially decided to take responsibility for certain parts yourself, it is of course possible to have a dialog with us further into the process if you change your mind. Most of our customers choose the Large Construction Package and if you want to be 100% sure of the cost, you choose a fixed price. In our service byggonline you can choose which construction package you want.

You can choose to add to all packages. 

• Garbo insurance, which insures your deposit until the house is delivered.

All our houses are delivered primed once and finished twice.

Yes, it is available as an option and you can choose freely among the tiles according to your own taste and preference.

Absolutely! Some of our holiday homes already have saunas in their floor plans. If you choose a house with a floor plan without a sauna, we can always redraw the floor plan and add a sauna.

All our houses include electric radiators. If you want more comfort heating/cooling, you should choose an air source heat pump. If you are building a holiday home and intend to use it for permanent living or living more than 4 months in a year, the energy requirements are different. Then you need to choose an exhaust air heat pump with waterborne radiators or waterborne floor heating.

It is possible to mirror a floor plan. You pay nothing extra for it. Our options already include the option to mirror your chosen floor plan.

We have floor plans to suit all kinds of purposes. If none of our models suits you, it is possible to have the house fully architect-designed and customized according to your wishes. You can add or move windows and doors, customize the floor plan and the exterior as a whole. In addition to these possibilities, you can easily put your personal touch on the house with options from our wide range in our build online.

For a building permit, the municipality is required by law to give a decision within 10 weeks of all documents being complete. Often, just ordering the new building map from the municipality can take up to 4 weeks. We usually recommend that you allow about 8-12 weeks from the start of the notification. For building permits, the lead times are longer and the municipality has up to 10 weeks to return with a decision or supplement. It can vary greatly in how long a start notice for a building permit takes to get, all depends on the complexity of the case and how quickly or slowly your particular municipality processes its cases.

Most of the time, when you apply for a permit, you will have to indicate who will be the inspection officer for what you plan to do. The inspection officer will help draw up the inspection plan that the developer must then follow. The inspection officer must be a certified, competent person who is independent of the action he or she will inspect. You can find certified inspection officers on the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning website, www.boverket.se. It is usually the municipality's building permit officer who decides whether an inspection officer is needed in a case. If you are unsure, you can always contact your municipality for advice. If you want us to arrange a control officer for you, we can arrange it at a cost of SEK 13,995 - 24,995. The cost depends on house size and area.

The areas that are more or less covered by plots of land and buildings are generally regulated by a detailed plan. The purpose of the plan is to determine in advance what buildings are possible within the area or property and how they may be built. The plans are legally binding and thus regulate which houses may be built on a plot with guidelines on design. To find out more about your particular plot, we recommend that you contact your municipality and see what your local plan says. The local plan states how big you can build, heights and distances etc. Then we can have a dialog about your project.

The house can only be occupied once you have received a final notice from the municipality. This normally takes up to 4 weeks after the house has been delivered, the final inspection has been carried out and all papers have been submitted to the municipality. If the municipality has required an inspection officer, the final notification is handled by this person, otherwise by the responsible project manager.

For a building notification, the municipality is required by law to give a decision within 4 weeks of all documents being complete. Often, just ordering the new building map from the municipality can take up to 4 weeks. We usually recommend that you allow about 8-12 weeks from the start of the notification. For building permits, the lead times are longer and the municipality has up to 10 weeks to return with a decision or supplement. It can vary greatly in how long a start notice for a building permit takes to get, all depends on the complexity of the case and how quickly or slowly your particular municipality processes its cases.

The contract is canceled and we receive compensation for time spent. This corresponds to the sum of the down payment of SEK 30,000 for attefallshus and SEK 50,000 for fritidshus.

A new-build map is a document drawn up in connection with the construction or conversion of buildings and is part of the documentation when applying for a building permit. The new build map forms a basis for drawing up the site plan. The new construction map shows the exact location and dimensions of the property, as well as other information such as existing buildings, limits of building rights, connection points for water and sewage, adjacent roads and streets, and elevations. The new-build map is usually drawn up by the municipality; to a certain extent, the building committee is obliged to provide a new-build map for a fee.

The price of the house already includes a cost of 15000:- for a crane, which usually covers the costs of a standard crane if no extra measures are needed. The project manager selling the house will make an initial assessment and inform you if it may be necessary to use a larger crane. We always send out a specialized crane company to do a thorough check and obtain an itemized price quote for the crane lift in question. This cost will then be presented and explained by the project manager during the production meeting to ensure complete transparency.

Yes, our finished house modules are loaded onto a ferry together with a trailer and crane that goes out to each island. We continue by truck on the island and lift the house in place using the mobile crane. It is also possible to deliver to islands without roads but which can be reached from the lake. The ferry can handle a depth of 1.5 meters and often comes very close to the island to dock. In that scenario, the mobile crane follows the ferry and can lift up to 50 meters. We can also deliver the house in prefabricated form by helicopter and assemble the house on site. The costs of sea deliveries vary quite a lot depending on where the island is located, whether the site can be reached from the sea, transshipment, road conditions, etc. In most cases, it is still a good saving compared to a site-built house.

We work with several large crane companies that we send out on site visits. The crane company goes out to you and reviews the delivery route to you and what the lifting conditions look like on site. What they look at is where they can have their installation area, how far it is from the center of the crane to the center of the house for the lift and this determines the crane size for the lift. If it is a difficult to access and narrow road, a reloading truck may be needed. If the ground is soft on the plot or the transport route, driving plates may be required. The crane company looks at the whole picture and presents us with an itemized quote.

The above mentions how the lifting is done and how you get a quote for this. Regarding transportation, the transportation cost is already calculated in your contract. In the same way as for cranes, we send out a request for a site visit to our carrier who checks and ensures that delivery can take place all the way to the house foundation. The carrier also gives an assessment of whether or not a reloading truck is required. Most often, this applies to sharp curves that the transport truck cannot handle with the house and then a reloading needs to be done to a smaller truck or shed truck.

We often find solutions to deliver our houses, even to hard-to-reach places. Delivery constraints can arise in cases where there are hard-to-reach locations for mobile cranes and transportation. Most often, this is when the roads become very narrow, the curves become very sharp and sometimes there is no accessible route to the site at all. You may need to adapt the delivery method or construction method, then we build in prefabricated elements instead of in modules, as prefabricated building elements can be delivered with narrower trucks. But you may also need to do additional ground preparation than what is included in our packages, so that we can deliver the house. This is carefully reviewed with your project manager and site visits are made if necessary. We have extensive experience of delivering houses to all sorts of places in Sweden and outside Sweden. Over the years, we have been tested in several varying challenges where most things have been solved, we would rather see solutions than limitations. Do not hesitate to ask us if you are in doubt about your project, we solve most things.

The house arrives ready-built and is transported on a truck with a trailer all the way from the factory, via ferry and to your plot. The house is then lifted into place on the house foundation with a crane.

Once the purchase has been completed, your order will be sent to us and a project management sales representative will contact you to obtain further information to fulfill your order. Once your drawing package is finalized, it will be sent to your provided email address within 10 working days.

Of course, it is always possible to change your mind. If you want to buy the same house for which you have applied for planning permission/building notification, simply contact your project manager who helped you with the drawing package and he will help you further. The first step is to get a quote for the same exterior specification for which you have received a start notice, and then you can freely put your stamp on the interior and get a price accordingly.

We offer three different drawing packages, no matter what your needs are, we have a package to suit you. The three different packages with content are as follows: Standard package: Facade drawings. Floor plans. Loft drawings. Roof drawings. Sectional drawings. construction details Medium package: Façade drawings. Floor plans. Loft drawings. Roof drawing. Sectional drawings. construction details Site plan. Premium package: Façade drawings. Floor plans. Loft drawings. Roof drawing. Sectional drawings. construction details Site plan. Energy calculation. Ventilation drawing. Proposal for the control plan.  

If the municipality requires a supplement in your case on any of the drawings that we have delivered to you, then our supplement handling is included for this. However, if the municipality requires one or more completely new documents or drawings that are not included in the drawing package, you can contact your project manager who will help you to produce what the municipality requires. There is a fixed cost for supplementary documents or drawings that were not originally included in the package you purchased.

You can quickly and easily place an order for the selected drawing package through Klarna Checkout and choose between paying the full amount directly or 30 days invoice.

We offer different construction packages where customers can choose what to include in their project to influence the price. There are also different options for finishing the house, where you can do some work yourself and thus reduce costs.

There are some factors that can affect the price from the time the contract is signed and require some controls. For example, tap costs, earthworks and developer costs. These costs are e.g. fees decided by the municipality, connection fees, building permits, new construction map and costs for a quality manager. By the time of the production meeting, all the checks have usually been carried out and the building permit or building notification informs you of any additional costs required to build the house for which you have submitted a building permit/notification. 

We are very transparent and go through any additional costs at the time of contracting, so that clients can include these in their budget. 

We have also developed a fixed-price, all-inclusive contracting package to give extra peace of mind to our customers.

Please do not hesitate to contact us so that we can assess the potential risks of additional costs for your upcoming construction project.

With our payment plan, you can feel safe and secure throughout the purchase process. We have structured the payment in four parts to give you flexibility and make it easier for you as a customer.

First, you pay a deposit 10 days after signing the contract. This gives you time to familiarize yourself with the purchase and make sure you have made the right choice.

Once you have received the go-ahead from the municipality and the production of your house is planned, 50% of the purchase price is paid. This is an important step and marks that everything is on track and that your house is about to become a reality.

On the day of delivery, 45% of the purchase price must be received by us. To avoid possible delays and additional costs, we recommend that you pay the delivery invoice a few days before delivery. 

Finally, after passing the final inspection and before you take possession of the house, you pay the last 5% of the purchase price. This is the last part of the payment and marks you as the official owner of your new home.

To further secure your financial investment, we offer the possibility to take out an insurance policy through Garbo. This insurance covers the payments you have made before you get your house, giving you extra security and protection.

With our payment plan and our status as a stable and reliable housing provider, we want to give you the peace of mind and security you deserve. We are here to guide and support you throughout the buying process.

Depending on the house you choose, the delivery times for our turnkey houses vary. Below you can see the average delivery time for our turnkey house models:

- Freezer shed: about 10-14 weeks.

- Temporary housing: about 16-24 weeks.

- Holiday homes: about 16-26 weeks.

As the delivery requires complex coordination between several different contractors, freight companies and lifting crane companies, we cannot guarantee an exact delivery date until close to the time of delivery. At the start of production, we develop a preliminary delivery week and as the delivery date approaches, we can provide more detailed information on the expected week and day of delivery.

If changes are made to our standard house models, if you order a customized house or if extra options are added, the delivery time may be longer than for our standard models.

We do our best to keep delivery times as short as possible, but there may be factors beyond our control that affect delivery times. For example, there may be delays with our subcontractors or problems with shipping companies. We understand that not having an exact delivery date in advance can be frustrating, but we always aim to be as transparent as possible and keep our customers updated on any changes or delays that may occur during the delivery process.

With our payment plan, you can feel safe and secure throughout the purchase process. We have structured the payment in four parts to give you flexibility and make it easier for you as a customer. First, you pay a down payment 10 days after signing the contract. This gives you time to familiarize yourself with your purchase and make sure you've made the right choice. Once the municipality has approved your application for start-up, and the production of your house is planned, 50% of the purchase price is paid before the start of production. This is an important step and marks that everything is on the right track and that your house is on its way to becoming reality. By the day of delivery, 45% of the total purchase price should be paid to us. To avoid possible late payment interest and additional costs due to late payment, we recommend that you pay the delivery invoice a few days before delivery. Finally, after the approved final inspection and before you take over the house, you pay the last 5% of the purchase price. This is the last part of the payment and marks that you are officially the owner of your new home.

Absolutely! We can provide quotes for most construction and civil engineering projects. Get in touch with us and we can prepare a quote for groundwork together with our ground contractor. It is often cheaper as you avoid double establishment costs. It saves both money and time.

We always make an individual assessment based on your particular plot and its conditions. Generally speaking, we recommend insulated foundations for attefall houses that need to maintain a maximum height of 4 meters from ground level. The advantages of an insulated foundation are many. It insulates the house better, which provides a more comfortable indoor climate, especially during the colder days of the year. For those who want to build the house on a rock but do not want to blast, it works with a plinth foundation. Our houses have a base floor with cembrit windstopper extreme board underneath that protects from the weather and wind. We can also place our houses on ground slabs after a finished plinth plan for each house.

The staking out is done before construction work starts and involves marking the location of the new building on the ground. The height, for example the height of the finished floor, is also marked out at the same time. To check that the measure has actually ended up in the intended place in terms of plan and height, a position check is also made when the measure has started or is completed. It is always the developer who is responsible for ensuring that a measure ends up in the right place, regardless of whether or not a building permit or notification is required. Therefore, we always recommend that you choose to hire a measurement technician for this. In some cases, the municipality requires you to have one in order to build.

Your project manager checks the conditions via pictures and videos provided by you as a customer. For more complex projects or the slightest doubt that our groundwork included in the contract is not enough, we will send our ground contractor on a site visit to you. He will examine the conditions on the site and, if necessary, he will make suggestions for measures and provide a quote for extra work.

Our production takes place in two factories that we own ourselves. We have a Swedish factory in Borlänge and a factory that has been in operation since our start and is located in Lithuania. This means that we have full insight into our production chain, which is controlled by a self-inspection program to ensure quality at all stages of production. All our houses are built according to Swedish building standards and regulations, so you can feel confident that your house is of a high standard. Our factories employ around 120 people and have a production capacity of 25-30 houses each month.

Our roof structure can withstand a snow load of 2.5 kn/m2. If you do not know which zone your area has, you can search for the area you want to build the house on through this link: https://www.boverket.se/sv/byggande/regler-for-byggande/om-boverkets-konstruktionsregler-eks/sa-har-anvander-du-eks/karta-med-snolastzoner/. If you require higher snow load requirements on the roof than what we have as standard, we can easily arrange it for you. There will then be an additional cost for extra reinforcement and dimensioning of the roof. Please contact one of our project managers to get information about any price changes that may occur based on the snow load zone your area has.

Yes, the price can be affected by the cost of freight, local conditions and the price of construction work. If you have filled in the municipality you are building in on the website, you will have already received the correct price for freight and contracting. The price may also vary depending on the snow load zone your area requires.

Yes, you can get up to the full amount financed through our partner Wasa Kredit. To be granted the full cost of the house, two applicants without payment remarks with an annual income of at least SEK 160,000 each are required. You also need to have been resident in Sweden for at least 3 years at the time of the assessment. If you are the sole applicant, you may be granted a loan of up to SEK 400,000. We also have an established partnership with SEB, which offers both mortgage advice and building loans. You as a customer will receive, from your house seller, a direct contact route to SEB and a feedback within 24 h. Contact your house seller for more information and contact details. You only start paying interest costs on the day you start using the loan