Escroda
2019-12-25 14:34:13
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it is a developer contract
In the other thread, you wrote that the plot was sold without any binding. The exact differentiation could be of fundamental importance to you. I assume that it is not a developer, which is rather bad for you.
Are there any provable agreements with the neighbor? The problem I see is that it is not clear who is first. Has the building application already been submitted/approved?
If your house without a basement were already built, the neighbor would have to bear all additional costs regarding their basement alone (e.g., underpinning your house). If the neighbor's house with a basement were already built, you would have to bear the additional costs of your foundation alone. And now it gets complicated: if no house is built yet, it depends on who informed whom about their project when and how far the planning has already progressed. If you already had your building documents ready for submission, you would have to inform the neighbor. He could then demand the more elaborate foundation from you, which he would have to pay for. But if your neighbor were already further along, he would have had to inform you, and you could have demanded that he reinforce his exterior wall, which you would have had to pay for (if it were cheaper than your own more elaborate foundation).
Now you have agreed on a general contractor, which is also wise. Therefore, I assume that no one has a completed building application yet. Everything is now in the hands of the contractor, and there are probably no written agreements between the neighbors. Now it depends on every detail in the construction contract, which is why I would recommend specialized legal advice. Because the €10,000 additional costs are not understandable to me.
My out-of-court proposal: €6,000 for the general contractor, split equally between the neighbors.