TommyXXX
2019-06-12 21:28:26
- #1
We have already had in-depth discussions with many companies, but it always failed because of the contracts.
We would like to include a few points that are important to us under the additional agreements. For example, a threshold-free window to the garden. Then they say, yes no problem, we will do it, but they do not want to include it in the costs – just to name one point. After all, nothing is part of the contract that is not fixed and therefore not owed. We are reluctant to rely on "pure word" or emails, but we also have a limited budget. According to ID and Argus, it is given, but we know that more will come up in our construction. The plans are finished, so everything could be calculated exactly, but we do not have the feeling that this is in the interest of the companies, or why else would they not commit to more precise agreements that define the scope of services? At least with Argus, there is an extremely detailed description of construction services (as with most), with ID hardly any, but the price is unbeatable and also the human aspect.
And yes Yvonne, hence probably the concern that we commit to a lock price.
After all, some of the competitors were significantly more expensive and warned us all that if the price is too low, which is not supposed to be true. Contractually secured is a fixed price, and since, as said, we know exactly what should be included, we would like to have it written down. Unfortunately, probably a problem… Otherwise, we would have already signed.
What would be the right party, Yvonne? We do not want to assign individually (although that would be partly the case with Argus, but under their supervision), it should still be a general contractor who takes over the construction management.
We would like to include a few points that are important to us under the additional agreements. For example, a threshold-free window to the garden. Then they say, yes no problem, we will do it, but they do not want to include it in the costs – just to name one point. After all, nothing is part of the contract that is not fixed and therefore not owed. We are reluctant to rely on "pure word" or emails, but we also have a limited budget. According to ID and Argus, it is given, but we know that more will come up in our construction. The plans are finished, so everything could be calculated exactly, but we do not have the feeling that this is in the interest of the companies, or why else would they not commit to more precise agreements that define the scope of services? At least with Argus, there is an extremely detailed description of construction services (as with most), with ID hardly any, but the price is unbeatable and also the human aspect.
And yes Yvonne, hence probably the concern that we commit to a lock price.
After all, some of the competitors were significantly more expensive and warned us all that if the price is too low, which is not supposed to be true. Contractually secured is a fixed price, and since, as said, we know exactly what should be included, we would like to have it written down. Unfortunately, probably a problem… Otherwise, we would have already signed.
What would be the right party, Yvonne? We do not want to assign individually (although that would be partly the case with Argus, but under their supervision), it should still be a general contractor who takes over the construction management.