House construction delay, how to respond?

We have legal expenses insurance, and if setting the deadline doesn’t work, we will definitely turn to a lawyer.

They will give you a hard time... Construction projects must be insured separately.

They'll cough something up for you.... Construction projects have to be insured separately.

There is no insurance at all that covers legal protection for construction... I actually took out legal protection last year for a different reason: none includes disputes during house construction

But legal expenses insurances do offer that. However, it is a separate insurance, which is not cheap due to the high value of the dispute. As long as an insurance makes a profit, they will conclude everything with you.

Of course, I had only applied for a standard legal expenses insurance. Since we just agreed to build, I only half-heartedly asked about it. Nevertheless, I can well imagine that there are many builders who think that their usual legal expenses insurance covers construction disputes...

But legal expenses insurance does offer that. However, it is a separate insurance that is not cheap due to the high value of the dispute. As long as an insurance company makes a profit, they will conclude everything with you.

I don’t know of any either that offer something like that. I looked into it six months ago and the consensus was that none do anymore, because there are always problems with construction and insurers no longer want to get involved in this field. I also couldn’t find any online. The only thing some offer is a component that provides mediation for construction matters. Maybe you have a tip for me where I should look, the construction hasn’t started yet...

Hello everyone,

my question should fit in well here without starting a new thread:

We are building with a developer who guarantees a construction period of six months from groundbreaking.
Subject to plague, cholera, World War III, drizzle, etc.

But if, in the best weather, nothing happens for three weeks and then the time gets tight "in the end" and bad weather is expected in autumn – do rainy days still count for the delay?

There are about 2-3 points that we repeatedly reminded about regarding planning/construction, but were only realized at the last minute – as a result, I suspect, the craftsmen were already booked elsewhere and this drags through several construction phases like a rat’s tail.

If they do not properly coordinate their craftsmen or if there is already a common thread running through other projects with them – can they then shift the delay onto us again in late autumn with bad weather?

If, for example, they had installed the windows in the last three weeks instead of doing nothing, it would be dry inside and I could have smoothly prepared the outdoor facilities.

At the moment, the gutter drainage ends in front of my house and turns everything into a swamp.
and because the scaffolding is still standing, we cannot fully connect the drainage.

Regards
Chris

At the moment, the gutter drainage ends in front of my house and turns everything into a swamp.
and because the scaffolding is still standing, we cannot fully connect the drainage. Regards
Chris

Same here: the water splashes along the gutter and devastates everything below into a swamp. The corners of the house are soaked from the splashing rainwater. But we are not delayed, it's just that the plaster isn't applied yet... or rather, the rain just came. My husband took the scrap sections of the grey pipes from the construction waste container and mounted them over the scaffolding to the gutter as temporary downspouts, so the water is diverted.