The term “turnkey construction” means the construction of a solid or prefabricated house at a previously agreed lump sum price. But the term is neither standardized nor protected. In particular, the scope of entrepreneurial services included in the price is not uniformly defined. In some homes that are described as turnkey, you still need to tile bathroom walls and lay floors, not to mention paint jobs. In extreme cases only the building shell with installed windows and covered roof remains standing. The scope of the benefits must therefore be regulated contractually.
DEFINE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES
Most builders thinking about turnkey construction actually means they are move-in ready. This term is more clearly defined and includes the completion of all essential home construction work. A house is considered ready for habitation if future residents are expected to use the building as a residential building. Only those who purchase a house that is already habitable can move in.
To avoid misunderstandings later, the scope of turnkey home services should be defined as precisely as possible in the construction contract concluded with the consumer. That’s why your construction partner will provide a 44-page construction description plus an additional construction description with your individual requests for special equipment as part of the construction contract.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Regardless of the extent of the agreed services, turnkey construction always means construction work from a single source is provided. This means that a general contractor is responsible for coordinating and performing the agreed-upon work, even if he or she does not perform the services himself. The builder does not stipulate dozens of contracts with individual craftsmen, but has only one contractual partner. This person takes over the construction management and guarantee for all agreed activities.
As simple as it is to transfer responsibility for construction work to the general contractor, choosing the right construction partner is equally important. Before concluding a construction contract, consumer groups therefore strongly recommend checking the qualifications of the general contractor, for example by communicating with other builders and/or inspecting already built houses.
ADVANTAGES
If you build turnkey, you purchase a solid house or a prefabricated house from a single supplier at a previously agreed upon flat rate price and date. The house can be a standard house, but also, as with your construction partner , a house individually designed and equipped according to your wishes and ideas. This takes much less time than building an architect-designed and individually built house.
As long as the construction work is precisely defined, there are no later surprises with turnkey construction. And there’s no risk in building with an experienced general contractor you’ve already discovered from other builders. This will help you avoid going over budget and on time to build your home. You save time on coordination on the construction site and can move in without worries on the agreed date into your turnkey dream home.
That’s why turnkey construction is the safest and most convenient way to build your own home, especially for busy, time-poor builders. Because if you work full time, you already have enough to do with designing your dream home, with colors and furnishings. Experienced professionals should do the rest.
BUILD TURNKEY AND DO IT YOURSELF
In some cases, however, the builder may want to eliminate individual parts of the house construction from the lump sum contract and carry them out himself. Here turnkey construction and self-construction do not have to be a contradiction. Most suppliers allow the builder to do their own work, such as painting and wallpapering the interior of the house or installing floor coverings.
But what about having a plumber friend install the heating system? In these cases it is useful to build with a flexible construction partner who can also respond to such particular requests. Where large manufacturers of prefabricated or massive houses produce quantities and operate well-managed construction processes, regional suppliers such as ‘s construction partners are more capable of taking into account even more unusual wishes regarding their work when constructing turnkey buildings. And thanks to the exchange of experiences between the partners of the Group and the joint purchasing of materials, the construction partners are still as powerful as the large national suppliers.
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