Sampling. I wrote that back in 2017. That’s how it was. With the general contractor.
A bit of leftover vacation in March. We have now had the sampling appointment. This morning at nine. Sampling with the mid-sized company. We are met by Mrs. L., the secretary with a coffee, Mr. K., the master carpenter, and Mr. R., the head of the masons and roofers. Mr. K. starts. In front of him, the building plan of our house, next to him some laundry baskets with all sorts of stuff. Let’s get started. With windows. He flips through the building description. Aha, the ones from Poland. He rummages in a laundry basket, pulls out a profile sample. Veka, triple glazing, Roto fittings, Hoppe handles. You can also get the handles lockable, extra cost. But then you just lose the keys, no one needs that, and if burglars want to get in, they will get in anyway, it just breaks more. ...My wife eyes the profile. Well, you can easily wipe out the dirt, right. And colored, she asks? Mr. K. dryly. Yeah, possible. But it’s a waste of money, it’s no different when looking out. ...So it remains white. It goes on like that with tiles, interior doors, with the exterior window sills he really comes into full form. Yes, they are aluminum, white or not at all. He grins. And inside? Laundry basket. Granite slabs come onto the table. Four pieces. Two disappear right away because polished high gloss. That’s nonsense, you put flowers on them anyway, he reasons. My wife picks one of the remaining ones. Bam, on we go. The roofing king gets involved. You. I have to leave right away, shall we first look at the day? He takes us outside. There lies a package from Braas with sample tiles. He picks out three. This one, that one, or that one is allowed in the building plan. We take the dark red one. Gloss coating against moss? Doesn’t help, there are no trees anyway. In standard German. You don’t need that, where you’re building there are no trees. Ok, convinced. Roof is done. He leaves. Moving on inside. Front door, says Mr. K., that’s quite a topic. Well, here are the fillings from Rodenberger, from K1 to K6 it’s free of charge. The long handle costs 100 extra. The very long one 250,- But that one is no good, it’s wobbly stuff. If then the short one for 100,- We browse. That one is good, he finds. Stable, timeless, with K5 included, has some glass, lets a bit of light into the hallway, but it’s not a department store door. Bam...that’s it. Now the interior stairs, he finds....Yeah, you take beech, it’s a hard, calm wood. That was coated with parquet lacquer, so it’s also durable. And as railing here such a handrail and with metal rods. He grins., done. Is there another way? White? Mh, he shakes his head. It’s possible. But...that costs more, we have to paint and sand and fill more. You can see on his face what he thinks of white stairs. I give in. Beech, parquet lacquer. Matte. Then he and my wife also determine where the towel radiator should go. Here or there! And how and where what will be tiled....bam, done. Oh yes, facade...we’ll do it like the garage, right? That’s all smooth and seamless. Base little bit anthracite set off, everyone does it like that. He rummages some color samples for the base out of the basket. Yes, that will do.
Sampling at Veka. Two hours, one coffee, and not a penny extra paid.