Hello everyone,
we have received a quote for the surveying work and I wanted to quickly check if it seems appropriate and if anything might be missing. The plot was purchased in Hesse in a new residential development:
Rough staking out: €225 plus VAT (flat rate)
Fine staking out: €675 plus VAT (flat rate)
Building survey: €835 plus VAT (according to the administrative fee regulation)
plus the costs from the surveying authority of about €130
In total, this will be around €2,200 including VAT.
so long, ck
we have received a quote for the surveying work and I wanted to quickly check if it seems appropriate and if anything might be missing. The plot was purchased in Hesse in a new residential development:
Rough staking out: €225 plus VAT (flat rate)
Fine staking out: €675 plus VAT (flat rate)
Building survey: €835 plus VAT (according to the administrative fee regulation)
plus the costs from the surveying authority of about €130
In total, this will be around €2,200 including VAT.
so long, ck
Zaba12 schrieb:
He actually "only" understated it by 60-70cm (24-28 inches) from the north side toward the street, and that on 642sqm (6,906 sqft) Is there a thread about this?
Zaba12 schrieb:
the house was planned too close to the street I wasn’t referring to clumsy or ill-considered planning but rather genuine mistakes, like with Nordlys, where the wrong boundary marker was used.
Zaba12 schrieb:
But feel free to share your experiences A colleague (*clears throat*) once caused a height error of 15cm (6 inches) during rough staking by using improper program settings with a new surveying device. After excavation and installation of the blinding layer, the foreman noticed the error. Damage: 22m³ (29yd³) of excess soil transported away, 22m³ (29yd³) of fill material brought back to the site, installed and compacted, two days’ delay in construction – cost: 15,000 DM. The insurance paid without any issues.
With acquaintances, it was a case like @Nordlys. Due to a boundary bend not visible on site, two boundary markers were only one meter (3.3 feet) apart. The foreman took the wrong one. After the foundation slab was poured, the neighbor wanted to start building. Their surveyor identified a 60cm (24 inches) boundary encroachment – order to remove. Damage (neighbor waived compensation for construction delays): €50,000. The construction company filed for insolvency, and the client narrowly escaped a major disaster thanks to the bank’s goodwill.
A university classmate once told me about a height error when surveying a gable profile for planning a semi-detached house. It only became evident after the ground floor was built. Damage: 12,000 DM for redesign costs plus 25,000 DM compensation for lost rental income due to reduced living space in the attic. Insurance claim was handled without complications.
Zaba12 schrieb:
how contractors try to get out of such a surveying error. If the mistake was mine, I don’t try to avoid responsibility—I’m insured for exactly that. However, my experience is that planners or builders often try to blame surveyors for their own mistakes, which is why the surveying profession has developed methods with stringent checks. And if I make so many errors that the insurance drops me, then I either didn’t learn anything during training or I chose the wrong profession.
To be honest, before registering here in the forum, I didn’t even know that surveyors mark out houses. I always thought this was done by site managers or groundworks contractors. That’s how I’ve seen it my whole life. But the construction industry has changed a lot over the past decades. In the past, nobody even did soil investigations; they just started digging without much planning. Karsten
Nordlys schrieb:
But a lot has changed in the construction sector over the past decades. That sounds as if you might have mixed up a digit in your age. :-) Maybe it also depends on the state. In North Rhine-Westphalia, for example, construction site staking has been a routine part of surveyors’ work for at least 50 years.
Nordlys schrieb:
In the past, nobody got soil surveys done; they just dug straight away, and that was fine. I agree with you there. But maybe later a soil engineer will protest just as much as I do.
As a student, I earned money working as a laborer on construction sites. Back in 1978-79, the hourly wage was around 10 to 11 Deutsche Mark, which was a generous pay compared to other jobs. I helped carry many houses up, but there were never surveyors on site. That was always done by the foreman together with an experienced tradesman. And those foremen were definitely not foolish people; they really knew their craft. Many architects were outnumbered by them. Karsten
Escroda schrieb:
Is there a thread about this? Sort of. It wasn’t my survey, after all.