Construction defects? What do I have to accept?

Hello dear forum community,

we are currently building a single-family house with a regional solid house builder.
We are just about to have the screed installed. Problem: we live 400km away from the construction site.

Now some discrepancies have arisen that are not really being addressed.

1) As requested and also shown in the execution plan, we have a dormer. What we received was a cross gable.
The construction company is apparently now having the cross gable approved afterwards, but that was absolutely not what we wanted. The house looks even more like a block because it is on a slope and has the cross gable.
For the construction company, it seems "settled" with the after-approval.

2) Again, this dormer/gable:
The rafter at the top of the dormer was delivered too short. As a result, it does not rest on the wall running perpendicular to it, but a kind of column was concreted, on which a beam stands that in turn supports the rafter. However, 1m further is the bedroom door and the concrete column now actually stands in the walking direction.

3) We are building with a ventilation system. The ventilation outlets in the attic are not shown in the execution plans because they go into the floor (that’s what we were told). However, the 17.5 cm walls planned by the architect are apparently too thin for the ventilation pipes and exhaust outlets. Only the supply air goes into the floor. Therefore, such drywall boxes now have to be installed everywhere on the wall to cover these pipes.

These are now the 3 things that bother me the most. Do I really have to just accept it "as is"? Allegedly all "not serious," but some of it really bothers me.

How is this usually handled here?

Thank you!
Best regards and have a nice evening.
Raffa

When it comes to the distance to the construction site, you should have an external construction supervisor on site who is your expert specifically for such cases and does not let the construction company fool him.

How does one usually proceed here?

On your part, first make the words understandable with drawings / pictures for us. I am currently also 400 km away from being able to imagine the concrete pillar :-(

These are now the 3 things that bother me the most. Do I really have to just "accept it like this"? Allegedly all "not serious," but it does bother me quite a bit in places.

How do people usually proceed here?

Quite simple. You hire an external construction supervisor. 400 km away and you don't have anyone who accompanied the construction? That's already gross negligence...

Rafters that are too short definitely do not have to be accepted. It is best to point this out immediately and have it corrected.

Evening!

Excuse me? What’s going on there? Why are you allowing such nonsense? You are the client and therefore the principal; without your approval and release, nothing is supposed to happen. And the house will be built solely according to the approved execution plans. Any deviation will be criticized by you and changed again!

However, it’s true that if you are sitting 400 km away and don’t have any expert/surveyor/whatever on site, they will think, “you can get away with that with them…” Such a thing is more than just critical!

What makes me suspicious, though:

The construction company seems to be getting the dormer retrospectively approved now, but that was absolutely not what we wanted.

Could it be that you are building with a developer? If you are building with a general contractor and are therefore the clients, you would have to file an application for retrospective approval. Because the GC can at most prepare this for you.

So first question:
GC or developer?

And regarding the three points: I wouldn’t even think for a second about accepting any of those three points! That is completely absurd!

Best regards,

Andreas