Hello forum community,
we are planning a single-family house, possibly with a granny flat and a double garage.
As non-experts, we have already created a CAD drawing and know how we want the house to look.
The first meeting with the designer is coming up soon. Their role will be to professionally review and optimize our drawings and translate them into a building permit / planning permission-ready plan, including structural calculations and so on. Since we can assign some trades entirely within the family, we are building without a general contractor and will need to find individual contractors for some trades.
Do you have any tips on what we should pay special attention to in terms of planning?
Are there specific points that must or should definitely be included in the planning contract?
Can a layperson even tell if a designer is “reliable” or not?
How can I protect myself against significant budget overruns?
Is a formal contract mandatory, or do designers sometimes start work on a handshake?
It would be great to get some practical advice to prepare for this meeting 🙂
we are planning a single-family house, possibly with a granny flat and a double garage.
As non-experts, we have already created a CAD drawing and know how we want the house to look.
The first meeting with the designer is coming up soon. Their role will be to professionally review and optimize our drawings and translate them into a building permit / planning permission-ready plan, including structural calculations and so on. Since we can assign some trades entirely within the family, we are building without a general contractor and will need to find individual contractors for some trades.
Do you have any tips on what we should pay special attention to in terms of planning?
Are there specific points that must or should definitely be included in the planning contract?
Can a layperson even tell if a designer is “reliable” or not?
How can I protect myself against significant budget overruns?
Is a formal contract mandatory, or do designers sometimes start work on a handshake?
It would be great to get some practical advice to prepare for this meeting 🙂
Maraum91 schrieb:
240m² (2,583 sq ft) living spaceMaraum91 schrieb:
500kPlease create a separate thread, as these two figures conflict and need a closer look 😉
Maraum91 schrieb:
A cozy little village between Straubing and Cham, just barely on the Lower Bavaria side. Even that close to the Czech Republic border, the budget is tight. How is 200k in self-performed work supposed to work?
gutentag schrieb:
Even so close to the Czech Republic border, the budget will be tight. How is 200,000 with self-labor supposed to work?Probably not at all, especially since additional construction costs and planning fees are likely not taken into account again.More details about the construction project and the owner’s contribution can be found in the other thread. Achieving $200k in owner’s contribution might be challenging; hopefully, the planner will come up with a more efficient design 🙂
This thread is mainly about the timeline, so if you know of any potential pitfalls that should be checked before signing the contract, please share them 🙂
This thread is mainly about the timeline, so if you know of any potential pitfalls that should be checked before signing the contract, please share them 🙂
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