Error in house construction - How did you deal with it?

  • Erstellt am 2019-04-14 13:10:01

Snowy36

2019-04-29 19:27:44
  • #1

No, I don't think I have bad luck ... I rather think the quality is declining ....
 

hampshire

2019-04-29 19:57:10
  • #2
Maybe I am actually just lucky, living in a bubble with decent people around me, or simply blind. Either way, I'm out of here now.
 

boxandroof

2019-04-29 20:11:42
  • #3
That's right. Mistakes happen, you can get upset about it or not, they will continue to happen. A mistake that is acknowledged is no longer a mistake for me and is quickly forgotten. No matter what happened. And sometimes you really wonder.. But with a company that starts to argue over obvious defects, you separate yourself as quickly as possible and forever. Some here give the impression that customers are invariably ripped off with shoddy work and high prices. I cannot confirm that either. The companies we had problems with, I only blame our own stupidity because there would have been better solutions for all involved. Prices were known in advance and there were no surprises we could blame on the companies. And we had everything: sole proprietors, small companies, large companies, overpriced and very cheap. What I have also learned is that everything you plan and oversee yourself gets better than if you just let it be done. Unfortunately, you simply cannot take care of everything and become an expert, read every standard or work out the most precise specifications. Okay, User Zaba might manage that. All in all, many companies have left a very positive impression on us and few a negative one.
 

Zaba12

2019-04-29 20:40:00
  • #4

That is why I do not participate in the discussion. The expectations of some builders are partly excessively questionable. Even if you build with a general contractor, you have to read up on the subject to protect yourself from mistakes and recognize better alternatives. If you rest on your own comfort, you must not complain about deviations from your own expectations.

I myself still cannot complain, but my house is not the most complicated construction project here.
 

Farilo

2019-04-29 23:16:44
  • #5

Hi Müllerin,

I do understand what you and Hampshire mean... But I see it a bit more nuanced. For me, it is absolutely obvious that mistakes are corrected immediately and without fuss.

However, if you constantly put "mistakes happen" out there, then the mistakes eventually no longer seem “odd,” but normal. And that in turn leads exactly to where we are now. Mistakes happen. The craftsmen know that too. That’s normal.

The accompanying expectation to correct these mistakes immediately, however, is not communicated. So the craftsman only hears "mistakes happen."

And if he then also reads/hears that you just shouldn’t point out mistakes to the gentlemen because the boss might get annoyed, then that’s a free pass. Whether you like it or not... It is what it is. You see it over and over again.

Why else do you constantly read and hear that mistakes were made, but not really often about how great and uncomplicated these were corrected?

Why do you think everyone else says you have to have nerves of steel when you build or that building isn’t for everyone? Certainly not because mistakes are usually corrected without problems.
 

boxandroof

2019-04-29 23:45:38
  • #6
Perception bias. The list of problem-free corrected mistakes was considerably longer for us than the list of things we had to struggle with for a longer time and that I could still be upset about today. Nobody talks about trivialities, after all. But please: stair railing too short, underfloor heating manifold completely off, several windows wrongly built, here something, there something. Fixed without discussion, issue settled and forgotten. The shell builder even offered to rebuild the entire ground floor because of a few centimeters. I did not insist, as I still wanted to keep an eye on the construction and it was irrelevant to us. You just have to keep on top of it all the time, it takes time and is not always feasible.
 
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