Bauexperte
2014-04-08 10:35:21
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Hello,
Congratulations!
Be careful – it doesn’t go that fast after all.
It’s April; don’t forget. Usually – if your architect doesn’t manage a perfect timing – the design planning takes a good 4-6 months. Not because you might constantly request changes, but simply due to the fact that this timeframe is usual, at least according to my experience. Then worst case we’d be in October when the building application can be submitted. Depending on the approval procedure, this can also take up to 3 months; the simplified approval process would require the shortest time – about 4 weeks. But even then we’d be in November, and until your craftsmen are ready, it also takes time; they all have well-filled schedules. So I think, if you want a freelance architect for you, free yourself from starting construction this year. It only makes sense, as we do it, if the building can be closed before winter.
There is a reason why you chose an architect. Then you should consistently follow through and not twist the time schedule now. Good things take time and – measured over the lifespan of a single-family house – it makes no difference whether you start building this year or next year.
For comparison, when building with a construction manager: I already tell our clients now that they shouldn’t let too much time pass between appointments (once their decision to build with us is made) if construction is to start this year. You can roughly assume that 1 year passes from the first consultation to moving into the new house. But only if the house construction project is pursued consistently, if surveyors, permitting authorities and trades cooperate. I recently had the case again where our clients found their own surveyor. As a consequence, we had to wait 4 weeks for the entry of the ground floor plan into the preliminary site plan. If my friends from the postal service are punctual, we should have the complete building application in the mail on Thursday. Then it depends on when our clients have time to sign and only then can we take the application to the building authority. All in all already a 4-week delay; I could have kicked the legs of our long-standing partners in surveying…
Rhenish greetings
Finally, it’s moving forward!!!! Next Tuesday we have the notarization appointment !!!
Congratulations!
... and soon be able to build.
Be careful – it doesn’t go that fast after all.
Now I’m a bit worried that we never really dealt with the topic of new construction ... On the one hand, I’d of course like to take a lot of time for planning, looking, dreaming and so on, on the other hand, it would be totally nonsense to spend another year planning and possibly only start next summer.
It’s April; don’t forget. Usually – if your architect doesn’t manage a perfect timing – the design planning takes a good 4-6 months. Not because you might constantly request changes, but simply due to the fact that this timeframe is usual, at least according to my experience. Then worst case we’d be in October when the building application can be submitted. Depending on the approval procedure, this can also take up to 3 months; the simplified approval process would require the shortest time – about 4 weeks. But even then we’d be in November, and until your craftsmen are ready, it also takes time; they all have well-filled schedules. So I think, if you want a freelance architect for you, free yourself from starting construction this year. It only makes sense, as we do it, if the building can be closed before winter.
There is a reason why you chose an architect. Then you should consistently follow through and not twist the time schedule now. Good things take time and – measured over the lifespan of a single-family house – it makes no difference whether you start building this year or next year.
For comparison, when building with a construction manager: I already tell our clients now that they shouldn’t let too much time pass between appointments (once their decision to build with us is made) if construction is to start this year. You can roughly assume that 1 year passes from the first consultation to moving into the new house. But only if the house construction project is pursued consistently, if surveyors, permitting authorities and trades cooperate. I recently had the case again where our clients found their own surveyor. As a consequence, we had to wait 4 weeks for the entry of the ground floor plan into the preliminary site plan. If my friends from the postal service are punctual, we should have the complete building application in the mail on Thursday. Then it depends on when our clients have time to sign and only then can we take the application to the building authority. All in all already a 4-week delay; I could have kicked the legs of our long-standing partners in surveying…
Rhenish greetings