Very messy parquet laying work - Is rework not possible?

The whole nature of communication displayed here. For example, I feel personally attacked because I like cork joints when reading through this thread. I do not want acrylic joints (especially narrow ones) because the cm to the wall edge is technically intended that way and I feel safer knowing that the parquet will stay in place.

Solution-orientedness would do the matter well. If the execution is not specified, you get the state of the art. The state of the art is at most not met at the overpainted skirting board. If one does not exchange details with the craftsman before commissioning several thousand euros, then I don’t know anymore. Even Pinterest photos would have contributed to clarification.

But yeah, now if that is the biggest problem on the construction site, then everything is great. That’s complaining at the highest level.

Definitely craftsmen..

Why does the builder have to accept a solution for this botch job? Neither did he cause it nor must he accept the current condition.

And I have never seen anything like this. And I know many who have built and have been here for quite a while.

Yeah yeah, now comes the old saying again: if you have no idea, you have to buy expertise. And then you wonder why a normal single-family house now costs 500,000 euros.

We had both acrylic joints and cork joints installed 10 years ago. I would definitely only use cork joints everywhere from now on. Acrylic changes color and attracts dust. After 10 years, the cork simply looks super clean!

Is that a concrete staircase with an expansion joint to the concrete ceiling?
Just because the young craftsmen ignore the technical standard to satisfy customers does not mean it is correct.

Presumably, several offers were obtained beforehand and then the "cheapest" was chosen. As already said, there are standards for everything, and if the parquet installer has adhered to them, you can stand on your head and catch flies with your butt. If nothing else is agreed upon, the craftsman works according to the standard. And there is no such thing as "outdated" in this context. Just because a chef does molecular cuisine and all this fancy stuff, another one is still allowed to cook currywurst with fries or roulades.

A cleaner who is not told otherwise cleans to Q2, not Q4. A tiler is allowed to tile a height difference of 1.9mm, anything above that is not professional and must be redone.

If you think you are king and treat all your craftsmen like your servants... then you must not be surprised if eventually no one comes to you anymore. Believe me, craftsmen also talk about customers among themselves, not just customers about craftsmen...

Presumably, several offers were obtained beforehand and then the "cheapest" was chosen.

Considering the mentioned invoice amount, it seems to me anything but the "cheapest."

Personally, I also do not find the shown transitions with cork appealing and think that cleaner alternative solutions could have been used here.

Our transitions to the stairs and the bathroom as well as the narrow finishing strip at the windows in the attachment.

With the mentioned invoice amount, it seems to me anything but "the cheapest."

Personally, I also don't find the shown transitions with cork nice and think that cleaner alternative solutions could have been implemented here.

Our transitions to the stairs and to the bathroom or narrow finishing strips at the windows are attached.

Exactly. Three offers were compared. This was the second most expensive offer. We chose this provider because they were on site and could give a more or less fixed offer.

The claims that cork joints are absolutely necessary or even thick joints are absolutely wrong. I recently spoke with one of the largest and most reputable parquet installers in NRW (company Parkett Dietrich). They lay flooring exclusively continuously and without cork joints, have more than 6,000 construction sites per year, half of them new builds, and have had no complaints so far. In the window area, they cut sharply and seal with wood-colored acrylic. We were simply poorly advised and not informed; above all, we were never asked regarding this matter. After all, one doesn't build a house every day.

It’s good that there are enough craftsmen and service providers who know exactly what customer satisfaction and professionalism are.