Are parquet irregularities a defect?

Unfortunately, the fun wasn’t cheap, the parquet usually costs over €100/sqm.

Hey, you wrote about €40/sqm and judging by the pictures got excellent quality – with an installation that didn’t think quite as excellently. Of course that was cheap, probably even a bargain, it didn’t cost the "official" price. That is ultimately completely irrelevant. Better enjoy it instead of bothering about the darker spots. If it is a premium provider who values the selection of their installers, you might possibly achieve something through their quality management.

Phew, as a company I wouldn’t find it so great if customers used the product’s features to make complaints. If the installer worked for 60 euros/hour, then he certainly won’t get rich from that. Asking politely once I would still find okay. But making a fuss about the "poor" installation performance I find really exaggerated. Yes, most installers don’t pay attention to the order of the boards and the intended later furnishings. But you can also keep things in perspective, I think. Or feel free to call on the high-class installers from the royal household and the powerful, who don’t know cost pressure and therefore have time to inspect every board individually. Here I find that really nothing has gone wrong. Yes, a wooden floor can sometimes be more reddish, sometimes knotty, sometimes lighter. And with a floor costing 40 euros/sqm, the variations are simply greater. Not with one costing 300 euros, because there 90% is sorted out beforehand. I would rather make friends with my floor. And suddenly it’s much more fun to look at it. :)

Yeah yeah... we debated back and forth for weeks "country staircase, yes or no" - in the end we invested a four-figure sum in the beautiful stringer staircase, instructed the moving company and all craftsmen to EXTREME CAUTION with the staircase - and then my 1-year-old throws his constantly slobbering Feed-Me-Dino full force down the stairs over the baby gate. :rolleyes:
The deepest scratch of the incident is right in the angle of the daylight coming through the front door. You basically can’t not see it.

Quick off topic, how is the Feed-Me-Dino doing? Did it survive the daring jump? :D

So the 40€/sqm is the surcharge compared to the standard floor. I believe the original price with installation was between 100-120€. Ok then let's see how it looks after oiling.

In the family, it's easier to solve than with a craftsman:
Either you just give the cheapest mush from Aldi for the next few years or you deduct it from his pocket money during school time. Then you have replaced the sheep.
Be glad that it wasn't the craftsman, it would have been almost impossible to get your money back, with your own brat it's much easier; so you got lucky!

If I deduct that from him, he'll probably get his first pocket money at 54. :P

Cool, only 1 scratch? We already have 3 of those :)
Okay, we've been living here for over 5 years.
One is about 2 cm long, semi-circular like the bottom of a glass bottle including the grooves.
Since we have beech wood, I assume it would be possible to repair it somehow by swelling the wood and sanding it down.

So far, sanding was the only thing that came to my mind. But our surface is sealed, the carpenter somehow explained it to me. And it's quite new. So currently I don't want to touch it at all and have to live with the scratch for the next few years. We already have those in other places in the house; these are just signs of life that won't disappear. The house wasn't brand new with us for long. And well, with every new scratch somewhere (not just on the stairs), you become a bit more relaxed. That's also worth something.

Brief off topic, how is the Feed-Me-Dino doing? Did it survive the daring jump? :D

I would like to say that it is doing well. It has already survived several of these jumps by now, and I would have to lie if I claimed it had no roof damage. :P
I'll be replacing the batteries soon. These devices – we also have countless noisy cars and other things that, as a childless couple, we had sworn never to buy for our own offspring – typically show improved overall condition when supplied with fresh power.

I find it very interesting how different the opinions are here, but with a large proportion thinking it's good as it is :). I wouldn't have expected that, but it's nice to hear.

I'm also curious about what the oiling will do. The floor will definitely become a bit nicer; that was the case with us too.

I can still only advise every builder to glue the package themselves. There is hardly an easier job than laying the floor, even if you have never done any handiwork before. Applying some glue with a notched trowel and laying down the boards is not rocket science. Usually, the sellers also explain what you should pay attention to. Otherwise, the common video platform helps very well :). That also saves a lot of money!