Construction time

Our developer estimates 9 months for a semi-detached house (solid construction) from delivery of the base plate to moving in. Is that realistic? Please provide your assessment.

I am just wondering how a delivered floor slab is transported...

But aside from that, it probably depends on the logistical performance. It can work well, but it doesn't have to.

How are we supposed to assess that? The best hint can be given to you by former clients of the [GU].

Hello,

Our developer estimates 9 months from the delivery of the foundation slab to moving in for a semi-detached house (solid construction). Is that realistic? Please give me your assessment.

You probably mean "pouring" the foundation slab?

As for the rest, I would say - if the semi-detached house does not consist of numerous recesses and/or a round design - your general contractor is a clever one :D

Easter greetings from the Rhineland

Sure, I meant the pouring of the foundation slab. That was in April, and move-in was scheduled for December. Now it’s April again and we are still in interior construction (screed dried, walls prepared for painting). We had sold our apartment with a 3-month buffer until the end of March and are now living in temporary accommodation. I just wonder if this could have been foreseen. We only recently found out that our developer had not agreed on penalty clauses with the craftsmen, and we ourselves did not include any such agreement in our purchase contract. Otherwise, someone else probably would have been awarded the contract.

Hello,

there probably wasn’t much information for you in advance, right?

I’m just wondering if this could have been foreseen. We only found out now that our developer hadn’t agreed on penalty clauses for delays with the craftsmen; we ourselves also didn’t include a corresponding agreement in our purchase contract. Otherwise, someone else probably would have gotten the contract.

It doesn’t matter "at all" to you "what" your general contractor agreed or didn’t agree with his subcontractors; you "should have" had a fixed handover date/guaranteed construction period stipulated before signing the contract!

To answer your question: such an approach is usually not so unusual if no construction period is guaranteed in the contract. Why should your general contractor hurry, when he has all the time in the world?

"Had" and "if" won’t help you anymore now ...

Easter greetings from the Rhineland

Would have certainly liked to have a contractual fixation of the completion. Only if demand is greater than supply, we did not see ourselves in a position to enforce it and now have to bear the consequences.