Architect has not delivered - who will bear the costs?

Sorry, but shouldn't the architect honestly inform the client who wants the Ferrari AT THE BEGINNING that it is not feasible with his budget??? He can do that BEFORE he picks up the pen for the first time....

Many simply do not know today's costs, that's what I have the architect for??? He should be able to tell me that an accessory apartment is immediately off the table because it costs 120K?

I don't understand. It's not as if you can just pull house prices as easily from a catalog as car prices from Mobile...

I do not know the course of the conversations, so I cannot form a judgment on whether there was certainly a price warning from the architect or not.

It’s not like you can just pull house prices from a catalog as easily as car prices from Mobile ...

But it’s not significantly harder either. Just take a quick look at the forums, consult pattern house prices, flip through 2-3 current magazines with house features, and search for new houses on the relevant portals. That would have been enough to realize for yourself that expectations and budget aren’t in a reasonable proportion.
Where is the maturity of a customer who is undertaking a large project here?

The thread in April says a lot. Especially if you read a little between the lines. How conversations or discussions unfold is not known to a third party. It can also happen that wishes and budget first have to be conveyed. You either meet in the middle, put in some extra money and scale back the wishes, give up all wishes and stay within the budget, or rob a bank so that all wishes can be built. The architect should actually only be a means to an end. The responsibility for the wishes lies with the client. Of course, the client does not know that a granny flat costs money ( ), maybe the architect also hinted at or mentioned the budget not working out. It’s always difficult. I think if every architect immediately said: that’s not possible, then every architect would be unemployed. That's why he of course says nothing other than “we’ll see, we’ll manage that,” drawings and cost calculations follow the wishes and demands and Pinterest pictures of the client. Then the client has to step in and organize their wishes, in my opinion. At the latest after the thread ran in April, the granny flat and one floor should have been cut. How the communication then proceeded and how what was developed, also not.

Whether it’s a big or small house, special requests or not. He planned past us... At least that’s how I feel... :-(

You keep saying that you reminded him of the budget. So what was communicated between you? The architect is not a little machine, not a PC. If he were, your filter function with granny flat and so on would throw out “no search results found,” so what was verbally discussed between you? I don’t read anywhere that you adjusted your wishes or that the slope of the property was ever discussed at the drawing table?

If I want to spend 30,000 on a car or new car, then I don't go to the Porsche dealer. That is simply naive.

Why do you always hang on the floor plan thread? It is outdated by now. As long as the OP does not reveal their ideas, everything here is just guessing deluxe. And yes, I also think that an architect must say beforehand that the budget is not sufficient before he pulls the money out of the customer's pocket. That's already cheeky... : Even if I go to the Porsche dealer, he has to tell me right away that there is no Porsche for the budget before he charges me a hefty bill for consultation appointments, test drives, etc.