Villa Covenant: The verdict on enstegstätade facades teaches send shockwaves through … – New Technology

The Supreme Court told they enstegstätade facades will send a shock wave through the Construction Sweden, according to the Homeowners Association. But the industry organization Swedish Construction Federation believes it is too early to determine the impact of the judgment may be.

– The judgment teaches send a shock wave through the Construction Sweden, where construction companies have built somewhere between 110 000 and 160 000 homes with enstegstätade facades, says Ulf Stenberg, General Counsel for Homeowners’ Association, in a statement.

Högsta court announced on Thursday that Myresjöhus choice of enstegstätade facades of 32 houses in Svedala is a defect in the contract. Ulf Stenberg looks judgment as a great success for consumers:

– The Supreme Court gives judgment by a crystal clear signal to the construction industry to shape up.

Ulf Stenberg also points out that the savings made by building with enstegstätade facades now may prove to be costly:

– Construction companies saved in around SEK 25 000 per house when they chose to build houses with enstegstätade facades compared with a ventilated facade. At the same time, it can cost half a million dollars to replace a moisture-damaged Exterior insulation finishing system, he said.

The Supreme Court’s statement on Thursday is a favorable decision in the case. The issue of Myresjöhus have to pay for the rebuilding of houses remains to be examined.

– No matter what the Supreme Court come to terms liability, learn construction industry be forced to think twice before they put any new hesitant approach in the construction market. The risk is that it might otherwise stand construction companies dearly, says Ulf Stenberg in the press release.

But the industry organization Swedish Construction Federation believes it is too early knowing the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling will have on the industry, because the court has not yet taken a position on the question of liability.

– According to the judgment there is a fault in the works, but to the contractor shall also be responsible to correct the error requires both that the error is essential and that it depends on the negligence and it has HD yet taken a position, says Magnus Kylhed, construction lawyer at the Swedish Construction Federation, in a press release.

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