If an architect designs his own home, would he be paying less as opposed to going to a home construction company (ex. Toll Brothers). Even in good or bad market?
2007-12-10 07:13:47 · 4 answers · asked by finding.4ever 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
No. Someone like Toll brothers have a set number of plans that they have built hundreds of times. They know the plans very well. An architect is more likely to come up with something non-standard that will require more effort on the part of a builder of tract homes.
Someone like Toll generally pays a set fee for a certain floor plan or buys the rights to the floor plan and then copies it many times over.
If there was a financial advantage to having a floor plan it would only be a few hundred dollars and that can quickly get overwhelmed by a few upgrades in the building!!
good luck!
2007-12-10 07:37:14 · answer #1 · answered by Rush is a band 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He would pay more. The cost of the plans is small compared to the value of the house. In addition the corporate houses have been standardized to reduce costs. The architect may reduce the cost slightly because he designed it, but the lack of standardization will increase the cost. However, the quality of the house maybe better than a corporate house because of the non-standardization.
Cheers and good luck!
2007-12-10 08:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by rutgersgroup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whilst we equipped our abode, we got here upon a contractor that we loved and commenced working with him. He sketched the drafts and than had an architect that he works with many times finalize the plans interior code and enhance the checklist of cloth needed. i think of it incredibly is the extra low priced course, yet in our case we've been fortunate adequate to locate a useful builder with sturdy layout ideas and talents. some builders will even have plans which you will start up with and make modifications.
2016-11-14 08:12:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunatly they will pay more .
they are designing a nonconforming house for area. they will underprice all of they upgrades and not make more for change orders or allowances.
figure 25 -35% higher costs.
2007-12-10 07:50:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋