ᐅ Prefabricated House Expert – A Worthwhile Investment or a Waste of Money?
Created on: 25 Sep 2019 11:29
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Hitokiri-666
Hello everyone,
Is it worth hiring a prefab house expert?
We are still at the very beginning of our home building plans. If we’re lucky and secure a plot in our town, we want to build a single-family house (about 140–160 square meters (1506–1722 square feet) of living space, with a basement) on it if possible.
We have already decided that we want to build a prefab house.
Last weekend, we had two consultation appointments at the Poing building center. A certain Tobias Beuler, who presents himself as an expert on prefab houses and writes many different contributions on the subject, offers his services for contract negotiation, construction supervision, supplier selection, etc. (for a fee, of course).
Has anyone had experience with this gentleman, positive or negative? Does it make sense for a layperson to have such an expert at their side, or is it unnecessary wasted money, considering that over time you can acquire the expert knowledge yourself?
Thanks in advance!
Is it worth hiring a prefab house expert?
We are still at the very beginning of our home building plans. If we’re lucky and secure a plot in our town, we want to build a single-family house (about 140–160 square meters (1506–1722 square feet) of living space, with a basement) on it if possible.
We have already decided that we want to build a prefab house.
Last weekend, we had two consultation appointments at the Poing building center. A certain Tobias Beuler, who presents himself as an expert on prefab houses and writes many different contributions on the subject, offers his services for contract negotiation, construction supervision, supplier selection, etc. (for a fee, of course).
Has anyone had experience with this gentleman, positive or negative? Does it make sense for a layperson to have such an expert at their side, or is it unnecessary wasted money, considering that over time you can acquire the expert knowledge yourself?
Thanks in advance!
11ant schrieb:
This is exactly the kind of naive assumption I was referring to: nothing goes faster with a "prefabricated house." Only the erection of the shell on site seems faster because all the behind-the-scenes work done in the factory is not visible. But plenty can go wrong during that factory work as well – something you don’t see when the house arrives on the flatbed truck. The construction supervisor would need to be present in the factory to check and document everything. What gets delivered is often completed on site by the same subcontractors who would work on traditional site-built houses.Wow, I thought the same! What a statement from someone who worked in an architectural firm, unbelievable. If you even see the site manager from a large prefabricated house manufacturer four times during your build, consider yourself lucky!M
Matthew0325 Sep 2019 14:14Hitokiri-666 schrieb:
Apart from that, although I might be wrong, I believe that at the end of the day, a prefabricated house without many special requests is cheaper for us than a fully custom-designed solid house.You are mistaken in that general assumption. It varies individually; recently, my experience has been that the local solid construction builder is usually more affordable.
Hitokiri-666 schrieb:
Does a construction manager / site supervisor, or whatever you want to call them, already visit the factory site during the production phase? Site supervisors are a specialty of homeowners working with general contractors on solid construction.
Hitokiri-666 schrieb:
That in the end, a prefabricated house without many special requests is cheaper for us. This is point two out of five in the nonsense checklist.
Hitokiri-666 schrieb:
The companies of the individual trades had roughly recouped 20–40% of their fees through change orders. Only the item "time and materials," which is very common in large projects, barely applies here. However, both time and materials and change orders are part of the “culture” in large projects.
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Hitokiri-666 schrieb:
Apart from that, although I might be wrong, I believe that at the end of the day, a prefabricated house without many customizations is more affordable than a completely custom-designed solid house with a lot of rework, repairs, etc. You’re comparing apples and oranges here. On one hand, you mention a "prefabricated house WITHOUT many customizations," but then you refer to a "completely custom-designed solid house…" A standard prefabricated house should be compared to a standard solid house.
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Hitokiri-66625 Sep 2019 15:27Is this entire forum against prefab houses, or have I just come across the specialists here?
1. I have repeatedly said that our firm only handled large-scale projects and had nothing to do with single-family houses or anything like that. Reading carefully helps.
2. I am not an architect and, yes, I am not an expert in the details, but
3. when someone expresses such a strong and exclusively negative opinion on a topic—even as a layperson—it raises alarm bells for me. Nothing is only negative or only positive. Especially since this thread is not even about prefab houses versus traditional masonry construction.
When I see comments like this, I wonder how old the writer might be. I assume you are in the construction industry, is that right? I already know why I left that field.
Zaba12 schrieb:
Wow, I thought the same! What a statement from someone who worked in an architecture firm, unbelievable.
1. I have repeatedly said that our firm only handled large-scale projects and had nothing to do with single-family houses or anything like that. Reading carefully helps.
2. I am not an architect and, yes, I am not an expert in the details, but
3. when someone expresses such a strong and exclusively negative opinion on a topic—even as a layperson—it raises alarm bells for me. Nothing is only negative or only positive. Especially since this thread is not even about prefab houses versus traditional masonry construction.
11ant schrieb:
Second of five points in the dirt-bingo.
When I see comments like this, I wonder how old the writer might be. I assume you are in the construction industry, is that right? I already know why I left that field.
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Hitokiri-66625 Sep 2019 15:31Yosan schrieb:
A prefabricated house "off the shelf" must be compared with a solid construction house "off the shelf" Ok, then very specifically, can you name a few providers in the northern Munich area who offer something like this? Companies that have showrooms in Poing are also welcome. We will be there again next Sunday for some meetings.
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