New House Plans

soloeffort79

I have my house desgin myself but want it drawn out professionally. I know all the sizes and what I'm putting into it. How much would you pay someone to draw my plans for me? I'm in the midlands region...

Also, the house is roughly 3600sq ft...Am i really looking at costs of e80-150 per sq ft to get a contractor to build this??

ThePiedPiper

soloeffort79 wrote: »

I have my house desgin myself but want it drawn out professionally. I know all the sizes and what I'm putting into it. How much would you pay someone to draw my plans for me? I'm in the midlands region...

Also, the house is roughly 3600sq ft...Am i really looking at costs of e80-150 per sq ft to get a contractor to build this??

Soloeffort,
You could be looking at anything from about €2,000 upwards for the plans to be drawn up properly. It depends on what level of involvement, etc you're looking for.

Regarding the building cost, the answer is probably yes. Again, you could possibly build the shell for €40 - €50 per square foot and after that, there's so much personal choice, etc involved in every decision and cost will be a factor in every part of this.

If you intend finishing every room in the house, doing all your tiling, plumbing, etc. and basic furnishing, you should plan for a budget of at least €350,000. You'll get plenty of people who'll tell you it might get done for €250k, etc. but to lower it dramatically, you'd need a huge amount of input yourself.

Best of luck..

sydthebeat

soloeffort79 wrote: »

I have my house desgin myself but want it drawn out professionally. I know all the sizes and what I'm putting into it. How much would you pay someone to draw my plans for me? I'm in the midlands region...

Also, the house is roughly 3600sq ft...Am i really looking at costs of e80-150 per sq ft to get a contractor to build this??

price per sq ft depends vastly on design and site conditions.

as for what youd pay to get someone to "draw up" the design... it depends on what you want them drawn up for??? planning?? or construction???

No6

And have you complied with your local County Councils housing design guidlines (if they have them) because if they do and you don't comply you wouln't get planning no matter who draws up your plans!!!

Here in the west the contractors are currently pricing at 65 per sq ft to builders finish (according to themselves) but i wouldn't believe it as they used to tell me they were pricing at 80 per sq ft during the boom untill you sent them out a job for pricing when it suddeny went up!!:eek: to around 120!! so they either cant do sums or use different sized square feet than the rest of us!!!:D

atech

soloeffort79 wrote: »

I have my house desgin myself but want it drawn out professionally. I know all the sizes and what I'm putting into it. How much would you pay someone to draw my plans for me? I'm in the midlands region...

Also, the house is roughly 3600sq ft...Am i really looking at costs of e80-150 per sq ft to get a contractor to build this??

More information on the the services required might give a better indication on price.
You would require an experienced architectural technician or engineer who would not just CAD up your design but also make sure it is compliant with building regulations. For example is your stairs within 4m of an external door, not opening into a kitchen, downstairs toilet sized for disabled, escape access from upstairs rooms....
This would probably be in the €1000+ range.

If however you also require them to submit the planning application, which involves drawing up site layout maps, then they would most likely need to visit the site, and do a survey and percolation/soil test (unless you get a seperate AT/engineer for the survey/test part).

If its bascially the full planning package (minus the concept/lay-out/visual area)then the €2000+ figure would be about right.

Edit: On your second point, a 3600 sq ft house is about double the size of what a standard detached house is so i'd be expecting to pay roughly 1.5 times the cost of what a standard sized house in your area with a similar level of finish costs to build.

Mellor

If you want somebody to just draw them up, then don't pay anymore than 1000. they will of course have nothing to do with them afterwards, its your drawing after all.
That is assuming that when you say to have everything done out, that you actually do.

No6

It is an assumption I come accross frequently that all we do is draw up the plans!! If you wanted brainless drawing of the plans then the costs mentioned above would be adequate but if you want the benifit of a professionals experttise then you do unfortunately have to pay for it. Planning is getting more and more complicated, planners are sitting in their offices with nothing to do and while the bacis information required for an aplication has remained relatively constant the authorities from the minister down are adding more and more requirements in terms of reports, more calculations etc etc. All this takes time and can cost a lot of money so if you are trying to make an application on the cheap by yourself be very careful!! and good luck if you are!!:D

EF28

soloeffort79 wrote: »

I have my house desgin myself but want it drawn out professionally. I know all the sizes and what I'm putting into it. How much would you pay someone to draw my plans for me? I'm in the midlands region...

Also, the house is roughly 3600sq ft...Am i really looking at costs of e80-150 per sq ft to get a contractor to build this??

We're planning to renovate our house next year (mortgage pending!!) and I'm just wondering would the cost of drawing up plans for this type of project be the same as for a new build? The house is fairly old so needs a new roof, central heating installed, new electrics and plumbing as well as an extension.

Same as soloeffort we know exactly what we want, just no idea how to put the plan into action. Also is an architect sufficient to see a project through to completion or is a quantity surveyor needed as well? Any thoughts are welcome as we really don't know where to start or look for information.

sydthebeat

EF28 wrote: »

We're planning to renovate our house next year (mortgage pending!!) and I'm just wondering would the cost of drawing up plans for this type of project be the same as for a new build? The house is fairly old so needs a new roof, central heating installed, new electrics and plumbing as well as an extension.

Same as soloeffort we know exactly what we want, just no idea how to put the plan into action. Also is an architect sufficient to see a project through to completion or is a quantity surveyor needed as well? Any thoughts are welcome as we really don't know where to start or look for information.

for domestic renovations and architect or architectural techncian i more than capable of bring the project from concept to completion. Possibly, the only other professional input may be from a structural engineer.

as regards drawings, renovations can cost as much, if not more, to design than 'green field' designs. This is because, obviously, teh designer must work in and around what exists. The existing building needs to be accurately surveyed, and the design developed from there. The design of a renovation usually actually takes more creative input than a new build as again, there are real on site restrictions.

the best way to get prices is to figure out what you want / require (theres many threads on here to help you in this)... and contact local designers for quotations.

beyondpassive

soloeffort79 wrote: »

I have my house desgin myself but want it drawn out professionally. I know all the sizes and what I'm putting into it. How much would you pay someone to draw my plans for me? I'm in the midlands region...

Also, the house is roughly 3600sq ft...Am i really looking at costs of e80-150 per sq ft to get a contractor to build this??

Also as your planning permission will be submitted after 1st of december you will need to comply with the new regulations for heat and energy, Meaning that the standards of insulation, renewables and airtightness are 60% greater than what was permitted up to July 2008. So you'll need detailed construction drawings and DEAP calculations before you get it priced.

Poor Uncle Tom

beyondpassive wrote: »

Also as your planning permission will be submitted after 1st of december you will need to comply with the new regulations for heat and energy, Meaning that the standards of insulation, renewables and airtightness are 60% greater than what was permitted up to July 2008. So you'll need detailed construction drawings and DEAP calculations before you get it priced.

Please be aware that you are responding to a post that is almost two years old.

That is the problem with exhuming old threads.