ᐅ Cost savings or how much credit is given when reducing the floor plan size
Created on: 27 Mar 2022 19:59
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HalloClarissa
HalloClarissa27 Mar 2022 19:59Hello everyone,
Has anyone ever reduced the dimensions of a standard house from one of the usual providers?
How much credit per square meter did you receive?
Since we don’t really like any of the standard floor plans, we would have to pay for additional design services anyway, that’s clear. However, we would need to shorten most of the offered houses by about 1–2 meters (3–6 feet), meaning a reduction of roughly 8 to 16 square meters (86 to 172 square feet).
Regards,
HalloClarissa
Has anyone ever reduced the dimensions of a standard house from one of the usual providers?
How much credit per square meter did you receive?
Since we don’t really like any of the standard floor plans, we would have to pay for additional design services anyway, that’s clear. However, we would need to shorten most of the offered houses by about 1–2 meters (3–6 feet), meaning a reduction of roughly 8 to 16 square meters (86 to 172 square feet).
Regards,
HalloClarissa
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WilderSueden27 Mar 2022 20:14Mr. @11ant, this is your opportunity to present the floor plan size reduction cost-saving rule for the first time (game, set, and match in Scrabble).
In short: the cost savings are smaller than you might think. And reducing a standard floor plan is not trivial either.
In short: the cost savings are smaller than you might think. And reducing a standard floor plan is not trivial either.
HalloClarissa27 Mar 2022 20:25WilderSueden schrieb:
Mr. @11ant, here is your chance to present the rule about cost savings from reducing the floor plan for the first time (game, set, and match in Scrabble).
In short: the cost savings are smaller than you might think. And reducing a standard floor plan is not straightforward either.But that wasn’t my question at all! I have already built a house, and from a structural engineering perspective, changing the floor plan was not a problem at all. If you shorten a house toward the ridge, it’s quite straightforward.
My QUESTION was: WHO has actually done this before, and how much did it reduce the standard price per square meter (sqm)?
HalloClarissa schrieb:
That wasn’t even my question!
I have already built a house before, and changing the floor plan was absolutely no problem from a structural engineering perspective. Shortening a house towards the ridge is quite straightforward.
My QUESTION was: WHO has done this before and how many EURO per square meter did it reduce the standard price by? Yes, that was exactly your question EXCLAMATION MARK!!!
Please calm down first...
Shortening a house is straightforward, but adapting a standard floor plan so that it still functions properly is not.
As @WilderSueden has already mentioned, @11ant is probably the most knowledgeable to answer this, so we are tagging him here.
If you want reasonably accurate estimates, you need to provide more details about the project: size, number of floors, total planned budget, etc.
For a 100 square meter (1076 square feet) house, the savings on 16 square meters (172 square feet) will be different than on a 1000 square meter (10,764 square feet) house.
Usually, the general contractor (GC) recalculates only if they agree to do so, especially since in your example they apparently offer enough ready-made house designs.
Credits are often offered when you remove certain items, such as built-in fixtures.
Each GC handles this differently.
In our case, we simply removed a planned covered terrace as a cutout, so we gained 2 sqm (22 sqft) of living space. This didn’t cost anything because the walls remained the same. The heating loops and screed were unaffected… Floor coverings are usually the owner’s responsibility anyway…
Credits are often offered when you remove certain items, such as built-in fixtures.
Each GC handles this differently.
In our case, we simply removed a planned covered terrace as a cutout, so we gained 2 sqm (22 sqft) of living space. This didn’t cost anything because the walls remained the same. The heating loops and screed were unaffected… Floor coverings are usually the owner’s responsibility anyway…