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Hire Architect by the hour/day

  • 12-08-2017 9:56am
    #1
    AnswerIs42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 240 ✭✭


    Hey folks,

    My wife and I are planning a big remodeling of house including adding a 2 store extension. We've designed the new house in a software called sweet home 3D. We are happy with it and think it will work for us but are concerned we may have missed something.

    I've got a structural engineer to confirm our plans are sound and people on board to draw the plans as well as sort the planning permission. What I need is an architect to look over the plans we've done up and point out what we've missed; better use of space or moving a window for better light use...that sort of thing.

    Ideally, I'd like to give them the plans for the existing house, give them the plans for our new design and get a kind of report on what we could do better.

    Does anyone know of a service like that, either face to face or online? Or better still, hiring an architect for a day or so?

    Thanks for any help


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  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    There's no reason why a architect wouldn't do this on an hourly rate basis. The level of detail would be related on the time you wish them to spend on it.


  • #3
    AnswerIs42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 240 ✭✭AnswerIs42


    Mellor wrote: »
    There's no reason why a architect wouldn't do this on an hourly rate basis. The level of detail would be related on the time you wish them to spend on it.

    Thanks, that's good to know. Would you know a ballpark for the average hourly rate? Are we talking €10 or €100 per hour. I can find no info online about it at all


  • #4
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    AnswerIs42 wrote: »
    Thanks, that's good to know. Would you know a ballpark for the average hourly rate? Are we talking €10 or €100 per hour. I can find no info online about it at all

    No idea. I'm not living in Ireland anymore so a bit out of touch with going rates.
    I'd be wary of looking for the cheapest though. A professional wiling to work for minimum wage is an alarm bell for me, in any field really. You going spent a lot of money on this project. Saving €100 quid here won't affect the overall cost much, but it could affect the end result.


  • #5
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,340 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    AnswerIs42 wrote: »
    Thanks, that's good to know. Would you know a ballpark for the average hourly rate? Are we talking €10 or €100 per hour. I can find no info online about it at all

    Somewhere in the middle for a single person acting on his own behalf.


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