Your contracts in construction
A construction project involves very significant investments, so appropriate prior legal advice is paramount.
Have your contract proposals, quotations, specifications, etc. checked by your lawyer prior to the final signing of the agreements. You immediately have more certainty about the right choice of contract, compliance with legal formalities, and the dangers and disadvantages of specific clauses in the contracts submitted.
- Are the clauses balanced?
- How are the price agreements made?
- Are there arrangements in place for time limits that are exceeded?
- Do you run specific increased financial risks due to the conclusion of the contract itself and the provisions that have been included?
- Are you dealing with a sufficiently independent architect?
- What is the scope of his assignment?
- Are the contractor and architect appropriately insured?
- Are you adequately insured?
These are all things that you should take into account in advance.
A short check-up of your contract partner before starting work can also be a useful investment.
- Is this solvent?
- Is there a tax or social law withholding obligation?
- Are there other signs of insolvency or financial instability?
All important things to know before signing a long-term and large contract with this partner.
But also as a promoter and contractor you should have conclusive contractual conditions, which exclude unpleasant surprises during the construction process as much as possible.
Construction violation
Construction violations can have significant consequences, both civil and criminal.
They may become apparent after the purchase of a property, or may be identified during the construction process.
What if, for example, you buy a property that is subject to a construction violation that was deliberately concealed by the sellers? Who can you turn to? What options do you have?
Or did you commit a construction violation yourself and hope to be able to regularize it?
Getting your real estate back on track can be a long process with serious financial consequences. Ask for advice in good time and be assisted appropriately.
The lawyers of Wanted Law have repeatedly successfully intervened in the past in proceedings for annulment of the purchase agreement on the basis of fraud (disclosure) and in various regularization files of urban planning violations. There is also often cooperation with specialized partners in complex cases related to this subject.
The construction process - construction damage - not or poorly executed works - problems with the settlement
Various problems can also arise during the construction process itself.
- The works are not performed or not according to the rules of the art.
- Damage is caused to third parties.
- The specifications are not followed.
- The method of invoicing does not correspond to what has been agreed
- The architect does not follow up sufficiently, so that all control and order on the site is gone
- The contractor does not want to continue working because the outstanding costs are not paid or vice versa, the invoices are not paid, so that you as a contractor wish to suspend your work, ...
Numerous problems for which both out-of-court and judicial solutions exist.
The main task here is also to respond quickly, to check whether an amicable solution is possible, to make timely adjustments and thus to be able to steer the building process in the right direction as quickly as possible.
The lawyers of Wanted Law are also happy to advise and assist you here, and can fall back on a very long-standing expertise in this area. In the past, the interests of both developers and various contractors were successfully represented in this issue.
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