Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First Step 2Sep 29, 2008 9:03 pm We had our plans drawn up by a draftsman, but we knew exactly what we wanted and I had drawn up a scaled design, so he did not charge us a design fee.
All up his fees were about 4.5K to do all the drawings and elevations, including some cross sections and electrical plan. External engineering cost another 2K and we paid for our own soil report which was about $500. Hope this helps. The best thing about getting your own plans drawn up is you own them, so you can get whoever you want to build your house. Re: First Step 3Sep 29, 2008 9:11 pm Quote: All up his fees were about 4.5K to do all the drawings and elevations, including some cross sections and electrical plan. External engineering cost another 2K and we paid for our own soil report which was about $500. Hope this helps. The architect's fee (plans, sections, 4 months of toing and froing, breeze path calcs, windows' calc, 3 site inspections, 3 hrs with internal decorator, 2 hrs with lighting expert=>electrical plan) $15K, engineer's plans, including soil tests $1K, surveyor (feature survey and repegging $1.6K. So I haven't done so badly. Chris My father rode a camel, I drive a car, my son flies in a jetliner, his son will ride a camel.Saudi saying Re: First Step 4Sep 29, 2008 11:41 pm monwon We are putting our first step forward to building a new home. Any help with regards to draftsman pricing? Do they go by time spent or per project? Hi Monwon, The draftsmen / building designers which I spoke to had set pricing for each type of drawing. If you are wanting to take it to a building permit stage then they need to prepare a suite of drawings which the ones I spoke to were charging around the $5k mark. If you know the design which you want someone to draw it up then this is best way to go. Another alternative is to choose a design which you like through a larger builder particularly one which will modify plans, I have found some will and others won't. Regards, NoviceBuilder Re: First Step 5Sep 30, 2008 11:26 am NoviceBuilder monwon We are putting our first step forward to building a new home. Any help with regards to draftsman pricing? Do they go by time spent or per project? Hi Monwon, The draftsmen / building designers which I spoke to had set pricing for each type of drawing. If you are wanting to take it to a building permit stage then they need to prepare a suite of drawings which the ones I spoke to were charging around the $5k mark. If you know the design which you want someone to draw it up then this is best way to go. Another alternative is to choose a design which you like through a larger builder particularly one which will modify plans, I have found some will and others won't. Regards, NoviceBuilder Thanks. We are looking at having a COMPLETE set of drawings for a double storey house. When you say "building permit stage", will it mean to include all elevations, cross section, window cal, electrical plans, etc? Complete information for construction at 5K? I am getting a private builder. Do I need my own site engineer? Re: First Step 6Sep 30, 2008 2:00 pm My two cents worth:
Drafting a house is usually done in 3 steps; 1. Development Approval stage (DA), architectural drawings prepared to indicate to council that the proposed dwelling is r-code compliant and meets land zone use, gives council a rough idea of the dwelling plan layout and elevation treatment. Drawings are pretty preliminary. 2. Building license stage, almost full set of architectural drawings prepared to indicate to council that the dwelling is BCA compliant, energy efficency rated, and structurally engineered. Drawings are at about 80% complete. 3. Construction documentation stage. A complete set of architectural drawings pinpointing everything required to a)send out for tender to builders, and b) to build the house from. Thats the drafting process in very simplistic terms. As far as pricing goes, it varies dramatically. Dependant on many factors like, whats the design like, how resolved is the design, how complicated is it, how many sheets of drawings required to tell the builders how to build it, do you want every nut and bolt drawn, or are you willing to let the tradies resolve issues as they build it. Do you require electrical plans, ceiling layouts, landscaping layouts...the list goes on and on. All this should be hammered out with your draftie before he draws a single line. You both need an agreed plan of action, where you know what your getting and he knows what he's providing. Pat. Re: First Step 7Oct 01, 2008 5:39 pm Pat the draftie My two cents worth: Drafting a house is usually done in 3 steps; 1. Development Approval stage (DA), architectural drawings prepared to indicate to council that the proposed dwelling is r-code compliant and meets land zone use, gives council a rough idea of the dwelling plan layout and elevation treatment. Drawings are pretty preliminary. 2. Building license stage, almost full set of architectural drawings prepared to indicate to council that the dwelling is BCA compliant, energy efficency rated, and structurally engineered. Drawings are at about 80% complete. 3. Construction documentation stage. A complete set of architectural drawings pinpointing everything required to a)send out for tender to builders, and b) to build the house from. Thats the drafting process in very simplistic terms. As far as pricing goes, it varies dramatically. Dependant on many factors like, whats the design like, how resolved is the design, how complicated is it, how many sheets of drawings required to tell the builders how to build it, do you want every nut and bolt drawn, or are you willing to let the tradies resolve issues as they build it. Do you require electrical plans, ceiling layouts, landscaping layouts...the list goes on and on. All this should be hammered out with your draftie before he draws a single line. You both need an agreed plan of action, where you know what your getting and he knows what he's providing. Pat. Thanks. the step up is 30mm and wanting it to be flat . how much does the concrete have to be lowered .we plan on removing bath and lenghten shower and adding seat. the old bath… 0 11835 Do I need to concern about this pattern of crack? Is this crack showing some signs of bigger problems? Thanks for any suggestions! 1 1914 Take a pick with a level sittingo n the slab and a pick with a level sitting on the sill please. This will help us diagnose the issue and therefore a solution. RE,… 8 9393 |