Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Design our own home plans? 2Jul 28, 2020 10:34 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Design our own home plans? 5Jul 28, 2020 11:20 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Design our own home plans? 10Jul 30, 2020 7:30 am Knitz I'm wondering if I could potentially be looking at an extra 50-100k to be able to go with my own design. Own your own design and copyright, use 3D Engineering Bim to extract the data, quantities material costs and rates. These can be linked to Bim and updated using Python scripting What does it cost ? More than hiring a designer and less than an architect. Knitz I'm wondering if I could potentially be looking at an extra 50-100k to be able to go with my own design. The data and information also comes in handy in negotiating rates, costs and materials..Knowledge is power lol, OT be prepared for Double Bay..Double pay and triple pay for an architect Knitz And in trying to figure out if I need to compromise and just go with a standard design ...mine isn't overly complicated, it's actually quite simple but I haven't seen anything like it ...how much did your total design and build end up costing? There is no standard design ..the builder will nail you on variations and engineering site works Try putting up your sketch... the better the sketch, Data and information the better the reply and it also helps others Help! How to decide on a builder without quotes Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20354 ideal house depends on the site and location as much as internal floor plan....what is the distance from the house to all four boundaries, where is north, describe your… 3 15142 6 11528 |