Davy1983
2022-08-09 20:40:11
- #1
Hello,
my girlfriend commissioned a prefabricated house about a year ago. After some back and forth with the building plans and permits, construction work was supposed to begin in the winter. Now, for private and professional reasons, my girlfriend has decided not to proceed with building the house and has terminated the contract with the house building company.
Almost all the work done so far has been outsourced and paid for by my girlfriend herself. Now she has received an invoice from the house building company which only lists 3 hours of an engineer’s actual work. The largest items, however, are sales overhead costs and profit. Many items are listed with varying percentage shares, the profit actually at 100%.
Overall, the costs demanded by the construction company amount to 15 - 20% of the total price of the completed house.
She is currently quite distressed, which is why I am now trying to find out to what extent this is actually lawful and whether there are any possibilities to intervene.
It is by no means about trying to “cheat” anyone. It is obvious that she cannot get out of the contract free of charge. But such an incredibly high invoice with many fictitious costs, although almost no real work has been carried out so far and a 100% profit share, is hard for us to comprehend.
Can you help us and give advice?
THANK YOU!
my girlfriend commissioned a prefabricated house about a year ago. After some back and forth with the building plans and permits, construction work was supposed to begin in the winter. Now, for private and professional reasons, my girlfriend has decided not to proceed with building the house and has terminated the contract with the house building company.
Almost all the work done so far has been outsourced and paid for by my girlfriend herself. Now she has received an invoice from the house building company which only lists 3 hours of an engineer’s actual work. The largest items, however, are sales overhead costs and profit. Many items are listed with varying percentage shares, the profit actually at 100%.
Overall, the costs demanded by the construction company amount to 15 - 20% of the total price of the completed house.
She is currently quite distressed, which is why I am now trying to find out to what extent this is actually lawful and whether there are any possibilities to intervene.
It is by no means about trying to “cheat” anyone. It is obvious that she cannot get out of the contract free of charge. But such an incredibly high invoice with many fictitious costs, although almost no real work has been carried out so far and a 100% profit share, is hard for us to comprehend.
Can you help us and give advice?
THANK YOU!