ᐅ Would house-building checklists be helpful to you? – Survey

Good morning,

I am considering creating checklists and quick guides for "homebuilding novices" to provide a framework for basic questions about construction technology and expected quality levels, enabling people to form their own understanding.

Therefore, my question is whether this would be helpful to you and what scope such a resource should have in your opinion.

I would appreciate it if you could participate in the survey.
Please select below which checklist would be useful to you. Is something important missing? Feel free to add it in the comments 🙂

Jann St schrieb:

Good morning,

I am considering writing checklists and quick guides for "homebuilding novices" to provide a framework for basic questions about construction techniques and expected quality, so that people can form their own understanding.

Therefore, my question is whether this would be helpful to you and what scope such documents should have in your opinion.

I would appreciate it if you could participate in the survey.
Please select below which checklist would be useful to you. Is something important missing? Just add it as a comment 🙂

I am somewhat conflicted. The question is whether the checklists, as implemented, might give homeowners (non-professionals) a false sense of security. I still firmly believe that you should always hire an external construction supervisor if you are not an expert. That way, at least two professionals (the general contractor’s site manager and the external supervisor) are overseeing the project, and the chance of missing a problem decreases.

Regarding the planning checklists, I am convinced from personal experience that they would be helpful.

Tom1978 schrieb:

The question is whether the checklists in their practical use might give homeowners (laypersons) a false sense of security?

Thanks for the feedback – I basically agree with that. However, I think it doesn’t create a false sense of security, but rather, if everything looks good, it provides real confidence – and if these checklists raise doubts about the workmanship, people are more likely to take the step of hiring an expert to provide building supervision (not just for a single day).

I generally believe that people do a lot of reading, also asking questions here in forums, but they are faced with the challenge of filtering what is right and wrong and comparing it with the statements of the construction company.

I think that’s great. The expert is not always on site either. Often, something is already hidden behind drywall or something else, and as the client who is there almost daily, you at least have the chance to see something. But then you often don’t really know what you’re looking at. A checklist would be helpful in that case, so you can quickly call the expert to the construction site or at least document the disputed areas well.

Where is the answer for "no" or "rather no"?

Tassimat schrieb:

Where is the option for "no" or "rather no"?

Yes, I also noticed that this option is missing 🙄
Those people should just speak up 😉