Floor plan planning shortly before submitting the building application

I also find everything a bit strange. The general contractor also seems to be far from satisfied with the shell builder. I have the impression that they are currently just working "day to day" without a clear plan. I am no longer being given any medium-term dates. Already two weeks ago, the appointment with the plumbing and electrical teams for the shell construction meeting in the finished shell building was supposed to take place. But then there was no Poroton.... I believe, in the meantime, I have already been given four dates for when the shell construction is supposed to be finished.....

What I find most strange is that although no medium-term dates are given, the site manager says that the final deadline at the beginning of October is not expected to change because they are regularly making up for the time lost on the shell construction during the interior finishing.

That's just how it can be! Building something is a bit more complex than car repair, which can also sometimes take disproportionately longer. Always stay calm.

I consider October unhealthy.

October also seems very unrealistic to me. We are at about the same stage, but with a smaller house, and are planning to move in at the end of December or beginning of January.

With us, it took 4.5 months from roofing to installing windows, all sanitary and electrical installations, insulation, exterior plaster, etc., up to the floor coverings. A fast-drying screed was installed, which was ready for covering after 2 weeks. It couldn't have gone much faster. The companies and craftsmen also knew each other and had worked together several times before.

Move-in date at the beginning of October?

That was tentatively planned. But I don't believe in it.

Is it stated like that in the contract?

Is that what the contract says?

The contract states a construction period of months. You have to deduct a bit of frost time, but that doesn't leave much leeway. For the period after the nine months, a compensation amount has been contractually agreed upon in advance. So they are indeed under considerable pressure.

However, it wasn't that I pressured them to finish within nine months. Rather, they said from the beginning that the construction period is nine months, and I only negotiated which compensation would be payable if the nine months are not met.

Today the earthworker called me. Really, really bad. Nobody told him that a garage will be built to the left of the house. And he also doesn't understand why someone would commission a plate load test on topsoil. It might become an interesting liability question as to who has to bear which additional costs. Earthworks are unfortunately a separate trade. But the general contractor will be paid extra via an addendum contract for assuming construction management regarding the earthworks. And if he then doesn't inform the company where what needs to be carried out, I see him as responsible somewhere in this.

It's a shame; it started off so well but now the problems are piling up.