Is a guaranteed start of construction certain if it is "planned"?

Hello,

for us it is important to know when the new house will be built for various reasons. That is why we contacted prefab house providers.
We received information about a fixed date. However, this date is not stated in the contract. We were reassured and told that everything is in order.

What do you think? Is that really the case?

It is clear that certain conditions must be met.
But if it is now said that it is "planned" and previously it was said that the start of construction could be delayed "also in direct or indirect connection with Corona," then that is not a fixed date...
Is this usual, or is it done this way otherwise in prefab house construction? (Then you might as well go to the architect right away, or better not?)

Thank you in advance for all experiences and expert opinions on this.

Quote:
"The contractor plans the start of construction (squaring out the house) for the month -----. As soon as this contract is signed by the client and is free of clauses, the contractor reserves a construction start week for the client. After the kick-off meeting, the reserved construction start week will be updated. Due to delays, e.g. because of additional requirements from the building authority, unforeseeable processing times of the building authority, lack of development, infeasibility of the soil investigation, etc., further postponements may occur. As soon as the contractor can foresee that no delays will occur, he will firmly confirm the construction start week to the client. Preconditions for this construction start date are that the building permit or other possibly required prerequisites (e.g. building notification) or other necessary approvals are available, that no other date is necessary for site-specific reasons, and that the site drawing signed by the client is received by the contractor. This site drawing will be provided to the client well before the start of construction in two copies. One copy must be returned signed to the contractor. If these requirements are not met 6 weeks before the confirmed construction start week, a new date will be arranged. ... "

It says "planned" and then follows x restrictions, so the date is rather unlikely to be fixed.

Apart from that, depending on the federal state and building authority, the building permit can take from 4 weeks up to 12 months, and only once it is available will the provider start scheduling.

And regarding your statement that the date is not in the contract: everything that is not fixed and definite there will also have no validity later.

But it is not stated like that in the contract. We were reassured and told that everything was in order.

What would really be in order would not have to be "invisible" in the contract.

For us it is important for various reasons to know when the new house will be built. That is why we turned to prefab house suppliers.

Even the term "prefab" house is misleading. But the "guaranteed on-time house" exists neither made of wood nor stone, but at best made of smoke and mirrors. Dreams are bubbles. Anyone who could guarantee you a fixed move-in date would have to be in league with the devil, or at least with Rumpelstiltskin. The wish may be legitimate, but a reality without residual risk does not exist. Corona does not file a file incorrectly. Here in the forum someone has been waiting for their forest conversion for nine months.

I don't believe that you will receive 100% certainty. Something unforeseen can always happen during construction. Is it the same company as the one with the fixed price? Are there references from other customers of theirs? Maybe that will reduce your distrust?

What would really be correct would not need to be "invisible" in the contract.

Even the term "prefabricated house" is misleading. But the "guaranteed on-time house" exists neither from wood nor from stone, but at best from smoke and mirrors. Dreams are froth.
Whoever could guarantee you a fixed move-in date would have to be in league with the devil, or at least with Rumpelstiltskin. The wish may be legitimate, but a reality without residual risk does not exist.
Corona does not misfile any document. Here in the forum, someone has been waiting for their forest conversion for nine months already.

I do not understand the statement. It is; or at least it used to be; customary that alongside a price binding period, a construction time binding is also agreed upon. At the beginning of the negotiation for us, the construction time binding was 8 months. Meanwhile, due to recent occurrences, it has prudently increased to 10 months.

The start of construction is indeed good if you know it, but the completion of the construction would be even more important to me.