Hello everyone,
I would appreciate your feedback on the floor plans.
Development Plan / Restrictions:
· Plot size: 1,200 m² (18 m (59 inches) wide)
· Slope: south-facing hill, street to the north
· Site coverage ratio: 0.3
· Floor area ratio: 0.6
· Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see "enlarged building envelope" 12 x 14 m (39 x 46 feet)
· Edge development: garages
· Number of parking spaces: 3 required according to building authority
· Construction type: open building layout
· Building setback: 3 m (10 feet)
· Roof type: pitched roofs 15-30°, hipped roofs to be avoided, see regulations
· Orientation: ridge direction of the buildings parallel to each other
· Exterior design: see section 6 of the regulations
Homeowners’ Requirements
Preliminary: The homeowners (born 1982 male, 1988 female, and two children born 2014 female, 2016 male) want to live on two floors (basement and ground floor). A third children’s bedroom should also be included. The third floor (attic) should be accessible barrier-free.
· Style: Bauhaus (optionally exposed concrete)
· Roof design: large south-facing side (for solar panels, photovoltaics)
· Building type: two-family house
· Basement and floors: basement, ground floor, attic
· Number of occupants and ages as above: (2 + 3 in basement and ground floor, 2 + 1 in attic)
o Space requirements attic: 2 bedrooms, 1 flexible floor plan bathroom, open living/dining/kitchen area, utility room
o Space requirements ground floor: 1 master bedroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom, large open living/dining/kitchen area, wardrobe, storage room
o Space requirements basement: 3 children’s bedrooms, children’s bathroom, optional play corridor, boiler room, cellar, utility room
· Open or closed architecture: open
· Conservative or modern construction: modern
· Kitchen: open kitchen with island (at least on ground floor)
· Balcony, roof terrace: likely sensible on all three floors considering exposed concrete
· Parking spaces: carports if possible, which can later be converted into garages (initial cost saving)
· Heating/thermal technology: air-to-water heat pump (underfloor heating), optional photovoltaics
· Windows: large window areas on the south side, optionally wide, low windows above the kitchen worktop on the ground floor
· Energy efficiency: KfW 55 standard
· High sound insulation (especially for the ceiling of the attic, separate residential unit)
I would appreciate your feedback on the floor plans.
Development Plan / Restrictions:
· Plot size: 1,200 m² (18 m (59 inches) wide)
· Slope: south-facing hill, street to the north
· Site coverage ratio: 0.3
· Floor area ratio: 0.6
· Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see "enlarged building envelope" 12 x 14 m (39 x 46 feet)
· Edge development: garages
· Number of parking spaces: 3 required according to building authority
· Construction type: open building layout
· Building setback: 3 m (10 feet)
· Roof type: pitched roofs 15-30°, hipped roofs to be avoided, see regulations
· Orientation: ridge direction of the buildings parallel to each other
· Exterior design: see section 6 of the regulations
Homeowners’ Requirements
Preliminary: The homeowners (born 1982 male, 1988 female, and two children born 2014 female, 2016 male) want to live on two floors (basement and ground floor). A third children’s bedroom should also be included. The third floor (attic) should be accessible barrier-free.
· Style: Bauhaus (optionally exposed concrete)
· Roof design: large south-facing side (for solar panels, photovoltaics)
· Building type: two-family house
· Basement and floors: basement, ground floor, attic
· Number of occupants and ages as above: (2 + 3 in basement and ground floor, 2 + 1 in attic)
o Space requirements attic: 2 bedrooms, 1 flexible floor plan bathroom, open living/dining/kitchen area, utility room
o Space requirements ground floor: 1 master bedroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom, large open living/dining/kitchen area, wardrobe, storage room
o Space requirements basement: 3 children’s bedrooms, children’s bathroom, optional play corridor, boiler room, cellar, utility room
· Open or closed architecture: open
· Conservative or modern construction: modern
· Kitchen: open kitchen with island (at least on ground floor)
· Balcony, roof terrace: likely sensible on all three floors considering exposed concrete
· Parking spaces: carports if possible, which can later be converted into garages (initial cost saving)
· Heating/thermal technology: air-to-water heat pump (underfloor heating), optional photovoltaics
· Windows: large window areas on the south side, optionally wide, low windows above the kitchen worktop on the ground floor
· Energy efficiency: KfW 55 standard
· High sound insulation (especially for the ceiling of the attic, separate residential unit)
sichtbeton82 schrieb:
Now there are tall tales going around that the tiles were stolen...Theft is not considered a force majeure event – in my opinion, this does not affect their delivery obligation to you.sichtbeton82 schrieb:
If necessary, I will share other procedures here as well, so I can help other homeowners with those too.While I certainly welcome such contributions, let's hope you won’t have many more reasons to do so.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Consider what is more important to you.
We didn’t tighten any clamps on the floor either. We report every damage to the general contractor as required, but the flooring installer doesn’t care. The shaky crew is no longer allowed in our house. In three years, we’ll have it reinstalled. It spares your nerves, but unfortunately not your wallet.
We didn’t tighten any clamps on the floor either. We report every damage to the general contractor as required, but the flooring installer doesn’t care. The shaky crew is no longer allowed in our house. In three years, we’ll have it reinstalled. It spares your nerves, but unfortunately not your wallet.
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sichtbeton822 Mar 2020 08:53The process continues steadily. The handover, which is generally a rather complex topic, took place on Friday for the interior doors. I was not present. Now I have received the report based on the VOB (German Construction Contract Procedures). However, the offer and order confirmation (as the only contractual documents) do not refer to this, so it is a construction contract under the German Building Code. Therefore, I have the following requests for the architect (as I am tired of having to pre-chew the results):
1. Please verify whether this assessment is correct.
2. Please check whether the client is disadvantaged by acceptance according to the VOB instead of the Building Code.
3. Please review whether the acceptance report or the acceptance itself is valid.
4. Please verify whether the due date for the "final invoice" has been triggered in relation to a potentially invalid acceptance.
At the same time, the door manufacturer has issued an invoice without the term "final invoice" and without any note indicating that it is conclusive. However, this is approved as the "final invoice" by the architect.
5. Please check whether this is indeed a final invoice.
6. Please verify whether the payment term, if this is a final invoice, is legally acceptable.
There is also a note on the acceptance report stating that another trade damaged a door. Here, too, there is some uncertainty regarding the transfer of risk and the burden of proof.
Since I have reviewed the last five invoices, none of them has been perfectly clear.
1. Please verify whether this assessment is correct.
2. Please check whether the client is disadvantaged by acceptance according to the VOB instead of the Building Code.
3. Please review whether the acceptance report or the acceptance itself is valid.
4. Please verify whether the due date for the "final invoice" has been triggered in relation to a potentially invalid acceptance.
At the same time, the door manufacturer has issued an invoice without the term "final invoice" and without any note indicating that it is conclusive. However, this is approved as the "final invoice" by the architect.
5. Please check whether this is indeed a final invoice.
6. Please verify whether the payment term, if this is a final invoice, is legally acceptable.
There is also a note on the acceptance report stating that another trade damaged a door. Here, too, there is some uncertainty regarding the transfer of risk and the burden of proof.
Since I have reviewed the last five invoices, none of them has been perfectly clear.
S
sichtbeton822 Mar 2020 09:11Now, something technical. I have already reported on the water ingress through the ceilings. In short: Water enters through the drill holes for the lamp cables located beneath the lift-and-slide doors in the ceilings. This has been confirmed for the four lift-and-slide doors that have drill holes in the ceilings below them. It is likely the same for the three lift-and-slide doors in the basement.
The first suspected points have already been temporarily repaired. See the silicone at number "1". Now, since it was dripping again over the weekend, I went back to investigate, and number "2" is now my suspicion.
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The first suspected points have already been temporarily repaired. See the silicone at number "1". Now, since it was dripping again over the weekend, I went back to investigate, and number "2" is now my suspicion.
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I’m so sorry for you. You approached this with such commitment and enthusiasm, and now this. It’s really frustrating and takes so much energy. I hope you can still enjoy your home and that the issues can be fixed thoroughly and quickly, as well as the legal problems resolved smoothly and without complication.
Climbee schrieb:
I am so sorry for you. You approached this with such commitment and enthusiasm, and now this happens. The family started the project together and with joy, while the professionals were uncoordinated and indifferent :-(
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