ᐅ Temporary Construction Power – Assessments / Experiences?

Good morning,

there is an article in Handelsblatt titled "Construction water and site electricity are not provided by the client" available on Google. Existing clauses are also invalid.

In your opinion, should the connection costs be paid by the construction company as well, or only the consumption?

Thank you

Of course, the connection fees are also included. The argument is that the builder has to provide everything needed to construct the house. He can't simply exclude the scaffolding from the scope of work.

That sounds great in theory, but in practice, the builder will charge for this service. My inquiries with the local utility company initially cost nothing, but if a builder’s employee gets involved, there are costs, and the builder will pass these on to the client. Especially when it came to construction water, I had to push for a long time...

xMisterDx schrieb:

He can't exclude the scaffolding from the scope of work, after all.

On-site scaffolding is common practice with prefabricated houses
(at least until someone challenges this in court citing that ruling).

WilderSueden schrieb:

On-site scaffolding is common with prefabricated houses
(at least until someone challenges this ruling in court)

Ah, prefabricated houses are unusual anyway...
It’s hard to save much on the construction water connection, but you can likely save quite a bit on scaffolding if you do it yourself—especially if you have the right contacts. I’m not talking about wooden scaffolding made from squared timber and boarding from a hardware store, where plasterers are expected to crawl around on it.

Therefore, I’m not sure it really benefits homeowners to force the contractor to exclude nothing.
This tends to be overlooked here in the forum of turnkey luxury homeowners... but there are still many who want and are able to do a lot themselves. Imposing such restrictions tends to create obstacles for them rather than remove them.

Then we can safely heat the screed using construction power at 48 cents. I was already considering renting a trailer with heating oil.

The crucial point with scaffolding is that it must be assembled by a professional. After all, they are ultimately responsible if someone falls. That is also the expensive part of the process, not the materials or the assembly work itself...