Cost planning for a single-family house including land, additional costs, architect

What does 45000 cost for the outdoor facilities, please? Do you want to pave the entire property? Greetings from a neighbor in Seevetal

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You should write down the items in more detail and list exactly what is hidden where. And especially important: write down the items that are not included (Malerarbeiten, Sanitär, Küche) and also factor in these items. In addition, you should also extract the items you have already paid for your own overview.

Hello Greg,

Originally, our house was planned with about 350k EUR, which gradually increased from meeting to meeting and has now made another jump of 90k EUR, so according to the new estimate we are at 485k EUR.

Raw data:
Living area: 188m²
Number of floors: 1 plus knee wall. Roof area = 210m²
Top view attached.

Plot:
Already available and registered in the land register


Subtotal house construction net

351,527.00
Subtotal house construction gross 418,317.13

Architect

Subtotal architect gross 48,000.00
TOTAL Gross 485,000

.... still, I would like to hear your opinion on the costs.

I am always grateful when architects reasonably calculate the possible costs. But the above seems to me far beyond the target, especially since the sanitary equipment (what does that mean in this context, high quality?) as well as development costs are not yet included in the price.

Provider timber frame is not the same as provider timber frame, therefore I assume here good standard, i.e. higher construction costs than usual in the north. Accordingly, the building project might incur the following peak costs in my opinion:

Single-family house with 188 sqm and KfW 70: TEUR 340 (incl. renewable energies + architecture costs)
Additional building costs: TEUR 40 (notary costs are included here; negligible since you own the land)
Painting work & floor coverings in EL: TEUR 20
Outdoor facilities in EL: TEUR 10 (only the essentials — can become a barrel without a bottom; but usually developed over years)
Reserve for extras: TEUR 10

All in: TEUR 420

Final remark: the above cost breakdown of your architect cannot be assessed as is, because you have compressed too much.

Rhenish greetings

Thank you. I will try to provide more details this evening. However, it is not much more detailed...

Thanks to you all. I will try to provide more details tonight. But it’s not much more detailed...

Then you know which task you can still assign to your architect for his €48K

We are overall satisfied with our architect. He is currently starting his own business, previously worked in an architecture firm, and also has a practical background. We are approximately the 3rd house he is planning. Of course, we are somewhat uncertain whether a lack of experience regarding costs and also construction execution/supervision is a disadvantage. But it certainly won’t be 48k.