Completion date in General Contractor Agreement - Wording assistance

The complete contract has already been reviewed by a lawyer - didn’t want to pay 220 €/net per hour again.

And what did he do for that, if checking compliance with your wishes was not included?

However, we want to phrase the paragraph so that readiness for occupancy must be in 2020 in any case, since otherwise we would not get child construction allowance.

Forget it. If you otherwise ended up with nothing because the funding measure would then expire, that might still be acceptable. But to expect damages from him because you "earned too much" in the next assessment year would probably be going too far. And a guarantee hardly makes sense without a penalty clause. So: tick it off. Plan worst case, i.e. the house smaller by the funding amount (or the bank financing correspondingly higher) - that seems to me unfortunately the most sensible advice.

First of all, the development work is still ongoing. That means the plots may not even be surveyed yet. This is taking a while. Just as an example, at the notary appointment (Feb 17) we were promised that the plots would be developed in summer 17. It actually happened in April 18, with surveying and land charge registration then in June 18. There are so many "ifs" involved that you can only let it run.

Or the other way around, my neighbor is now in the 14th month of his construction project. There is definitely no guarantee it will be finished. Not even contractually. What there is, for example, is €10 for each day exceeded starting from the 9th or 12th month, but that doesn't make you happy.

Offer the site manager half of the [Baukindergeld] if he finishes on time?

First of all, the development works are still ongoing. That means the plots may not even be surveyed yet. This will drag on. Just as an example, at our notary appointment (Feb 17) we were promised that the plots would be developed by summer 17. It actually happened in April 18, with surveying and land charge registration then in June 18. You have so many "ifs" in there that you can only let it run.

Or the other way round, my neighbor is now in the 14th month of his building project. There definitely is no "it will be finished" guarantee. Not even contractually. What there is, for example, is €10 for each day exceeded after the 9th or 12th month, but that doesn’t make you happy.

The plots have already been surveyed, soil surveys can also already be done, development works finished earlier than planned, building applications already can be submitted, and the building area will be open at the latest from October. Notary appointment in four weeks.

Land charge registration will be done in 4-6 weeks for us, so that the notary didn’t even know what a priority certificate was needed for.

There are also municipalities that work properly and on schedule. I live almost next to the building area and therefore follow the progress and also sometimes speak to the site manager.

I think it’s good when you point out various problems that may arise. However, my question has not been answered so far.

Offer the site manager half of the Baukindergeld if he finishes on time?

The managing director is also the site manager - he already gets enough

But she was, probably not in the way you expected (dafür müsstest du zum Anwalt gehen).