Architect or construction company?

  • Erstellt am 2016-02-09 15:27:00

Bieber0815

2016-02-09 18:53:53
  • #1
Have catalogs from three house providers sent to your home. If you find something in them that you would adopt without changes, then have a qualified offer made for it. Preferably also from the local general contractor/general receiver. If you have your own ideas, go to the architect.

If I had my own plot of land, I would have built with an architect (at least I would have tried to find a suitable one ).

Otherwise, definitely follow the advice of Jochen104 (see #4)!
 

ONeill

2016-02-09 19:29:21
  • #2
I actually don’t see it that way, at least not in general. We are building with a prefabricated house provider and I expected that we would get house drafts (floor plans, elevations, perspectives) and that these would also be part of the acquisition. Providers for whom this was not possible were unfortunately out of the running. But that was only one of four. In this industry, you simply have to invest in acquisition.

For my girlfriend, as a teacher, this was also unfamiliar and she felt guilty about the providers who ultimately were not chosen by us. But since I know this process from my own profession (having once worked 5 man-days for free), I was familiar with the procedure.

With an architect, it may be somewhat different, since he has to conjure up a design from scratch, whereas prefabricated house providers use existing floor plans. But even the provider we are building with implemented our desired floor plan, at least on the ground floor, 100%. Therefore, the effort was probably not insignificant. However, it paid off for him in the end, since he was the one chosen.

Regards, Christian
 

Legurit

2016-02-09 19:33:31
  • #3
As I wrote, there is already for free... accordingly, it is as it is.
 

Doc.Schnaggls

2016-02-10 11:50:29
  • #4


Hello,

I wouldn’t sign off on it like that now.

With our provider, there was an individual design tailored to us and several rounds of changes before we signed a contract and thus incurred costs.

This works with both solid construction and prefabricated house providers.

Regards,

Dirk
 

Legurit

2016-02-10 12:03:16
  • #5
Also quite possible that we were unlucky, or that our property (second row) and requirements (bedroom and master bathroom on the ground floor) were somewhat out of the ordinary.
 

ONeill

2016-02-10 12:09:44
  • #6
It probably always strongly depends on the consultant/company. We have experienced both. One draft was careless and had a few adjustments made. The draft from the other provider is really nice.
 

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