ᐅ Turnkey – What’s Still Missing?!?

Created on: 26 Jul 2012 12:05
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KnappeKiste
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KnappeKiste
26 Jul 2012 12:05
What stands out to home builders or owners in this construction description? Aside from the exterior, of course.

General

... your house is built as part of a semi-detached house in solid construction, complying with official regulations and requirements, and meeting the technical and building physics standards. The houses are planned and constructed according to the Energy Saving Ordinance 2009. The basis for execution are the certified construction and site plans. The semi-detached house is built according to the more detailed descriptions below on a continuous, undivided foundation slab, with a continuous external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS), as well as a continuous, uniform roof surface.

1. Earthwork

1.1 Removal of topsoil in the house area and temporary storage.
1.2 Excavation for foundations and pipe trenches.
1.3 Backfilling of working space with existing soil.

2. Utility Connections

Laying and connection of supply lines (gas, electricity, water, sewage) to the public utility network, including laying the supply line for telephone connection. The provision of the telephone termination point (network interface device) is the buyer’s responsibility in cooperation with the network provider. The utility connections are concentrated in the house connection room. Connections to public utilities and house connection fees (except telephone) are included in the purchase price.

3. Foundations and Slab

3.1 Frost protection edge in in-situ concrete; load-bearing slab according to structural engineering and regulations made of reinforced in-situ concrete.
3.2 Each semi-detached house receives a continuous foundation and slab. A horizontal waterproofing layer is applied on the slab.
3.3 Two layers of PE film (thickness = 0.2 mm (0.008 inches)) are laid beneath the slab as a cleanliness layer.

4. Ceilings

4.1 The ground floor ceiling is a reinforced concrete slab, thickness according to structural requirements.
4.2 The upper floor ceiling is made of suspended gypsum plasterboard, single layer. The suspension is attached to the lower chords of the roof truss structure.
4.3 Joints of the ground floor and upper floor ceilings are finished ready for wallpapering.

5. Walls

5.1 Exterior Walls
The solid exterior walls from ground floor upwards are constructed of calcium silicate masonry according to planning and structural engineering. The partition wall between the two houses is made of calcium silicate masonry with an air gap according to the plan. A horizontal waterproofing layer is applied between the foundation slab and the rising masonry using bitumen roof waterproofing membrane. In the exterior area, a roughly 60 cm (24 inch) high vertical waterproofing is applied in splash water areas using plastic-modified bitumen thick coating (KMB) with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands against non-pressurized water. Each semi-detached house is constructed as a continuous insulation system. The joints between the houses are overlaid with a continuous external thermal insulation composite system, insulation thickness according to the Energy Saving Ordinance. The outer plaster is synthetic resin plaster/silicone resin plaster with grain size approx. 2 mm (0.08 inches). The color design of facade and base is according to color sample ... (Light reflectance value up to C2). Movement joints are arranged according to structural requirements.
5.2 Interior Walls
Non-load-bearing interior walls are made of solid gypsum boards. Load-bearing interior walls are made of calcium silicate according to planning.

6. Wall and Floor Coverings

6.1 Screed Floors
Rooms on the ground floor receive screed (including build-up for underfloor heating) with thermal and impact sound insulation. Upper floor rooms receive screed (including build-up for underfloor heating) with impact sound insulation. Tiled areas use fiber cement screed.
6.2 Tiling
At least five floor and wall tile samples are presented for selection.
Standard material price including VAT: up to 20.00 €/m² (possible standard dimensions: wall tiles 20-30 cm (8-12 inches), floor tiles 25-35 cm (10-14 inches)).
Hallway, utility room, entrance/dining: ceramic floor tiles with running tile skirting.
Ground floor WC: ceramic floor tiles, wall tiles approx. 160 cm (63 inches) high.
Upper floor bathroom: ceramic floor tiles. Wall tiles up to approximately the top edge of the door (exact height depending on tile size), with room-height tiling in the shower area. The bathroom receives surface waterproofing using a coating system (manufacturer’s specifications) on the floor and walls in splash areas of bathtub and shower.
Kitchen: ceramic floor tiles; tile skirting where no base cabinets are installed, tiled backsplash above work surfaces from 90 cm (35 inches) height, 60 cm (24 inches) high tiling (max. 6 m (20 feet) per house).
6.3 Floor Coverings
Color fans with at least five colors each for two types of floor coverings (cut pile and loop pile) are presented for selection.
The living room on the ground floor receives laminate flooring with surrounding skirting according to sample. The master bedroom, children’s rooms, storage room, and hallway on the upper floor receive textile floor coverings (suitable for underfloor heating), including surrounding bound skirting.

7. Wall and Ceiling Finishes

All exterior walls are ready for wallpapering on the inside and all interior walls are finished on both sides ready for wallpapering (except for tiled areas). Horizontal ceiling surfaces and vertical walls of the ground and upper floors (except tiled areas as well as surfaces near utility connections and boiler) are wallpapered with textured wallpaper and painted with white emulsion paint.

8. Roof Structure

8.1 The roof structure is made of wooden components as nail-plate trusses.
8.2 The semi-detached house receives batten and counter-batten as well as a breathable underlay membrane according to structural requirements and roofing with concrete roof tiles with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands, available in colors Classic Red, Brick Red, Dark Red, Dark Brown, or Granite.
8.3 All timber elements are protected against insect infestation (either structurally or with approved preservative treatment).
8.4 Mineral insulation according to the Energy Saving Ordinance is installed between the lower chords of the nail-plate trusses and covered with a vapor retarder. The underside is clad with gypsum plasterboard.
8.5 Design of roof overhangs corresponds to overall project requirements.

9. Gutters

9.1 Prefabricated half-round gutters made of titanium zinc, continuous where semi-detached houses are joined.
9.2 Downpipes made of titanium zinc with closed discharge into an infiltration box.

10. Window Elements

10.1 Insulating glazing in clear glass.
10.2 PVC windows with fixed central mullion (if structurally required) or casement elements, white color, external window sills made of aluminium with white powder coating. Floor-to-ceiling windows on the ground floor receive walkable ribbed metal sheets. Windows with solid parapet have internal window sills made of Jura marble. WC, bathroom, and kitchen windows have no internal sills (applies to WC only if parapet is tiled). Reveals and parapets are tiled in tiled areas.
10.3 Hardware for operable window parts as tilt-and-turn, concealed with single-handle operation, white color, with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands.
10.4 Window profiles with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands (multi-chamber profile, sound insulation class II).
10.5 The windows are equipped with trickle ventilators according to the ventilation concept with quality, value, and performance equivalent to specified products.

11. Front Door

Front door made of white PVC with a glass inset as insulated laminated safety glass in clear glass, hardware, security lock (with multi-point locking), and push bar in color F1.

12. Interior Doors

Door leaves and frames made of wood materials, door leaves with hollow core. Surface smooth white or beech decor foil. Height approx. 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) (without glazed sections) with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands, hardware with aluminum handles in color F1 of equivalent quality; includes one key each for WC and bathroom with bathroom fitting. Room doors with undercut or overflow seal according to ventilation concept.

13. Interior Stairs

Staircase from ground floor to upper floor as an open two-stringer staircase with harp-style balustrade. Treads made of mixed beech, finger-jointed and laminated, with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands, balustrade made of rectangular steel tubing as structurally required. Necessary handrails (with corner joints) made of beech like the treads. Steel construction painted white. An insulated fold-out attic ladder leads to the roof space.

14. Roller Shutters

All vertical windows and patio doors on the ground and upper floors receive full roller shutter systems mounted on the window. The shutter slats are made of plastic, gray color. The strap rollers are attached to the window frame. If structurally required, the garden-side patio doors on the ground floor have two-part roller shutters with separate drives and mounted plastic guide rails on fixed posts.

15. Heating

15.1 Gas condensing boiler (quality and performance equivalent to specified brands) and solar system with solar storage tank for domestic hot water preparation in the house utility room, including circulation line.
15.2 Control via outdoor temperature sensor.
15.3 Ground and upper floors receive underfloor heating. Each living room on the ground and upper floors has separate room temperature control. If additional radiators are required in bathrooms and/or WCs, panel radiators are provided.
15.4 Hot water supply for WC, bathroom, and kitchen is provided by the boiler and solar system with storage and circulation line.

16. Sanitary Installation

16.1 Water pipes (cold and hot) made of plastic or multilayer composite pipes laid from water meter or hot water heater to appliances as concealed installation.
16.2 Wastewater pipes outside the houses are PE-KG pipes; inside made of HT pipes. All required drainage pipes, fittings, and ventilation pipes are made of hot water-resistant plastic and routed below the foundation slab by the shortest way to the external wall.
16.3 Sanitary ceramics in white with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands. All fittings chrome-plated, with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands.
16.4 House utility room: boiler location.
16.5 Ground floor WC: wall-hung deep-flush toilet with integrated cistern (with water-saving flush), plastic toilet seat, hand basin (width = 55 cm (22 inches)) with single-lever mixer tap supplying hot and cold water. Washing machine connection and drainage.
16.6 Kitchen: cold and hot water and wastewater connections as surface-mounted installation; connection options for dishwasher; connection options for sink (corner valves).
16.7 Upper floor bathroom: bathtub approx. 170 x 75 cm (67 x 30 inches) steel, enamelled white, with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands, chrome single-lever mixer with fixed spout and hand shower with hose. Hand basin (width = 65 cm (26 inches)) with hot and cold water and single-lever mixer. Wall-hung deep-flush toilet with integrated cistern (with water-saving flush), plastic seat. Shower tray approx. 80 x 80 cm (31 x 31 inches) x 6.5 cm (2.5 inches), entry height approx. 17 cm (7 inches), enamelled white with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands, hot and cold water supply with single-lever mixer and shower set with wall rail (no shower enclosure).
16.8 External tap with frost protection in utility room area.

17. Electrical Installation

17.1 Technical installation according to relevant electrical standards and regulations as concealed installation. Quantity as per the following list. Switch and socket programs with quality and performance equivalent to specified brands, in pure white.
17.2 Telecommunication: empty conduit system including cable for telephone to the living room ending in an empty box. Empty conduit including cables for TV to living room, master bedroom, and children’s rooms ending in empty boxes (without amplifier installation). Empty conduit with pull wire to all living rooms including kitchen.
17.3 Exterior: one exterior light with house number on street side operated by dusk sensor.
17.4 Entrance area: one wall outlet, one switchable light in hallway, doorbell system with gong.
17.5 Terrace area: one wall outlet (switchable from inside), one exterior socket (switchable from inside).
17.6 Hallway: one ceiling outlet, one two-way switch, one single socket, one switched outlet with indicator light for exterior fire pit.
17.7 House utility room: one ceiling outlet, one switched outlet, one single socket, connections for boiler and circulation pump.
17.8 Ground floor WC: one wall outlet, one switched outlet with indicator light, two single sockets (one for washing machine, one for dryer).
17.9 Kitchen: one ceiling outlet, one switched socket, one single socket for extractor/light, one single socket for refrigerator, three double sockets for work surfaces, one single socket for dishwasher, one oven connection socket.
17.10 Living room: two ceiling outlets, one series switch, one double socket for TV and video, one double socket for stereo system, one double socket, one switched outlet with indicator light for exterior fire pit on terrace.
17.11 Entrance/dining: one ceiling outlet, one two-way switch, one double socket.
17.12 Stairs ground/upper floor: one wall outlet, one two-way switch.
17.13 Upper floor hallway: one ceiling outlet, one two-way switch, one single socket.
17.14 Master bedroom: one ceiling outlet, one switched socket, two double sockets.
17.15 Children’s rooms each: one ceiling outlet, one switched socket, two single sockets.
17.16 Upper floor bathroom: one combined wall and ceiling outlet, one switched outlet with indicator light in hallway area, one single socket.
17.17 Storage room: one wall outlet, one switched outlet with one single socket.
17.18 Each house receives a grounding system (foundation earthing) made of strip steel. The equipotential bonding bar is connected to the foundation earthing.

18. Metalwork

Above the front door a canopy made of steel and laminated safety glass (approx. 1.30 x 0.70 m (51 x 28 inches)) is installed. The steel structure is hot-dip galvanized.

19. Paving and Outdoor Facilities

The integration of structural components follows the open space planning and development regulations. Work on the exterior areas includes initial filling and compaction of paved and soil surfaces. The previously removed and temporarily stored topsoil will be reinstated as much as possible. Soil improvement measures will not be carried out. After completion of construction, puddles may form as the ground requires approximately 1 to 2 years for regeneration. The elevation of outdoor areas is based on local topography. Height differences, especially between adjacent properties, are balanced at the seller’s discretion by using slopes or retaining walls. Rainwater drainage must be managed on the property itself according to legal regulations and is not part of the utility connections. Necessary features on the property (e.g., infiltration basins) are installed by the seller during the earthwork phase. Buyers are responsible for maintaining their functionality in the long term. The pathway from the street to the front doors is made of concrete rectangular pavers in gray color, including sub-base, edge restraints, and jointing. A perimeter strip of roof gravel bounded by lawn kerbs. Infiltration box for roof drainage. Terrace 3.00 x 4.00 m (10 x 13 feet) including sub-base and edge restraints, made of concrete material in gray. Car parking space 2.50 x 5.00 m (8 x 16 feet) including sub-base and edge restraints, gray concrete paving suitable for infiltration.
Der Da26 Jul 2012 14:35
You clearly need an afternoon to read through all of this.
The only thing that stood out to me: €20 per square meter (about $20 per square yard) for tiles... just go to a hardware store and see what you can get for that price... there’s potential there.
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Bauexperte
26 Jul 2012 16:08
Hello,
KnappeKiste schrieb:
What stands out to the homeowner or builder in this building description? Aside from the exterior, of course.
That you should have the building description along with all other contractual documents reviewed by a lawyer, expert, or construction consultant. No one will sit down, study the – albeit minimal – building description, and then point out the critical issues for you.

Best regards
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chrizzt
27 Jul 2012 16:42
I would definitely recommend aluminum shutters instead of PVC shutters for the roller blinds! The durability increases significantly.