Developers use the weather as a reason for delaying the delivery of houses to avoid default. Is this reason valid?

Hello, bad weather can't be the reason for the developer to hand over the house late under any circumstances. Generally, only in the following two cases can developers use bad weather as an exemption reason.

First, "weather" has constituted "force majeure", and there is a legal causal relationship between "force majeure" and overdue delivery. "Force majeure" in law refers to an objective situation that cannot be foreseen, avoided or overcome. General rain and snow weather does not belong to "force majeure". Abnormal weather only constitutes "force majeure" to a certain extent, such as typhoon and rainstorm. In this case, the developer should be exempted from liability, not only to provide the meteorological report of the Meteorological Bureau on the delay in the construction period, but also to provide evidence such as construction logs to prove that the weather hindered the construction progress of commercial housing.

Second, when signing the sales contract, the developer and the buyer made a special agreement on the "weather" issue, such as agreeing that the delivery can be postponed when the rainfall reaches a certain level. This agreement between the two parties can be used as an exemption for developers to hand over houses overdue. In addition to the above two situations, the weather conditions can not be used as an excuse for developers to pay the house late.

Hope to adopt!