Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Architect vs Custom Home Builder 10May 14, 2021 11:25 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Architect vs Custom Home Builder 12May 14, 2021 12:17 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Architect vs Custom Home Builder 15May 14, 2021 1:14 pm Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Architect vs Custom Home Builder 16May 14, 2021 1:14 pm Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Architect vs Custom Home Builder 17May 14, 2021 1:26 pm Hi Simeon, Very much appreciate your reply. Of course, am in very early part of the journey and hence your inputs clearly had brought me down to earth. Just if for the time being , I keep aside my desire to have energy efficient house aside [looks like this is definitely beyond my budget], Could you please share your thoughts on my initial dilemma of going with CLARENDON/WISDOM sort of builder vs customer builders with their own in house drawn designs or a completely outside architect and then engage custom bulilder. From costing perspective and from the other doubts on each and every option, could you please suggest which option is feasible. I will also search and understand the other thread that you referred about a persons's actual journey on BOSTON 36 with CLARENDON. Thx Re: Architect vs Custom Home Builder 18May 14, 2021 1:42 pm Venkata Hi Simeon, Very much appreciate your reply. Of course, am in very early part of the journey and hence your inputs clearly had brought me down to earth. Just if for the time being , I keep aside my desire to have energy efficient house aside [looks like this is definitely beyond my budget], Could you please share your thoughts on my initial dilemma of going with CLARENDON/WISDOM sort of builder vs customer builders with their own in house drawn designs or a completely outside architect and then engage custom bulilder. From costing perspective and from the other doubts on each and every option, could you please suggest which option is feasible. I will also search and understand the other thread that you referred about a persons's actual journey on BOSTON 36 with CLARENDON. Venkata I wish I could put my actual thoughts/advice on here but I don't really want to get into a war with the project home builders so I will be polite: 1. Don't give up on your dream for an energy efficient home. Its achievable for a very small cost, Your builder just needs to know how to make your dwelling airtight, and off course you need to think about window sizes and placement and orientation during the design phase. 2. I would forget about the rate/sqm discussion and work out what your maximum budget is and the key things that are important to you, such as bedrooms, study, living areas kitchen, style of the home. 3. I would then go to either a small builder who does custom designs ( when I say custom I mean 100% custom, not just a modified version of their plans) and get them to design you a home that fits your budget. It may not be a 350sqm home, it may be a 275sqm home, but if they are clever at designing it you wont mind, it's all about efficient use of space. 4. The other alternative to point 4 would be to go to a good drafting company ( you don't want to pay more than$11-$12,000 for a whole approval including engineering) and get them to design to your budget and then tender your build out to 3 or 4 builders. I'd be happy to pass on some building tips to either you or you builder ( assuming they would speak to me ) as to what they would need to do to get your home airtight without sending you broke. On this note having worked in the project home world, I guarantee that you will have a zero% chance of getting one of those companies to modify their process for you. If you want to take this off line and chat in more detail just PM me. Cheers Simeon Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Architect vs Custom Home Builder 20May 14, 2021 11:05 pm What exactly do people usually mean when they say 'custom home'? Any home that's not one of the builder's standard plans, or those fancy designer homes? For example we are starting to build another house to fix up all the mistakes from the previous one, and this time I spent about 3 months drawing up the floor plan that suits us (hopefully), before we even got to picking the builder. So it is sorta custom, but at the end of the day there is a finite number of layouts that you can fit on a small lot, so plenty of builders would have something conceptually similar. Your build is relatively simple, I believe your job can be easily done by a good building designer, you really do not need to pay for the architect. Remember, architect's… 3 10995 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 20434 Hi, can anyone recommend a custom home builder who can build in north east area? 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