You didn’t commission a soil survey beforehand, I followed that correctly here?
No, we were told to only commission it once the final site plan was created. But from the beginning, it was assumed the soil was very poor, as soil surveys from the neighbors were already available. And from the start, we also said that we want the house entrance to be one step above the street level. That’s why I don’t understand why a basement wasn’t discussed with us earlier. Instead, it was mentioned in passing that having a basement would be much more expensive. Then it was also said that our backfilling costs wouldn’t be much more expensive than staying below street level, since a soakaway would also be costly. Solutions are supposed to be discussed on Monday. I don’t know what other alternatives he could suggest. I’m curious. It’s not worst case yet. But it’s already frustrating when new plans have to be drawn again, the surveyor has to come, the building application has to be submitted, structural analysis has to be done, etc. After the last few months, I had found peace with the planning, and we thought construction would start in October. We took care of financing, building water, and electricity, I planned the kitchen. And now this! Of course, we mainly see the fault with ourselves. In hindsight, I would do a lot differently as well. But what’s done is done. For months now, we have not delayed the house project at any point and just want to build.
Regarding financing, the bank contract is still with us. We received a good offer but have not signed it yet. Interhyp mediated the offer over 14 days ago. Does anyone know if there are fees to pay to Interhyp if we do not accept the offer now?