Is an architect really that expensive?

  • Erstellt am 2015-11-14 15:17:30

nistibee

2015-11-14 15:17:30
  • #1
Is it really so much more expensive to build with an architect? The construction companies actually all have one too, right, or who plans the house with us?
 

wpic

2015-11-14 15:44:46
  • #2
Take the total sum of all construction costs including all incidental construction costs that the construction company/prefabricated house manufacturer estimates or that is available to you as the maximum total amount after deducting the costs for land acquisition including incidental costs. Find an architect who is recommended to you or whose design style appeals to you and ask them what they could build for you with this sum, depending on your ideas about house size, building type, equipment, land, and building and planning regulations.

Prefabricated house manufacturers calculate with the strong desire of builders to save the so-called "incidental construction costs": fees for the architect, the structural engineer, official fees, etc. These costs also apply to the manufacturer; they merely charge them or actually have lower incidental construction costs because they sell a standardized product.

The architect designs a house individually tailored to you and realizes it including construction management, acceptance of construction services, billing, etc., as a trustee of your interests. The prefabricated house manufacturer/general contractor/self-contractor monitors themselves (the pot calling the kettle black) because you – like most builders – have no knowledge of construction planning and implementation. Unless you hire an independent expert/surveyor for a corresponding fee (incidental construction costs), who performs these monitoring and control services for you, which the architect naturally takes on in service phase 8 (object monitoring).

In a word: it is not more expensive to build with an architect, just different. You have to formulate your wishes more concretely and give the architect active feedback on their design, their details, and their material and equipment proposals. For this reason, the house later becomes "your house" and not the standardized cliché of a provider. Of course, there are also very high-quality prefabricated house providers with good architecture or those who have houses built according to architectural designs or have their own planning department. In that case, the costs are again comparable to those of an independent architect.
 

MarcWen

2015-11-14 16:32:04
  • #3
You can't say that in such a general way. We were very disappointed with all the prefab house providers. Also, a number of other house construction companies that heavily advertise, and unfortunately more and more often "market" plots themselves, were not much better. You can quickly forget the capitalized word "individual" if you want to move more than 2-3 walls.

Problems arise quickly when you plan, for example, with a basement, almost insurmountable if it is also supposed to become a living basement; a garage might still work, but woe betide if it is to be integrated into the house and also has a terrace. If you plan several housing units, then things also quickly come to an end there. We can tell a lot from the inside, having invested a lot of time and experienced quite a bit. One gem was when we "only" requested an automatic roller shutter control for the ground floor; electrically operated ones had already been planned anyway. The 2 necessary packages were then supposed to cost a fixed 12,000 euros extra; we had them removed again.

In addition, we always had the feeling that they first want to open the purse strings wide (after all, they know the budget). What you are actually paying for usually remains hidden. That was mostly our big problem. For us, building should above all mean: trust, trust, and transparency.

It is of course very helpful if, however, you get an architect recommended. Here you can feel things out and speak beforehand. As a small reference point, our architect plans with enclosed cubic meters. As a guideline from experience and past projects, she sets between 350-400 euros per cbm.
 

nistibee

2015-11-14 17:19:06
  • #4
Great, thanks for your opinions.
 

merlin83

2015-11-14 18:26:36
  • #5
In my opinion, direct awarding of trades is the cheapest method to build sensibly. If someone gives you a fixed price for a bundle of services, they charge you dearly for the cost risk. They will certainly calculate in a way that they end up with a profit. The services necessary for building the house are usually the same.
 

Legurit

2015-11-14 23:16:47
  • #6
I wouldn't say that so generally... I think that GÜs who have their standard craftsmen can also achieve cost advantages... (Craftsmen don't have to write 10 quotes etc.)
 

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