families who build your own home, spend their savings, and often even a part of the pension. Of course you want the perfect dream house. But the reality is different: Each building has defects. In the case of cost estimates is usually a reference to an ETH study, which estimated the cost for the year 2010 alone, residential construction in Switzerland, on a year to 1.6 billion Swiss francs.
dealing with construction defects is for the buyer not easy. You are the Client, but they often have little to no idea about the building trade and the related legal issues. Perhaps this is one reason that they neglect the preparation from time to time. “Sometimes the impression that when the phone subscription you look closer, as in the planning of the home,” notes Hubert stoeckli, Professor at the University of Freiburg and an expert in construction law,.
defects within seven days of report
An important Element of the contract, the client transfers the responsibility for the implementation of a General or Total contractor. Stöckli advises strongly to read this agreement carefully and be incomprehensible to explain. “It takes a bit of perseverance, but worth it in any case.” The entrepreneur can not create clarity, caution is advised. Since it is recommended to consult an independent expert, the ideal way in building code questions versed.
often, the SIA-Norm 118 in the contract. It is accepted in the case of craftsmen wide and gives the building owner to notify in the first two years after completion of construction, the time to a lack of. Without this standard, a complaint must be reported immediately, otherwise the warranty claim expires. According to court practice, this means within a maximum of seven days.
No assignment
The client should accept defend themselves in any case if a General contractor is trying to defects in rights in respect of craftsmen in him to cede (cession). Because it means that the Builder must take with artisans contact when he provides construction defects. The building owner has paid the General contractor assumes the responsibility for the Work and a turnkey construction delivers.
Such defects law-assignment can lead to the fact that a craftsman has to negotiate due to a defect in multi-family houses at one time with 20 different parties. That makes things complicated. There is, however, that artisans refuse in this case, services, and rely on the fact that you have completed the contract with someone else. Especially in the case of condominiums, it can be for the buyer difficult, to come to his right.
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define To errors it is often because the job is not precisely defined. “Craftsmen to put instructions in the planner – but without the exact requirements, bad results,” says Thomas Wipfler, President of the chamber of independent building consultant. In these cases, no Baupfusch, however, it is for the Builder defects, which may have to be expensive corrected. Anyone who insists on a detailed building specifications, you can save yourself such trouble to a large extent. It is also important that the building specification is part of the contracts.
Roger Blaser, owner of an office for the analysis of structural damage, enerviert about a General contractor, which summarizes the building specifications for a single-family house on a few pages together: “Since the Builder buys the cat in the bag.” An example: In the Construction of the soil is summarized flooring with “floor”. Since know the Builder is not whether he is solid or ready-made parquet, long straps or small the piecemeal parquet floors, a floating receives the bottom or glued parquet. The differences are in both price and quality is remarkable. For Blaser is obvious that the General contractor has an interest, to outline the Construction only rudimentary: “So he has free choice, cheap solutions to select and earn a larger margin and more money.”
A detailed planning and a clear contractual coverage associated with the effort. Those who shy away from these, you can engage the services of an independent consultant. It is selectively possible, or for an accompaniment from the planning to delivery. The costs vary depending on the complexity and scope of the delegated tasks. For a accompaniment on all stages of construction, the Builder must reckon with costs in the amount of about 1 to 1.5 percent of the construction costs. A focal point for contacts with the chamber of independent Consultants.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 24.02.2019, 17:40 PM
