Advance payment for the window installment

And that also explains why the subcontractor treats the entire muster delta as excluded from the payment schedule between you and the general contractor.

Through such hedgehog services, the client then became a private patient for the craftsman.

Cheers, what an impact that has on warranties.

Yes, it’s funny especially with the electrical system, where the same cable routes or the same slots are used for the shell construction and the upgrade. Or another example: If the fuse box is acting up, is then my upgraded part (e.g. additional kitchen sockets, earth cable to the garden, outdoor lighting on the house...) the cause?

Yes, it is funny right now with the electrical work, where the same cable routes or the same slots are used for both GU and additional work.

I think you misunderstood me. There is actually the opposite of evidential difficulties here; rather, EVERYTHING that "your" craftsman does has effectively happened after an implied partial acceptance that was thereby brought forward, and in the worst case has meddled by impacting the trades remaining with the BU. That’s why I said "Cheers".

With us, directly with the electrician; at , every additional work ordered after the planning meeting is billed directly with the trades without going through Heinz von Heiden.

Our general contractor explained it to us as writes here. He said the payment for this had to run pro forma through him, but he passes it on 1:1 to his electrician (which basically isn’t really any of my business), because we have the construction contract with him, not with the electrician. Roughly speaking, if I pay the electrician for 20 extra sockets and one breaks, the electrician can say "that was one from the GC," and vice versa?
He actually said this was for warranty reasons and because we are his customers with the house.

It was different with the photovoltaic system. We commissioned that afterwards, directly with the electrician; that is not mentioned in the house contract and the electrician also settles it directly with me. But I made sure that the GC is informed about it and that it’s okay with him that they are installing a photovoltaic system on "his" house. We haven’t accepted it yet anyway.

EVERYTHING that "your" craftsman does, effectively happens after an implicitly expedited partial acceptance

Good point. Since "my" craftsman has been the longtime partner of Heinz von Heiden, the two work well together, so there should be no problems. Because Heinz von Heiden allows these upgrades, they still have a certain responsibility and owe me a flawless overall construction anyway. It could be different with external craftsmen who have nothing to do with Heinz von Heiden. But even then, the Heinz von Heiden site manager can help and act as a mediator. One just has to be optimistic.

Sorry for the late reply, I've been away for a few days.

But your general contractor will probably not pay for these windows before they are delivered either (or is that explicitly stated in the terms of the offer?), so I wonder why the general contractor wants you to pay the money in advance.
Roughly how much is that? I think our window advance bill (also Drutex) was over €40,000.

I see that this is very explicitly mentioned on the Drutex website. It must be paid before the end of this month. So I think she would transfer the money directly to the dealer.



And yes, it is almost something like this (~€42,000).

For example, we have tiles up to price X in the contract. When choosing the tiles, more expensive ones can still work without extra charge if others are below. He basically offsets that with tiles priced under amount X. He doesn’t have to, but he does.

I think that is another matter. We have the same rule. The contract states that the wall and floor tiles have a material value of €40. If we choose something cheaper (e.g. in the basement), we get the difference back as credit, which we can use for other services.

What was agreed in the construction contract? That should mean "payment according to construction progress," right? Your GC is liable for what has been contractually guaranteed in the construction specification or the construction contract (fixed price? price escalation clauses, etc.)?

Yes, we should pay according to construction progress. This is only offered by the GC as a "friendly service" to save some money.

And first of all, forget any dreams that you could still negotiate this guarantee retroactively.

Yes, we asked the GC to offer such a guarantee only for this early payment, but they are not interested in doing so. From their point of view, this was just a friendly offer that can be accepted or rejected.

There are female owners of construction businesses, very rarely, and then usually daughters of the owner whose father had founded the company. They are also regularly so solidly established that there is little cause for concern. Much more often—especially where there is cause for concern—a certain Mr. Four-and-a-half-times-bankrupt uses his secretary/partner as a figurehead.

There is currently no reason to doubt this (and nothing that could be done about it at this point).

Our GC explained it to us as @11ant writes here. He said the payment for this must run pro forma through him, but he passes it 1:1 on to his electrician (but that basically doesn’t concern me), because we have the construction contract with him, not with the electrician. Roughly speaking, if I pay the electrician for 20 extra sockets, and then one breaks, the electrician can say "that was one from the GC," and vice versa?

Here it is almost the same. The electrician (or another provider) makes an offer for the GC who is responsible for our house. We then pay directly to the GC.