ᐅ Construction costs when building with an architect. What has your experience been?
Created on: 16 Aug 2014 11:28
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Toppi
Hello everyone,
some time ago, we decided to build a house. After talking with friends and colleagues who have experience in this area, we want to work with an architect. Reason: Neither of us are experts (and unfortunately we don’t have one in the close family) and we would like someone who advises us independently. We are not planning any DIY work.
We already have a plot in sight, about 800 sqm (8600 sq ft) for around 70,000 € (rural area, no slope, Baden-Württemberg). I had originally thought that with the price of the land, there should be enough left for a nice house. Yesterday, we had an initial meeting with an architect who was recommended to us. He had already told us on the phone that building is expensive right now. During the meeting, he said we should expect around 420 € per cubic meter (about 2000 €/sqm (186 sq ft)) of built volume.
Our plans are:
Do these cost estimates per square meter align with your experiences? To be honest, I find this quite expensive.
An alternative would be a prefabricated house (e.g., something like Generation 5.0 or similar). This costs about 250,000 € for the living space; according to the brochure. Then there would be an additional 50,000 € for the basement plus 15,000 € for the double garage. That would put us at around 320,000 €. Plus various modifications—which I would estimate at around 50,000 €. That would bring the total to about 370,000 €, which is 130,000 € less than the architect’s quoted price. Or am I overlooking something critical?
Thank you in advance for your tips and information.
some time ago, we decided to build a house. After talking with friends and colleagues who have experience in this area, we want to work with an architect. Reason: Neither of us are experts (and unfortunately we don’t have one in the close family) and we would like someone who advises us independently. We are not planning any DIY work.
We already have a plot in sight, about 800 sqm (8600 sq ft) for around 70,000 € (rural area, no slope, Baden-Württemberg). I had originally thought that with the price of the land, there should be enough left for a nice house. Yesterday, we had an initial meeting with an architect who was recommended to us. He had already told us on the phone that building is expensive right now. During the meeting, he said we should expect around 420 € per cubic meter (about 2000 €/sqm (186 sq ft)) of built volume.
Our plans are:
- 180 sqm (1937 sq ft) of living space
- Basement
- Double garage
Do these cost estimates per square meter align with your experiences? To be honest, I find this quite expensive.
An alternative would be a prefabricated house (e.g., something like Generation 5.0 or similar). This costs about 250,000 € for the living space; according to the brochure. Then there would be an additional 50,000 € for the basement plus 15,000 € for the double garage. That would put us at around 320,000 €. Plus various modifications—which I would estimate at around 50,000 €. That would bring the total to about 370,000 €, which is 130,000 € less than the architect’s quoted price. Or am I overlooking something critical?
Thank you in advance for your tips and information.