Definition of Construction Sum / Planning Service

Hello everyone!

We are planning a house with a granny flat.
On the roof of the granny flat, an extension is planned.
However, this will not be implemented.
Rather, it was important to us that we obtain the approval for it and possibly implement it at a later date.
On what basis is the architect allowed to charge for the planning services provided for this?
Must there be an offer for this or can the construction sum also be estimated by the architect based on experience?

Thank you very much in advance for your answers.

Best regards

Alex

1) Based on the costs that would be realistic for implementation. This can be, for example, an estimate. Of course, only for the LPs that he has actually delivered. For example, up to the approval.

2) And what good does it do you if you build the extension only next year? Then you have the dirt twice? The approval is not valid for much longer, after all.

Hello! Thank you for the message. I assumed that the building permit is valid for four years. Am I wrong?

Well, your house construction takes a year, then two years' break, and then again? That would be too long dirt in/on the house for me. You better think about that. How long exactly it is valid can be better told to you by your architect. I’m not familiar with that. I only know that it doesn’t work as a stock for 10 or 20 years.

A building permit can generally be extended any number of times and without limitation, @toxic. However, this carries the risk that the basis of the approval changes in the meantime, which is definitely very fast-moving, even if sometimes only individual points need to be considered. This means that when the extension is basically possible, it may turn out that the permit is denied or must be extensively revised.

Effectively, this is usually not the case.

What also works: start the (re)construction and notify the building authority of the start. For example, you remove soil on 12/20, drive 4 wooden posts into the ground, put tape around them - that means the construction has started.

Here, for example, you would have to lay a row of stones or something similar, then it continues for the time being, but even here the legal basis may be faster. Overall, therefore, associated with risk.

Best regards Dirk Grafe