Construction progress: Duplex with WU basement and developed attic

hm ...
PS: well-intended advice: with the threat of pressing charges if he doesn’t pay, you’re treading on extremely thin ice – I hope your lawyer didn’t advise that.

What would you call it when a butcher, without a single employee, without qualifications and expertise, appoints himself as the general contractor and construction manager of a two-family house? Unskilled laborers, coming from wherever, are allowed to work here. They can’t even read the processing instructions on the packaging, let alone apply them? Every, but really every trade is riddled with massive defects, up to complete dismantling, and the expert has determined defects amounting to approximately €100,000, excluding drywall? And yes, that is also the opinion of my lawyer. Furthermore, the threat of pressing charges is not a criminal offense, even if it should not be justified. That the trust between the two parties is gone was already clear beforehand.

We will see.

What is the local construction company doing right now?

We currently have the tile setters in the house. Completely pointless, since there are much more important tasks, but whatever. Between the exterior wall and the floor, due to some chiseling work, there was only half a brick over a width of 25 cm. According to GU2, the tile setters were supposed to "take care of it." I specifically told him to use insulating mortar. Now I have acquired a thermal imaging camera and showed the guys the image. Of course, they had not used insulating mortar and there were long faces, but absolutely no discussion.

Is a GU actually a professional title that requires corresponding education, or is it like with a photographer, where anyone can call themselves that? I really am not an expert, but I imagine it like in a hardware store. The branch manager doesn’t need to have any craft skills. He just has to manage. Isn’t it probably the same with a GU? If yes, it could really get tight with criminal law relevance. Then he may have acted "unknowingly" negligent at most. So in a civil law sense. Does anyone know anything about that?

And yes, that is also the opinion of my lawyer. Furthermore, the threat of filing a criminal complaint is not punishable, even if it is not justified

Hey, I certainly do not want to give you legal advice here (bewahre!). It was a recommendation to consider it because you are acting unfairly and it could be called coercion. By doing so, you make yourself criminally liable, and the actions of your general contractor can be relativized by your crime... Is your lawyer also a butcher?

Is a GU actually a professional title that requires corresponding education, or is it like with a photographer, where anyone can call themselves that? I'm really not an expert here, but I imagine it like a hardware store. The branch manager doesn't need any craft skills. He just needs to lead. Isn't it probably the same with a GU? If so, it could really get tight with criminal relevance. Then he may have acted at most "unwittingly" negligently. So in the civil law sense. Does anyone know anything about that?

I quote myself again at this point. What I’m getting at is that what a lawyer says and what a judge decides are not necessarily the same. I experienced this myself. Paid about €65K in court and lawyer fees. Everyone, really everyone, said we could only win. Even the lawyer. The judge simply said to us, in simplified terms: "Tough luck. Morally questionable, yes. But we do not decide based on moral principles. So, your own fault." Unfortunately, that’s how it can go. And we really fought. Up to the regional court. It should also not be underestimated what such a legal dispute does to oneself and possibly also to one’s environment. Our legal dispute lasted over 5 years. My marriage was never as threatened as during that time.