Yes, ideally we would get a bit more clarity on who got the green light for what exactly. Going up in the number of square meters may be possible if staying on the low end of the price fork, but ideally going up in square meters should never be automatic.
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during our meeting with the confesseurs on Saturday, we based our calculations on the number shown in the presentation and didn’t include the 10% safety margin. That made our ability to pay the mortgage look more optimistic than it actually is. We ran a simulation ourselves at home afterwards. It still looks doable, but for sure more challenging.
For future meetings, it could be helpful to give people some guidance on the process and the calculation beyond the price listed in the slide deck.
We’re happy to have another meeting if needed, so that our financial situation is more accurately understood both for us and for The Reef 
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Just to add to my previous message:
Do I understand correctly that, for the basic finishings, it’s €950 ? I read it from a comment from Mieke and would like some clarifications.
Thanks for your feedback Wenwei. It’s good to know that this is unclear and can be improved.
For your information: there is a file in the Onboarding Package > Estimating financial feasibility: https://c301.nl.tabdigital.eu/f/152097
In this file there is a link to the budget calculator, which should provide clarity on safety margin and finishings (third tab). If you would have trouble navigating the file, don’t hesitate to contact your buddy or someone from reef-coordination.
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We used to indicate 750 euros for basic finishings but have recently discussed rising this number to 900 euros because the first number might be outdated (i.e. too low with current inflation, increase of prices for materials etc.). We have a meeting with the architects tomorrow and will ask about whether 750 euros is still feasible and what it would look like. Will report back @Wenwei 
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Thank you Sophie ! I am indeed curious to learn about what are included in the finishings, so we can budget for what needs to be done ourselves as well.
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More details are here: https://edgeryders.eu/t/avant-projet-clarifying-the-budget/20868/57
TL;DR: the architects will make a simulation for 750 and 900 euro, with a very detailed list of what it includes. This will get by mid next week.
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What we learnt yesterday was that in the “baseline apartment” (i.e. roughly 750 euros in current prices), only the painting and the kitchen were diy (so a perfectly comfortable and livable apartment) but more on that next week as Lee said.
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Update: I completely re-worked the first post, to re-align the text with the current process (the previous text hadn’t been updated since 2023).
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For completeness: I created a new post on the process to bring more clarity and structure into the confesseurs process => Resetting the confesseurs process
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