Good morning everyone,

My girlfriend and I are renovating our first house.we are busy with demolition and cleaning stuff right now, but we are also planning out our entire budget and getting offers for a new bathroom and such.

I hear all the time what a cost difference building and renovation is, but I can’t see how it works in practice.

If I go on a webshop to buy dust masks for example, I am charged the full VAT. International companies like Conrad won’t gave an option for less tax, but it would make sense to get it there if it is already 25% cheaper than a store here, all tax excluded.

If I go to something like SACK, they give one price that includes whatever tax they choose it to be (then pocket the difference, we actually had it happen where we got an offer, we said it was above our budget, and they said “oh I spoke to my manager and just for you we can give you a 15% discount” within 10 minutes of the email. Sure…)

If I go to a bouwmaterialen store or a groothandel for electrical, do I have to specifically tell them that I am doing a verbouw?

I am not sure how this works in practice.

Thanks guys!