Antjeaergert
2025-02-11 01:14:54
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I have been reading diligently here and searching the forum - but I am simply overwhelmed.
We have the following problem. My father bought a listed building 5 years ago - this was accompanied by an architect.
An inventory was made - and remodeling costs of about 400,000 euros were specified.
Unfortunately, there is only one email in which the architect confirms that my father cannot spend more than 400,000 euros and that the costs are definitely within this range.
But this is not the (current) main problem at all. After 4 years in a holiday apartment, the construction - which was supposed to take two years - has now been completed.
Of course, the costs have gone completely out of control - which is why my father addressed the architect several times.
Towards the end of the project, he simply gave up and paid the bills because the house just had to be finished.
Now we have asked the architect to provide us with the cost estimate, calculation, and determination according to DIN 276 so that we can understand the costs and especially the overruns.
This is simply being ignored - to this day no estimate, calculation, or anything similar according to the DIN has been made.
She even said that this standard was not known to her.
She is now presenting her final invoice and claims that she has fulfilled all her obligations.
What simply leaves me speechless. We were not informed about any warranty periods even though defects are already showing and we have asked about them.
In addition, there is still an unresolved invoice with a roofer because he set up scaffolding here for weeks which was not used. (However, I do not consider this to be my father's fault either.)
Do we have to pay all of this and really have no right to a calculation or determination of the costs so that we can understand them? And does my father really have to pay the 10,000 euros for the scaffolding - the planner is actually responsible for scheduling - that is why we hired her?!
I would really be grateful for help - after all the trouble and the construction time we are slowly reaching our limit - and the behavior of the architect cannot be lawful. Is she really allowed to present the final invoice without us having any claim to the above-mentioned services?
It is a completely normal architect contract according to HOAI - she was responsible for LPH 1-9.
We have the following problem. My father bought a listed building 5 years ago - this was accompanied by an architect.
An inventory was made - and remodeling costs of about 400,000 euros were specified.
Unfortunately, there is only one email in which the architect confirms that my father cannot spend more than 400,000 euros and that the costs are definitely within this range.
But this is not the (current) main problem at all. After 4 years in a holiday apartment, the construction - which was supposed to take two years - has now been completed.
Of course, the costs have gone completely out of control - which is why my father addressed the architect several times.
Towards the end of the project, he simply gave up and paid the bills because the house just had to be finished.
Now we have asked the architect to provide us with the cost estimate, calculation, and determination according to DIN 276 so that we can understand the costs and especially the overruns.
This is simply being ignored - to this day no estimate, calculation, or anything similar according to the DIN has been made.
She even said that this standard was not known to her.
She is now presenting her final invoice and claims that she has fulfilled all her obligations.
What simply leaves me speechless. We were not informed about any warranty periods even though defects are already showing and we have asked about them.
In addition, there is still an unresolved invoice with a roofer because he set up scaffolding here for weeks which was not used. (However, I do not consider this to be my father's fault either.)
Do we have to pay all of this and really have no right to a calculation or determination of the costs so that we can understand them? And does my father really have to pay the 10,000 euros for the scaffolding - the planner is actually responsible for scheduling - that is why we hired her?!
I would really be grateful for help - after all the trouble and the construction time we are slowly reaching our limit - and the behavior of the architect cannot be lawful. Is she really allowed to present the final invoice without us having any claim to the above-mentioned services?
It is a completely normal architect contract according to HOAI - she was responsible for LPH 1-9.