ᐅ The structural contractor installed the windows 10 cm off from the original position.
Created on: 27 Jun 2017 14:17
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Hi, the exterior walls on the ground floor are already up.
When measuring carefully today, I noticed that one of the patio doors in the living room has been shifted by 10cm (4 inches). Instead of 263cm (104 inches) from the wall to the window, it is now 273cm (107 inches), and on the other side, instead of 513cm (202 inches), it is only 503cm (198 inches) (see picture).
I don’t think you can add 10cm (4 inches) of masonry on one side of the wall extension and then remove 10cm (4 inches) on the other side.
I also know it probably won’t cause any real problems (maybe just looks a little different), but this wasn’t how it was planned.
So my question is whether anything can be done about this? Possibly also regarding the costs?
Thanks and best regards
When measuring carefully today, I noticed that one of the patio doors in the living room has been shifted by 10cm (4 inches). Instead of 263cm (104 inches) from the wall to the window, it is now 273cm (107 inches), and on the other side, instead of 513cm (202 inches), it is only 503cm (198 inches) (see picture).
I don’t think you can add 10cm (4 inches) of masonry on one side of the wall extension and then remove 10cm (4 inches) on the other side.
I also know it probably won’t cause any real problems (maybe just looks a little different), but this wasn’t how it was planned.
So my question is whether anything can be done about this? Possibly also regarding the costs?
Thanks and best regards
It doesn’t seem like there is a very trusting relationship with the developer. That’s unfortunate for you. Apparently, you want to claim something for the "damage." Then just go ahead and try. But don’t be surprised if the next additional feature ends up costing twice as much.
Please, I’m asking you… It’s his responsibility to build properly when being paid well. A tolerance of 1-2 cm (about 1 inch) is understandable, no one complains about that. But here, a planned piece of furniture doesn’t fit at all. Just imagine that with a kitchen already designed, and suddenly everything has to be changed.
Or the utility room door overlaps by 5 cm (about 2 inches) with the wall of the attached garage.
And even with such a mistake, people stay silent out of fear of repercussions?
As I said, just address the issue reasonably and see what happens. Maybe he’ll respond completely understandingly and you’ll find a solution? That usually works if you use the right approach.
Best regards, Joe
Or the utility room door overlaps by 5 cm (about 2 inches) with the wall of the attached garage.
And even with such a mistake, people stay silent out of fear of repercussions?
As I said, just address the issue reasonably and see what happens. Maybe he’ll respond completely understandingly and you’ll find a solution? That usually works if you use the right approach.
Best regards, Joe
Joedreck schrieb:
Come on... It’s his job to build properly for the good money he’s paid. True, but here it clearly isn’t a matter of furniture issues, rather a search for faults to save money in some way. The developer will know that too.
We had similar "minor issues" as well. But if something was truly insignificant, we didn’t make a big deal out of it. Our relationship was probably a bit more open and cordial. On the other hand, we also got a few bargains where he fixed real mistakes and provided a higher-quality compromise. It always depends. You get back what you put in… that applies to both sides.
@kaho674 the search for mistakes?
Sorry, if you have blind trust in your construction company, that’s fine. But if I end up spending nearly 1 million marks on the house and land, I want to make sure everything is right.
And it was simply a matter of double-checking if everything fits, not searching for errors!
1,000,000 marks... What you could have gotten for that back then
And who says there won’t be furniture problems later because of those annoying 10cm (4 inches)?
Sorry, if you have blind trust in your construction company, that’s fine. But if I end up spending nearly 1 million marks on the house and land, I want to make sure everything is right.
And it was simply a matter of double-checking if everything fits, not searching for errors!
1,000,000 marks... What you could have gotten for that back then
And who says there won’t be furniture problems later because of those annoying 10cm (4 inches)?
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