Single-family townhouse villa in South Hesse

Whether we take advantage of phase 5 of the architect, I do not know yet. The phase is relatively expensive.

Regarding this fundamental misjudgment, I already said ten days ago (best to check the entire post):

However, at this point of the journey, one must switch to the other perspective: whereas the 27 Pp for service phases 1 to 4 were unavoidable expenses, the 46 Pp for service phases 6 to 8 are an investment, and the 25 Pp in between for service phase 5 are even self-sustaining.

Whether we take advantage of the architect's phase 5, I don't know yet. The phase is quite costly.

It is expensive for good reasons, because this is exactly where the serious mistakes happen. Without work phase 5, as a construction layperson, it's a bit like driving a car without TÜV and maintenance. It can go well, or it can go terribly wrong.

It is expensive for good reasons, because exactly here the nasty mistakes happen.

Phase 5 of the service becomes expensive only if you leave it out, because that is a serious mistake. The fee, as said, is self-sustaining, because it pays for itself by avoiding botched work and other troubles. The problem for the expert in phase 8 is that without phase 5 he has no ammunition in the whip, and the scoundrels know that.

Without phase 5, as a construction layman, it’s a bit like driving a car without TÜV and maintenance.

A Lamborghini without seatbelts and airbags.

So with the result of performance phase 5, one can obtain decent offers from the companies if I understand you correctly.

So, if I understand you correctly, you can get decent offers from companies based on the result of design phase 5.

Almost correct. Design phase 5 forms the essential basis for the qualified tender (design phases 6 and 7), which can be carried out by the architect or another independent construction consultant (or also by the client themselves - however, not as a first-time deliverer).

So you can get decent offers from the companies with the result of service phase 5 if I understand you correctly.

If it's only about offers, service phase 2 may already be sufficient and most likely service phase 3. However, an architect who does not offer all service phases would be suspicious to me.