ᐅ Contracting out individual trades yourself – what savings can this bring?
Created on: 16 Feb 2017 18:47
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kaho674
When planning our next house, we’re wondering (as a family) whether and how much you could save by contracting the trades yourself and supervising the construction on your own. You definitely need an architect for the documentation and so on, but after managing three houses, you could probably do without a site manager. Right? But how much can you actually save this way, we’re asking ourselves. Fees or percentages weren’t clearly visible on the invoice.
Bieber0815 schrieb:
Awarding contracts means preparing proper tender documents. Finally, you negotiate and choose "the best"...
I wouldn’t cut corners in the wrong places. In the end, the homeowner always makes the decisions and carries out the inspections. At least that was the case for us. If we hadn’t been on the construction site every day, things surely wouldn’t have gone so smoothly. No offense to our site manager, who was great.
Are there really homeowners who only come to the building site once the house is finished? I find that hard to believe. Just pay and do the final inspection? That person would definitely deserve a medal from me for patience and coolness of the year.
…but I know. Berlin Airport—they did it that way or still do it that way.
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Peanuts7417 Feb 2017 09:58kaho674 schrieb:
With all due respect to your opinion that our experiences seem amateurish and clumsy. Thanks for the "compliments," even though you don’t know us.
We have practically spent our entire lives building or having buildings constructed. Not just single-family homes, but also commercial buildings, garages, vacation homes, garden sheds, carports, and so on. And that has been going on without interruption from 45 years ago until now, to turn the shoe around. No one claimed that your experiences are clumsy; I only wanted to point out that construction has changed a lot over the past 30 years. And in the original post, you mentioned having built 3 houses so far, not that you have worked in construction your entire life. So it was not my intention to call you an amateur—I just wanted to raise awareness.
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Peanuts7417 Feb 2017 10:04kaho674 schrieb:
In the end, it’s always the homeowner who makes the decisions and keeps an eye on things. At least that was the case for us. If we hadn’t been on the construction site every day, it definitely wouldn’t have gone so smoothly. Nothing against our site manager, who was great.
Are there really homeowners who only visit the construction site once the house is finished? I find that hard to believe. Is that a thing? Just paying and then the final inspection? That person would definitely deserve a medal for calmness and coolness of the year from me.
...but I know. Berlin Airport – that’s exactly how they did it, or still do it.Actually, I know someone like that. He only visits the construction site occasionally to enjoy watching the house take shape, but not to ask critical questions or actually supervise.
However, he unintentionally caused a moment of disbelief with his completely dry humor when a colleague asked him how he could afford such a house on his own—since additional costs are considerable, and on top of that, what bank installment would he be paying? He answered that he’s just figuring out where to invest the rest of his money wisely *lol*.
Peanuts74 schrieb:
Actually, I know one. He only visits the construction site occasionally to enjoy watching the house take shape, but not for asking critical questions or for any kind of supervision. ...which rate? He’s currently thinking about where to wisely invest the rest of his money... *lol* Is he still single?P
Peanuts7417 Feb 2017 10:13kaho674 schrieb:
Is he still single?How do you know that?
Peanuts74 schrieb:
How do you know that? You wrote... "a house like that alone".
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