Hello everyone 🙂
We have developed a detailed plan for how the house will be built inside and out. Due to the large living area, my wife and I have different opinions on who can deliver the project to our full satisfaction.
I am in favor of handing the project over to a general contractor, while my wife prefers involving an architect who would tender the individual trades and manage the contracts.
She is concerned that planning with a general contractor might not be ideal when it comes to technical aspects like heating system design or electrical installation.
Which companies in the Wandlitz area have you had consistently positive experiences with?
Friends of ours suggest that it might also make sense to request offers from reliable solid companies in neighboring Poland, for example for the structural work.
It would be great to receive some well-founded advice from a "new resident."
Wishing you a pleasant evening 🙂
We have developed a detailed plan for how the house will be built inside and out. Due to the large living area, my wife and I have different opinions on who can deliver the project to our full satisfaction.
I am in favor of handing the project over to a general contractor, while my wife prefers involving an architect who would tender the individual trades and manage the contracts.
She is concerned that planning with a general contractor might not be ideal when it comes to technical aspects like heating system design or electrical installation.
Which companies in the Wandlitz area have you had consistently positive experiences with?
Friends of ours suggest that it might also make sense to request offers from reliable solid companies in neighboring Poland, for example for the structural work.
It would be great to receive some well-founded advice from a "new resident."
Wishing you a pleasant evening 🙂
H
hampshire13 Nov 2020 08:39MillaMascha schrieb:
The floor plan and its concept are truly unique. Ideal for a larger family. Special projects are built with special people. Look locally for someone who would genuinely be excited to realize this with you. A good architect is unlikely to be enthusiastic about a fixed, unchangeable plan. You don’t need an average architect. A “yes-man” who just follows your ideas would likely cause a difficult construction phase. A general contractor could easily take advantage of your own ideas while smiling.
As a construction professional, you would ask different questions, and it seems this is your first building project. My advice: spend more time in the planning stage and review your design attentively with an architect, being open to suggestions and criticism. Your wife seems to have a good instinct here. This kind of feedback does not necessarily have to come from the forum.
Tassimat schrieb:
Going with a cheap cheap Polish crew won’t work. Please show more respect for our neighbors. In Poland, quality is well understood, and it has long since ceased to mean “cheap.”
Polish workers can also be skilled craftsmen. Often, they are hired because the work needs to be done cheaply. Whether all of them are specialized and highly skilled craftsmen is something I will leave open.
I know two cases where people worked with a Polish crew.
A) Through a large German general contractor. In some cases, the same workers appeared in different trades. As expected, months after the planned handover, there were still repairs needed.
B) Deliberately chosen to get as much work as possible for as little money as possible. A crew that does almost everything. They may be good craftsmen, all-rounders. It doesn’t look bad, but there are defects our expert would not have accepted, and our general contractor would have been very upset with the workmanship.
As is often the case, you get what you pay for.
A major issue in both cases was the language barrier. What good is quality material if the instructions for installation are not understood? What good is a skilled craftsman if he has to guess what he is supposed to do?
I know two cases where people worked with a Polish crew.
A) Through a large German general contractor. In some cases, the same workers appeared in different trades. As expected, months after the planned handover, there were still repairs needed.
B) Deliberately chosen to get as much work as possible for as little money as possible. A crew that does almost everything. They may be good craftsmen, all-rounders. It doesn’t look bad, but there are defects our expert would not have accepted, and our general contractor would have been very upset with the workmanship.
As is often the case, you get what you pay for.
A major issue in both cases was the language barrier. What good is quality material if the instructions for installation are not understood? What good is a skilled craftsman if he has to guess what he is supposed to do?
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MillaMascha13 Nov 2020 17:30hampshire schrieb:
Special projects are built with special people. Look locally for someone who would truly be excited to realize this with you. A good architect is unlikely to enthusiastically participate in an unchangeable plan. You don’t need an average architect. A “yes-man” who simply follows your ideas would guarantee a difficult construction phase. A general contractor could easily take advantage of you by smiling along with your own ideas.
As a building professional, you would ask different questions, and this also seems to be your first construction project. My advice: spend more time in the planning phase and review your design openly with an architect, being ready for suggestions and criticism. Your wife seems to have the right instinct. Getting this feedback doesn’t have to happen in the forum.
Please show a little more respect for our neighbors. In Poland, people know a lot about quality and it does not have to be “cheap” anymore. I built my first house about 40 years ago, where I still live today.
Poroton bricks, triple glazing, underfloor heating alongside traditional radiators; heat pump for the base load; ventilated exterior insulation; plastered interior walls with lime-cement mortar; 1.4m (4.6 ft) roof overhang; driveway and outdoor areas paved only with natural stone; travertine flooring in the living area; large garage with windows and pit. To this day, not a single problem or damage to the building. Everything planned and executed by myself.
The newly planned house is for my son and his family.
They don’t have my experience and level of knowledge but are doing very well regarding optimal planning.
They are supported by my friend (an architect) and other experts within a structured network.
They have private websites where they exchange ideas with their network, etc.
This way, all parts are thoroughly examined from both technical and cost perspectives.
Due to their education and experience, they have sufficient ability to carry out such a project.
As a retired grandfather, I wanted to contribute something new here in forums alongside that...
Now you may understand why I am not sharing this plan here.
MillaMascha schrieb:
Now you might understand why I’m not sharing this plan here.Nope :pP
pagoni202013 Nov 2020 18:12MillaMascha schrieb:
Now you might understand why I’m not sharing this plan here.......and would rather pinch others on the calf who bravely share their great project here.
MillaMascha schrieb:
I built my first house around 40 years ago, and I still live in it today. That should be enough wisdom, which isn’t immediately obvious from your posts, politely put.
MillaMascha schrieb:
As a grandfather now retired, I wanted to casually contribute something new through forums...
Now you might understand why I am not sharing this plan here. To be honest, I don’t see the causal connection either. By the way, as a grandfather, you are only truly retired when your great-grandchildren are grown up ;-)
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