Bauinteressent1
2012-10-22 15:48:26
- #1
We have purchased a plot of land, the condition for the purchase was that the input planning was to be carried out by the sister company of the real estate agent. We had to sign the corresponding contract before the notary appointment. According to the contract, this company was to "create input planning and the necessary planning work by architects to obtain a building permit and assume the associated costs including approval fees and create the legally required drainage plan and assume the associated costs and fees." The architect employed at the planning company did not explain anything further to us about the content of the drainage plan. We were presented with a power of attorney for the engineering office, but we never had contact with the engineer. When the plans finally arrived, the room we had intended as a guest room was plastered over with pipes; all the pipes ran through the house, making the room practically unusable as a guest room. We do not want to change the rooms in the basement because otherwise the bathroom and guest room would be simply too far apart. What we overlooked was that the architect had at some point renamed this basement room to "heating/utility room." In the accompanying email, she wrote that she had "further developed the plans." However, we were always assured that we would remain flexible inside the house even after the building permit! We never suspected and it was never discussed that the drainage plan would be linked to this change. The planning company refuses to pay for the rectification that has now become necessary due to this change and the further fact that we always lead the pipes immediately out of the house and around the house (even if it is more expensive). They have offered us half of the invoice amount "to show good will." Do we have a chance of receiving the full invoice amount because the planning company has created drainage plans that were not the ones we wanted?