Building acceptance of new construction despite missing heat pump. Significant defects?

Yes, exactly, that’s what my question was about. That was a house inspection - why didn’t you have electricity?

Because the electrician suddenly became ill and therefore they can't connect it yet. That was the reason.

I thought this was only about the heat pump? That shouldn't have anything to do with your sockets or roller shutters, right? Or am I completely missing something here? You should have a meter cabinet and a house connection line that goes into the meter cabinet, and everything else branches off from that meter cabinet. Therefore, the absence of the heat pump doesn't necessarily explain the absence of any electricity?

We rejected the acceptance. The acceptance protocol was not signed by any of the parties.

We withheld the 5% security deposit (he had invoiced us for this) and the installment F) is still outstanding according to the broker and developer contract (due upon completion).

I think you should formally hand it over with a deadline. Then it’s his turn again. You can also do this politely but firmly and stay in contact.

Because the electrician suddenly became ill and they therefore cannot connect yet. That was the reason.

From my point of view (but admittedly not a lawyer) this is not sufficient because, from the records' perspective, it does not go beyond a mere failure to appear at the appointment on your part. Your witness should confirm that you were there and how the appointment proceeded (i.e. sign the protocol, if necessary by adding to the preprinted contents so that it is correspondingly complete). Then you make a copy of this and have it certified. This then remains verifiable later that the appointment was unproductive.

That’s also how I see the proper procedure. The contractor must be formally notified for the non-existence of the agreed readiness for occupancy and the still not due installment F must be established. Otherwise, I see him attacking you because of your default from his perspective.

*ROTFL* I don’t pay invoices anymore because my banker is sick :)

Our expert also had a protocol created in parallel by his assistant, in which all defects were documented alongside the protocol prepared by the developer.

When we informed him that we do not see the property as ready for occupancy and refuse acceptance due to the large number of defects and the lack of possibility to check the functionality of heating, electricity, and hot water, he then said that the acceptance was over and no one would sign. [...] He only said that, in his opinion, the property was ready for occupancy. When we suggested that acceptance could take place if we set a reasonable deadline in which the work would be carried out, he just said the acceptance was over.