ᐅ Developer or Architect – Costs

Besides the cost aspect, you should always keep an eye on quality as well.

The risk of exceeding the estimated construction budget by 20% is significantly higher with an architect compared to a general contractor with a fixed-price offer.

I attended a lecture over the weekend where this topic was also discussed. It became clear that it is impossible to make a general statement about it. With a general contractor (GC) or main contractor, architectural services are included, which you have to pay for. The GC’s costs include their production expenses, plus additional sales costs, operating costs, profit, and so on. When working directly with an architect, you pay for their architectural services. However, it also depends heavily on the architect’s skills in obtaining offers and negotiating or comparing prices. If you have one who is not willing to handle this, you end up covering the costs yourself. I don’t mean to speak badly of architects, as most of them certainly work diligently. But there are always a few bad apples everywhere.

It doesn’t even have to be black; a cozy light gray is perfectly fine as well.

World-e schrieb:
You pay your architect for their architectural services. However, it also depends heavily on the architect’s ability to obtain quotes and negotiate/compare prices. If you have one who isn’t willing to do that, you end up covering those costs yourself.

I lack personal experience, but isn’t exactly that supposed to be ensured by commissioning service phase 7? This isn’t a matter of “willingness”; it’s a clearly defined, chargeable service.

It is probably about the fact that an architect may have contractors they have worked well with for years, who might be somewhat more expensive.