Offer for the surveying of a single-family house

For us, the building survey for the [Katasteramt] was only allowed by a surveyor commissioned by the city. However, it was also significantly cheaper than with you, according to the fee regulations about 610 euros.

Otherwise, the price is completely fine.

Actually, he "only" "concealed" 60-70 cm sloping down from the north towards the street, and that on 642 sqm

Is there a thread about that?

the house planned too close to the street

I didn’t mean clumsy or ill-considered planning, but real mistakes, like with [Nordlicht], where the wrong boundary marker was used.

But you’re welcome to share from your experience

A colleague (*clears throat*) once caused a height error of 15 cm during the rough staking out due to improper program settings with a new surveying device. After excavation and installation of the clean layer, the foreman noticed the error. Damage: 22 m³ of excess excavation removed, 22 m³ of fill material brought back to the construction site, installed, compacted, two days of construction delay - 15,000 DM. The insurance paid without hesitation.

With acquaintances, it was like with . Due to a boundary kink not visible on site, two boundary stones were only one meter apart. The foreman took the wrong one. After the foundation slab was poured, the neighbor wanted to start building. His surveyor discovered a 60 cm boundary encroachment - order to dismantle. Damage (neighbor waives damages due to construction delay): 50,000 €. The construction company filed for insolvency, the client narrowly escaped the worst-case scenario only because of the bank’s goodwill.

A fellow student once told of a height error during the recording of a gable profile for planning a semi-detached house. It was only noticed when the ground floor was already built. Damage: 12,000 DM redesign costs plus 25,000 DM compensation for lost rental income due to the smaller attic living area. Insurance case without complications.

how a contractor can wiggle out of such a measuring error.

If it was my mistake, I don’t have to wiggle out of it. That’s what insurance is for. My experience, however, is more that planners or builders try to shift their mistakes onto the surveyor, which is why the surveying profession has developed methods with thorough controls. And if I still make so many mistakes that the insurance drops me, then I learned nothing in training or chose the wrong profession.

If I'm honest, until I registered here in the forum, I didn't even know that surveyors stake out houses. I believed that was always done by the foremen. Or the civil engineers. I had never seen it any other way my whole life. But in the construction sector, a lot has changed over the last few decades. In the past, no one did soil surveys either; they just dug away and that was that. Karsten

But a lot has changed in the construction sector in recent decades.

That now sounds as if you made a digit error in your age statement :-). Maybe it’s also due to the federal state. In NRW, construction staking has been part of the surveyor's daily routine for at least 50 years.

In the past, no one made soil surveys either, they just dug and that was that.

I agree with you there. But maybe later a soil surveyor will protest in the same way I do.

As a student, I earned my money as a laborer on construction sites. Back then, in 1978-79, there was already a good 10—11,- DM per hour, which was a princely wage compared to other jobs. I helped carry up quite a few houses, but there were never any surveyors. That was always done by the foreman with an experienced journeyman. And these foremen were really not stupid people; they really knew their trade. Many an architect was outnumbered by them. Karsten

Is there a thread about that?

Sort of. It wasn't my measurement, after all.