ᐅ Ending Collaboration with an Architect after Design Development (Stage 4) – What Next?
Created on: 7 Jun 2020 13:16
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laumar01
Hello, we planned our solid single-family house together with an architect (LF1- LF4). Unfortunately, we were not satisfied with the collaboration overall, so we decided to part ways after the successful building permit / planning permission application. Since we consider ourselves building novices, a separate tendering process for the trades with our own construction management is not an option for us, and we are leaning towards turnkey construction with a general contractor.
The building permit / planning permission is currently being processed by the building authority. Now we are quite unsure how to proceed with the next steps and how the cooperation with a general contractor will work if they are executing a house that they did not design themselves.
Does anyone have any tips for us?
What should we pay attention to, and which pitfalls should we avoid?
Has anyone had similar experiences and made a change after LF4?
Thank you in advance for your help!
The building permit / planning permission is currently being processed by the building authority. Now we are quite unsure how to proceed with the next steps and how the cooperation with a general contractor will work if they are executing a house that they did not design themselves.
Does anyone have any tips for us?
What should we pay attention to, and which pitfalls should we avoid?
Has anyone had similar experiences and made a change after LF4?
Thank you in advance for your help!
11ant schrieb:
Probably a typo: cubic instead of square. Of course not. 475 euros per m3 (cubic meter) of enclosed space * 2.7m (9 feet) floor height.
OK, the architect calculated with a ceiling height of 2.8m (9.2 feet). My mistake.
Or did you forget the [ ]
For living space of medium standard, calculate around 2,800 per square meter (approximately 260 per square foot)… Basement at least 70K and a masonry garage about 50K… if subcontracted individually… the general contractor also wants to make a profit… so I would say a minimum of 600K!
Where in Karlsruhe are you building? €475 per m³ (about $520 per yd³) seems ambitious for Karlsruhe. Or was that excluding additional construction costs? We are also building in Karlsruhe with an architect and are budgeting around €620 per m³ (about $680 per yd³), and we are currently in the cost estimation phase. The standard is, of course, not the lowest, but I assume you are not choosing the lowest standard either if you engaged an architect mainly for the ‘appearance.’
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