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:
Do you have any tips on what we should really focus on regarding planning?
Are there specific things that definitely must or should be included in the planning contract?
As a layperson, can I even tell if a planner is reliable or not?
How can I protect myself against massive budget overruns?
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Maraum91 schrieb:
The planning office was recommended to us by acquaintances who have already worked with them, but in the multi-family residential/commercial sector. I will ask for references related to single-family houses. Multi-family residential planners are usually quite good at sticking to the budget, but often only on the condition that you don’t insist on a special or unique scope of work description.
The main risk with self-performed work lies in the scheduling and coordination with other trades, in hourly-rate work, and in warranty issues relating to subsequent trades. However, most “lessons learned” come from the builder’s mistakes during tendering and contracting. The second most common mistake is hiring a planner only up to obtaining the building permit / planning permission (which usually leads to issues mainly with drywall work).
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Maraum91 schrieb:
That could definitely lead to misunderstandings! A very good point, I will make sure to emphasize this clearly during the discussion and probably won’t hand over the detailed drawings.But feel free to post it here. Every floor plan and drawing is welcome and “reviewed” here.