Hello everyone,
we are having a standard house (formerly kfw70 standard) built without a basement.
After endless disputes with the site manager, he was replaced, and the new site manager discovered that the perimeter insulation was forgotten.
We are now completely uncertain whether our build can still be saved, as demolition has even been mentioned...
It is now being investigated whether this insulation can be installed retroactively on the foundation slab.
Does anyone here have solid experience with this and can offer advice on how we should proceed? Should we agree to retrofitting the insulation, or is that not viable at all?
we are having a standard house (formerly kfw70 standard) built without a basement.
After endless disputes with the site manager, he was replaced, and the new site manager discovered that the perimeter insulation was forgotten.
We are now completely uncertain whether our build can still be saved, as demolition has even been mentioned...
It is now being investigated whether this insulation can be installed retroactively on the foundation slab.
Does anyone here have solid experience with this and can offer advice on how we should proceed? Should we agree to retrofitting the insulation, or is that not viable at all?
K
Knallkörper4 Jul 2017 21:54Everything is correct, but the main issue for this builder is quality, not meeting deadlines.
Knallkörper schrieb:
Everything is correct, but the main issue with this builder is the quality, not the schedule. Unfortunately, it is both:
Quality is certainly the main issue, but after now 5 months there is only a defective ground floor without a ceiling (no basement), so the schedule can no longer be ignored either (the floor slab ceiling is entering the 8th week after the original announcement).
For your information: there are supposed to be two appointments tomorrow:
one with the general contractor and then with the building contractor.
B
Bieber081526 Jul 2017 11:24jeti79 schrieb:
The construction company has been insolvent since Friday... Is this your direct contractor or one of their subcontractors? Are you still being advised by a lawyer?
No, only the contracting party is insolvent – I don’t know about the subcontractor. They have already offered to continue construction at a later time, but I actually don’t want that because of the many defects.
Yes, our construction law attorney recently gave them a deadline to fix the defects, which expires on Monday. Meanwhile, his colleague (from the same law firm), who specializes in insolvency law, has become involved and is in contact with the insolvency administrator.
We are just glad that we withheld the last partial payment due to the defects. Meanwhile, even more defects have appeared...
Yes, our construction law attorney recently gave them a deadline to fix the defects, which expires on Monday. Meanwhile, his colleague (from the same law firm), who specializes in insolvency law, has become involved and is in contact with the insolvency administrator.
We are just glad that we withheld the last partial payment due to the defects. Meanwhile, even more defects have appeared...
K
Knallkörper26 Jul 2017 13:07Have you already covered any upfront costs financially?
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