Building description (building contract)
For a list of features is a detailed description of the to be constructed building . In addition to the type of construction, the materials to be installed are described and listed.
purpose
In the area of private real estate financing , the building description is one of the documents that the real estate buyer or builder must submit to his bank for the credit approval. The building description becomes part of the building contract . If the construction is in connection with the purchase of a property or a purchase from the developer, the building specification must be notarized as part of the purchase contract .
The building description serves the professional, i.e. commercial seller, as a description of his scope of services. It therefore contains both services to be performed and services not performed, and in most cases still, exclusions of changes and liability. The building description should therefore always be sent to a specialist (architect, lawyer) or B. be submitted to the consumer protection agency.
Information requirements for consumer construction contracts
According to Section 650j of the German Civil Code, the entrepreneur is obliged to provide the consumer with a building description in text form in good time before submitting his contract declaration.
Contents of a building description
General description of the construction work
- Type, purpose, use, total scope, function, concept of the construction work. Suitable planning documents are to be included.
Qualities, makes, prices
- Manufacturers, makes, prices per square meter, surfaces, colors
Description of the local conditions at the place of performance and the surrounding area
- Groundwater conditions
- Waters, protection zones, immissions
- Protection u. Guarding the construction site
- Preparatory work by clients and other entrepreneurs
- other concurrent work
- Effects of third parties on the performance of the service
- Inclusion of suitable planning documents
Specifications for the execution of the construction work
- General construction, construction process
- structural and technical specifications
- Special features, special requirements
- Use of construction schedules
Descriptions of constructive or other features of the construction work
- constructive structure, insulation, auxiliary building measures
- static u. Building physics calculations and specifications
- Equipment features (building services area)
Performance representations
- Schedule and construction schedule
- Site plans
- Construction plans
Web links
- Article in focus
- Sample construction description of the consumer centers (PDF; 600 kB)