Terms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
Scope of Application
- These Terms & Conditions apply to the use of the BauBridge platform and to intermediary, organizational and coordination services provided by BauBridge in connection with construction and renovation projects.
- BauBridge is not a construction company and does not itself perform construction or renovation works.
- For the purposes of these Terms, the term contractor also includes independent tradespeople, companies, subcontractors and teams with a legally responsible contracting party.
- Mandatory statutory rights, in particular consumer rights, remain unaffected.
Role and Services of BauBridge
- BauBridge supports, in particular, the recording and structuring of project requirements, the identification of potentially suitable contractors or companies, and the organizational communication between the parties.
- BauBridge may structure and document project information, scope of work, timing, location, capacity requirements and organizational conditions.
- BauBridge does not perform construction works, construction management, acceptance of works, arbitration or decision-making functions unless such an additional service has been expressly agreed separately.
- BauBridge does not guarantee that a construction contract will be concluded or that a particular economic or technical project result will be achieved.
Registration and Project Enquiries
- Registration with BauBridge is free of charge.
- Submitting a non-binding project enquiry as a client does not create any obligation to pay a brokerage commission to BauBridge.
- Users must provide correct and, as far as possible, up-to-date information when registering and submitting project enquiries.
- Registration does not create any entitlement to project enquiries, contracts or the matching of a particular contractor.
Matching Process and Offers
- BauBridge may provide project information to potentially suitable contractors or companies so that they can assess whether the trade, capacity and general conditions are a potential fit.
- Any remuneration terms of BauBridge that apply to a particular user or project are agreed separately in text form.
- The contractor prepares its calculation and offer independently. BauBridge may assist with structuring and presenting the offer but does not determine the price of the construction work.
- The client decides independently whether and which offer to accept.
Construction Contract between Client and Contractor
- A contract for construction or renovation works is concluded exclusively between the client and the selected contractor or engaged company.
- BauBridge is not a party to that construction contract.
- Scope of work, remuneration, deadlines, instalment or partial payments, acceptance, defect rights, termination and other rights and obligations arising from the construction work are governed by the contract between the client and contractor and by applicable law.
- BauBridge may provide organizational support and document arrangements but does not thereby assume obligations under the construction contract.
Remuneration of BauBridge
- Registration with BauBridge and the submission of a non-binding project enquiry are free of charge.
- Where paid BauBridge services are agreed for a particular user or project, the type, amount, calculation basis, point of accrual and due date of the remuneration are agreed separately in text form in advance.
- Without such a separate agreement, registration, submission of an enquiry or provision of project information alone does not create any payment obligation towards BauBridge.
- Payments for construction or renovation works between the client and contractor are separate and are governed exclusively by their own contract.
- A separately agreed referral fee becomes payable only if BauBridge’s introduction or mediation results in a contract between client and company. Merely forwarding a project enquiry does not create a referral fee. Separate additional services and their fees require a prior separate agreement.
Public company profiles
Registration for project matching is separate from publication of a company profile. Registration details are not published as a public profile without separate agreement and approval. Registered users may request preparation of a profile using their existing details.
Creating, reviewing and publishing your company page, including its directory listing, are free. To start, we present up to three reference projects with up to ten photos each. We clarify your company details and materials, prepare a preview and publish the page after your approval. Documents or qualifications are described as verified only when the relevant checks have actually been completed.
Companies may request removal of materials or hiding of their profile by email. BauBridge may hide profiles containing inaccurate details, lacking usage rights or breaching these terms; there is no entitlement to admission or indefinite publication.
After publication, changes to text, services, work areas and images, as well as new reference projects, are paid work. Send your requests together by email; we specify the scope and price in advance and start only after your approval. Initial creation and content review are free. BauBridge corrects its own errors free of charge; removing materials and hiding the profile are also free.
Companies provide only materials for which they have the rights required for the agreed use. Permission for the profile and posts introducing the company or network on the website and social media is agreed separately; paid advertising requires a separate agreement. Enquiries, contracts and search rankings are not guaranteed.
Receiving a project enquiry is free. A referral fee is agreed separately in advance and is payable only if BauBridge’s introduction results in a contract. Additional project support is agreed separately in scope and price; there is no fixed commission rate.
Changes to and Termination of a Matched Project
- Amendments, reductions or early termination of a construction or renovation contract concluded between the client and contractor are governed by that contract and applicable law.
- Where such changes affect remuneration separately agreed with BauBridge, the individually agreed terms recorded in text form apply.
- Statutory rights and defences of the parties remain unaffected.
Project Structure and Stages
- Construction projects may be divided into stages or work sections for organizational purposes.
- A stage structure proposed or documented by BauBridge is intended for overview and coordination and does not replace a contractual agreement between the client and contractor.
- Changes to scope, price, timing or stages require agreement between the parties to the construction contract.
- Acceptance, remuneration and defect rights relating to individual stages are governed exclusively by the construction contract and applicable law.
Payments for Construction Works
- Payments for construction or renovation works are made exclusively directly between the client and the contractor or engaged company.
- BauBridge does not receive payments for construction works, does not hold or manage project funds and does not act as a payment service provider.
- BauBridge does not guarantee the solvency of either party and is not liable for payment disruptions between the client and contractor unless caused by BauBridge's own breach of duty.
Additional BauBridge Services
- BauBridge may offer additional organizational services, translation services, or the referral or organizational provision of technical advisers.
- The scope, remuneration and conditions of such additional services are agreed separately.
- Technical supervision, construction management, acceptance or technical assessment of construction works is owed only if expressly agreed as a separate service and BauBridge or the relevant service provider is legally entitled to provide it.
Failure or Replacement of a Contractor
- If a contractor cannot start or continue a project or stops providing services, BauBridge is not obliged to provide a replacement.
- BauBridge may, at its discretion, attempt to propose an alternative contractor or company.
- Rights and claims arising from the existing construction contract remain a matter for the respective contracting parties.
Liability of BauBridge
- BauBridge is liable for its own breaches of duty in accordance with applicable law.
- BauBridge has unlimited liability for damage arising from injury to life, body or health and for damage caused intentionally or by gross negligence.
- In the event of a slightly negligent breach of material contractual obligations, liability is limited to the typical, foreseeable damage. Otherwise, liability for damage caused by slight negligence is excluded to the extent permitted by law.
- BauBridge is not liable for the professional execution, quality, timing or other breaches of obligations under a construction contract between the client and contractor unless BauBridge caused the relevant damage through its own breach of duty.
Changes to these Terms
- BauBridge may amend these Terms for future uses and future brokerage activities where this is necessary due to legal, technical or organizational developments.
- For commission terms already agreed separately or contracts already concluded, changes apply only if the affected contracting party agrees or a statutory basis permits the change.
- The current version is available on the BauBridge website.
Applicable Law, Jurisdiction and Language
- The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state in which a consumer has their habitual residence remain unaffected where applicable.
- Exclusive jurisdiction at the registered seat of BauBridge is agreed only where such a jurisdiction agreement is legally permissible, in particular with merchants, legal persons under public law or special funds under public law.
- The German version of these Terms is authoritative. Translations are provided for information only.