Energetic House Renovation: Is it sensible to involve an architect?

When building within an existing structure, you need the architect almost more than with new construction – especially to stay within budget. The best site manager (without quotation marks) is the architect who "conceived" the renovation. However, I am happy to advise on which specialist is needed for what.

There can be no general recommendation; you should have recognized that when reading the house construction schedule: that it cannot or does not want to be a "one size fits all scheme F." That’s why there are also the (continued) "Reloaded" episodes added to the basic series. Additionally, among other things, at the top of the page, you can find where to address 11ant personally (please don’t turn him into an ant!) – if only because the renovation guide still has to wait. The "most expensive" service phase (5) is at the same time the most cost-effective. I am happy to find the right combination of architect, builder, and building expert for you. Just get in touch (and don’t forget, you can never do this too early – unfortunately, I have waiting times like a specialist doctor, I don’t know the calendars of colleagues, but I don’t expect them to be much different, since the economic situation is the same for them).

It has already been mentioned here that an insufficient room height can be an obstacle to converting storage space into living space – I hope your financing is not based on this rental income.

Why is an architect more important for existing buildings than for new construction?

Let's take the roof as an example: In my naive idea, I call the roofer and ideally he comes by, takes a look, and makes an offer. A building surveyor supervises the execution. Where is an architect helpful here? After all, nothing fundamental changes about the roof.

Because they only think about themselves and don't care whether you still have unfinished positions at the end of the money. Get five of them, and one of them will consume 50% of your budget, another 40%, the other three will be able to calculate and understand that there can only be 20% each for them but tell you that only the bare minimum will be done. One thinks it must be half more, and the other two even say double. So you add up: 50 + 40 + 30 + 40 + 40 = a total of 200 percent of your budget