Goldi09111
2015-12-16 20:36:25
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Good evening everyone,
Today we had a 4-hour conversation with the architect, partly directly on the property and partly at our home to show and explain our current situation, which we both find very important.
It was a very pleasant, open, and seemingly honest conversation; my wife is also positively impressed (that's already half the battle).
Anyway, I brought up the topic of property transfer tax again, and he said that since the company acts as the general contractor, there have never been any problems with this. The legal text apparently allows it as soon as I acquire the property and want to build, so you can always speak of house and land. Well, I would just talk to people who have built with the company to see how it was for them.
The topic of the soil survey is always done before planning or starting construction concerning the mentioned additional expenses (soil replacement, compaction...).
The "problem" with the stream was also addressed again, and here we were somewhat reassured because it is an artificially created stream controlled by a pipe system from the neighboring town, and the pipes are apparently max. 500mm in diameter. We will have the matter checked again across offices, just to be sure...
Today we also received a 20-page building description that I am currently reviewing and already roughly marking a few things I want to question. I think there will be a separate topic about this here.
We parted ways today with the understanding that he will create a first draft, including a cost estimate (he knows our current limit), based on our conditions, and we will meet again around week 3 of 2016.
Today we had a 4-hour conversation with the architect, partly directly on the property and partly at our home to show and explain our current situation, which we both find very important.
It was a very pleasant, open, and seemingly honest conversation; my wife is also positively impressed (that's already half the battle).
Anyway, I brought up the topic of property transfer tax again, and he said that since the company acts as the general contractor, there have never been any problems with this. The legal text apparently allows it as soon as I acquire the property and want to build, so you can always speak of house and land. Well, I would just talk to people who have built with the company to see how it was for them.
The topic of the soil survey is always done before planning or starting construction concerning the mentioned additional expenses (soil replacement, compaction...).
The "problem" with the stream was also addressed again, and here we were somewhat reassured because it is an artificially created stream controlled by a pipe system from the neighboring town, and the pipes are apparently max. 500mm in diameter. We will have the matter checked again across offices, just to be sure...
Today we also received a 20-page building description that I am currently reviewing and already roughly marking a few things I want to question. I think there will be a separate topic about this here.
We parted ways today with the understanding that he will create a first draft, including a cost estimate (he knows our current limit), based on our conditions, and we will meet again around week 3 of 2016.