"Used" wooden house door - experiences

Hello,

we are planning to build soon and I have a question. Since a wooden front door, as I would like it, would cost a lot of money, I started looking for used doors and found a beautiful door, including glass side panels + wooden frame, and have already paid a deposit. Has anyone else installed an old front door in a new build and what are the experiences? Since I don’t want to tell our construction company about "their luck" yet, I’m asking the question here first :)! Is it easily possible to change the lock so that it can be opened electrically via the house system? The wood is still in good condition, supposedly 7 years old according to the seller, double-glazed.

Many thanks, I look forward to your answers :)

I think you should have discussed that with your construction partner. Besides the size (the hole should be able to be built accordingly) and the color, the insulation value according to today's requirements also plays a role. You should know that for your door. I don't know if it can be retrofitted. Should the lock be electrically unlocked or are you talking about a "Summer" (so you press it on the intercom and the latch unlocks)?

So the size is planned exactly like that so far, I obviously don’t know the insulation value – it probably won’t be the best, but with a 7-year-old, high-quality door it certainly won’t be bad either. Yes, from a buzzer. The garden gate and the front door are supposed to be opened via the intercom system. And we deliberately did not discuss this beforehand – because otherwise we would understandably only be advised against it! After all, that way the commission for a new door is avoided.

How does it look with your construction company? Do you have windows / door listed in the contract? If you suddenly come up with your own there, I almost suspect you are now the proud owner of two front doors.

No, we have explicitly regulated in the contract to be able to procure services / items ourselves. So that's no problem... We also do that with the tiles / tilers, floor coverings, interior doors, and possibly the windows. We would have also awarded the roof ourselves, but they then provided a better offer. So we are "free" in that respect.

Where then is the reason not to talk to the contractor about it?

But there is also a difference whether I simply do entire trades myself / assign them differently or tell the window installer: "install the door for me that is already in my garage".

I think you should play with open cards. You certainly expect that from your contracting partner as well...