Offer architect house 150sqm / 750 thousand €

Especially for architects, it applies: We are the clients. We have the money. He who pays the piper calls the tune. If it doesn't fit, then we'll just leave again. Clients are not supplicants. Not stupid children. Not cash cows. Karsten

Hello, I would like to have your assessment: Project: detached single-family house on a 600 sqm plot (fully developed, perfectly flat) in a suburb of Freiburg, Bauhaus style, 150 sqm living space, slab foundation - no basement, underfloor heating air/heat pump with solar support, 2 modern bathrooms each with a shower, high-quality parquet floor/porcelain stoneware, two-tone triple glazing with electric exterior blinds, oversized double garage with electric sectional door, etc. Offer from an architectural office: €750,000 total price - WITHOUT land and WITHOUT exterior work ...I am a bit shocked....

uh 750k??? We are building almost the same (except not Bauhaus style), with all the extras and bells and whistles, but for 280 sqm at 540k......

That confirms my impression that unfortunately most architects are useless! How many cubic meters of volume were assumed? We were told back then that one has to calculate around 420-450€ per cubic meter for a normal finish, plus architect fees and land. That sounded plausible.

We also had several conversations back then.... most are so pretentious and arrogant... crazy! Others, on the other hand, are eco-fascists and want to sell you a KFW40 house at any cost. I recommend you find an architect who has a good network of craftsmen he repeatedly works with. He manages them better. Both in terms of scheduling and quality. And for you, that means more planning certainty, faster completion... and a budget overrun of maybe "only" 10% and not 20% ;)

And where did you end up price-wise per m3?

I always get the impression that the unit € per m³ is used in offers exactly where they want to make comparison difficult. What matters to you is the living area; whether you have a 2.75 ceiling or 3.50 is initially irrelevant.

The other way around is true: the cubic meter figure is actually the more professional one, after all, built-up volumes are also applied for the constructed space, and not just areas. The square meter figure is due to the laymen’s imagination and is therefore more popular.

For you, what matters is the habitable area; whether you have a 2.75 ceiling or 3.50 is initially irrelevant.

Whether you want to live in your basement is not only a question of equipment and insulation, but also of room height. Potatoes are fine with the minimum height, so that you can go into the storage cellar without banging your head. The extra half meter of height cannot be given for free, not even with surface-mounted light switches.

I always have the impression that the unit € per m³ is used in offers wherever comparability is intended to be made more difficult.

Comparability is clouded elsewhere entirely: when provider X calculates according to the residential area ordinance and provider Y according to DIN.

hello, no idea how these prices come about, but it seems way too much to me. 150sqm is not exactly a standard size, so I would like to see it more closely or strongly doubt that this is a realistic price here