Hello everyone,
I'll keep it brief.
We engaged a company to build an extension to our bungalow based on a recommendation from my parents. This company had already completed an extension for them and did a decent job.
However, quite a few things went completely off track with our project. I don’t want to go into the details now. In the end, in autumn 2020, we involved the Building Owners’ Protection Association along with an expert, but even they couldn’t resolve the situation. At the beginning of December, it was agreed with the general contractor for the last time that they should be allowed to fix the defects. A date for this had been set but was postponed indefinitely due to bad weather.
So far, we haven’t heard anything from the contractor. Honestly, we don’t really want to anymore. We just consider it a learning experience and now want some peace. Now to my questions:
We haven’t received a final invoice yet. Will any authority eventually contact us to check if the extension is completed? The land registry office? Or will this just fade away?
Kind regards from the Rhineland
JW
I'll keep it brief.
We engaged a company to build an extension to our bungalow based on a recommendation from my parents. This company had already completed an extension for them and did a decent job.
However, quite a few things went completely off track with our project. I don’t want to go into the details now. In the end, in autumn 2020, we involved the Building Owners’ Protection Association along with an expert, but even they couldn’t resolve the situation. At the beginning of December, it was agreed with the general contractor for the last time that they should be allowed to fix the defects. A date for this had been set but was postponed indefinitely due to bad weather.
So far, we haven’t heard anything from the contractor. Honestly, we don’t really want to anymore. We just consider it a learning experience and now want some peace. Now to my questions:
We haven’t received a final invoice yet. Will any authority eventually contact us to check if the extension is completed? The land registry office? Or will this just fade away?
Kind regards from the Rhineland
JW
Your post seems a bit scattered and lacking coherence.
But if your only question is whether "the authority" will come to enforce the completion of the construction work, the answer is: check the building permit / planning permission. Everything is stated there.
But generally speaking: no, because as the builder, you officially notify the building authority about the completion of construction with a corresponding completion notice.
After that, there may be acceptance procedures and surveying.
However, my impression is that the real problem lies somewhere else ...?!
But if your only question is whether "the authority" will come to enforce the completion of the construction work, the answer is: check the building permit / planning permission. Everything is stated there.
But generally speaking: no, because as the builder, you officially notify the building authority about the completion of construction with a corresponding completion notice.
After that, there may be acceptance procedures and surveying.
However, my impression is that the real problem lies somewhere else ...?!
Jugadat schrieb:
In the end, in autumn 2020, we involved the builders' protection association along with an expert, but in the end, they were also unable to help us out of this situation. Maybe you should provide more background here and share some details so that people can offer advice. Why weren’t they able to help?
Jugadat schrieb:
At the beginning of December, it was agreed for the last time with the general contractor that he would/would be allowed to fix the defects. A date had already been set but was postponed indefinitely due to bad weather. Why don’t you schedule a new date?
Is it more a matter of communication issues? Willingness to cooperate? Stubbornness?
ypg schrieb:
Then maybe you should provide more background and share some details so that people can give you advice. Why couldn’t he help? To put it briefly: we signed a contract that ideally should never have been signed. We trusted too much, were too naive... ended up getting badly burned!
ypg schrieb:
Why don’t you schedule a new appointment?
Is it more a matter of communication issues? Understanding? Stubbornness? We put a lot of effort and energy into this. During this time, my wife became seriously ill. Don’t get me wrong, this doesn’t necessarily have to be related to all the trouble. But we simply can’t continue and don’t want to anymore.
When the contractor canceled on me at the beginning of December, I asked him to please let us know in good time when he is available to come!
Schimi17915 Mar 2021 23:02What is this about exactly? An extension that didn't go as planned?
Please tell us the whole story from the beginning...
Please tell us the whole story from the beginning...
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