House handover even though not everything is finished?

Also with us (Nds) there is only one building inspection with the construction supervisor. Edge: you can pour the screed height according to the covering in every room, but this must be announced by the client beforehand. This usually also means an additional cost. I can imagine that a tolerance of about 5-7mm is specified, if higher, then a strip is used that connects both heights. The numbers are given by my gut feeling ;)

Thank you, Yvonne. But I am not building with BU, but with an architect. He is paid to plan such things and to execute them at least as usual.

Does anyone know the VOB and the answer regarding the tolerance limit from it?

The tolerances will probably be in DIN 18202 - if you can't manage with that, I would take an expert with you during the acceptance. However, there will be large tolerances, after all, screeds can warp, which no architect can foresee or calculate beforehand.

Good evening,

The following things are still missing:

4. Balcony railings

Then I assume that there are lockable olives that ensure safety until the balcony railing is completed?

There is an approx. 0.5 cm edge (at the screed transition) between the vinyl floor (guest room) and the hallway (tile) between the basement hallway and the basement guest room. My site manager says that this is to be tolerated according to VOB. Is that correct? Or is this a defect that I can claim? How high may this edge be at most?

This is a question that in my opinion cannot be answered solely based on the VOB, but among other things based on the specification for the screed installer. Additionally: was the basement guest room commissioned to be created as living space quality, or is it rather the case that existing space (with presumably little effort) should be converted into an additional guest area?

If the basement was declared as purely a utility basement in the building application, no one is at fault. The basement hallway – which belongs to the heated envelope – must be executed with insulation and possibly underfloor heating; in the other basement rooms, insulation and screed are generally omitted entirely (unless explicitly commissioned). Therefore, a step of about 5 - 8 cm results between the basement hallway and the other utility rooms.

If the basement was fully applied for, tendered, and commissioned as additional living space, I would ask your architect why he was asleep.

Rhine regards

Good morning , it is talking about 5mm, not 5cm!!!;-)

Hello Tox,

Good morning , It is said to be 5mm, not 5cm!!!;-)

Good grief ... how was it again with reading ... :confused:

With that, my post is of course obsolete and I agree with the architect; after all, craftsmen are not precision mechanics :D

Rhenish greetings