House construction: How can I find out the cost of the house cheaply?

Hello!

I am new to the forum and have been thinking about the idea of building a house for a few weeks now.

Unfortunately, my planning depends a lot on the money :o. I understand that no one here can name figures out of the blue, but... where do I get figures from?

The house I have in mind is small, simply built (rectangular floor plan, about 50-60 m², no basement, heated with a central pellet stove) and has open galleries, so that only a few work steps need to be done inside (I would do most of it myself / or know someone who knows someone, etc.). So far so good.

Now I would like to a) know if the house can actually stand like this at all and b) what the whole thing then costs (of course not accurate to the nearest thousand). Who can I contact to find this out? If I now go to an architect who charges me several thousand - just so that in the end I realize that I cannot afford it - I have gained nothing. I am willing to pay for this information, but since the realization is still up in the air, it shouldn't be an enormous amount. Are there contact points for such things? Does anyone know about this?

Thanks for your help!
Regards
wildesdenken

I think an architect who looks at the matter in an initial consultation and can roughly estimate the costs will not cost a few thousand right away. After our first contact, the architect came out to our property and made us a very first sketch, and that did not cost us anything!

I would simply approach an architect and tell him what you would like to know and if, or how much that would cost. A call costs nothing...

Hello, basically I can only agree with Orschel, but maybe it can be done even more easily. Just take a look around among your acquaintances/relatives. It doesn’t necessarily have to be an architect. Surely there is also a draftsman, master mason, master carpenter, building technician, site manager, or civil engineer around somewhere. All of them can help you first channel your ideas. I can’t currently imagine how you get 50 to 60 sqm of open galleries, or what you mean with sem Pelletofen (you probably mean a wood stove). If you then perhaps have a hand sketch (or more), and your wishes have flowed into a bullet-point style construction description, you can get a free offer from the prefab house builders or property developers. But if you really want to tackle it (I think you are very inexperienced in this topic), go to an architect or preferably a planning civil engineer who will advise and accompany you. Even if they charge money for it, in the end it won’t be more expensive than having it built by a property developer or prefab house builder. Regards Friedrich.