I'll try to explain it like this:
Act 1
The house needs some kind of lid so that rain doesn’t get inside. The typical representative of the species "clueless builder" has at most an idea and opinion about the outer shape of the roof when no living space is to be created in the attic. This requirement is attempted to be fulfilled by the contractor as cheaply as possible, because what even the most clueless person easily understands is the number at the bottom line – you get the decision "thumbs up or down".
Act 2
The building regulation "Energy Saving Ordinance" says the house must have a "thermal envelope" (boundary between heated interior and weather-exposed exterior). This has to be somewhere, in the case of the cheapest lid over the top floor ceiling.
Act 3
Unfortunately, at this point the creation of the state required by the building regulation and verifiable by the building authority for conformity between plan and reality is associated with tedious hard work, whose labor costs can easily "overcompensate" the choice of the cheapest design (as they say in fancy language).
Act 4
Here the magic word "own contribution" comes into play: nowhere else can the cat be so gladly encouraged to bite its own tail as here. Similarities between the proverbial cat and the "price-conscious" clueless builder are pure coincidence and entirely made up. However, I do not guarantee the truthfulness of the last statement :)
Hello, we are currently in the discovery phase and are checking out various general contractors and construction managers.
You are brand new and fresh here and maybe should catch up by giving the scrutinizing eyes of the local lions your house design ready for price inquiry (?)