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
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HilfeHilfe6 Mar 2021 19:19Are you now referring to the formal completion process (completion notification)? You can submit it on your own, but then you have to accept the possible consequences. What amounts are still outstanding to the main contractor? Why should or would the contract not be valid this way? Were defects excluded? Have you already consulted a lawyer?
Hmm, what will you do if they still send you a final invoice? They have several years to do that. You said the contract isn’t valid, which I hope is true for you. Because, for example, if you have a contract under the construction contract procedures (VOB), and you receive the final invoice but do nothing for two weeks, then you’re in serious trouble.