Construction company - start of construction, communication. Tips, experiences?

So you are not alone and the only ones?

Exactly, we are three parties. A semi-detached house in the front and an urban villa in the back. We are all three currently in the same situation... Actually, we all decided on the general contractor because we thought it would run better from a single source (like the issue with the access road).

That is then a completely different story. In my opinion, that is then a lucrative business for the GU. The delay will have justification. The best way here is always the joint one. Instead of acting as an individual, you should try working together. I don't understand that you presented the question as if you were left alone on the track. What do the others say?

That is then a completely different matter.
In my opinion, that is a lucrative deal for the general contractor. The delay must have a justification.
The best way here is always the joint one. Instead of acting as an individual, you should collaborate.
I don’t understand that you presented the question as if you were the only ones who got left behind.
What do the others say?

That was not intentional. Yes, we exchange information closely and are all annoyed and very dissatisfied.

Maybe the [GU] thought there would be no winter again... That surprised some people. From the beginning of December until now, it hasn't been very great for building.

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Professionals simply don’t work only at Deutsche Bahn ;)

Although you can do a lot even in a snowstorm if you want to. We had a construction project next to our office where they worked through half the winter, even though it was pretty cold. Then came the Christmas break and never anything again. €200,000 equity was probably a bit tight for a project on a €6 million property...
Keywords for more details: Car Emotion Center Konstanz, the follow-up project is the Maxx Emotion Center ;)

Professionals simply don’t work only for Deutsche Bahn ;)

Hehehe, seems like it. I also wouldn't have thought that winter in the 21st century would be a big problem for a construction company. I can still understand if the temperatures stay consistently below 5°C, but when it was milder for a week, nothing happened either. And we suspect that they are just going to wait until spring instead of stressing themselves out. They aren’t under any pressure, and as laypeople we can only assess the conditions to a limited extent, whether it’s suitable for the foundation slab or not. And as I said at the beginning, there is no communication and no effort to push things forward. So we will probably have to wait it out or escalate it to the management. We hesitate to do that at the very beginning because we can’t gauge whether it will help and how the cooperation with the site manager and the company in general will develop afterward. Somehow, they still have to build our house :rolleyes: