Hello Folks,
We find ourselves in an awkward predicament, with our build now started we are starting to question the need for our architect/technician.
To not go into too many details, is it at all necessary to have a architectural technician employed after the planning/building warrant stage is complete and the build has started? I cant go into much details for privacy issues however we seem to be paying our technician to whom drew the plans, assisted us through receiving our BW drawings etc as we now progress to the build stage. I am now questioning 'why do we still need to pay for their services?'
From starting the build there has only been minor details that the builders own architect has queried to whom our technician has been in contact with to discuss - no ground breaking detail or demanding work.
The sign off for the build is being done via another party - nothing to do with the technician.
So it boils down to...do I need to pay this person (a some what over inflated fee in my opinion) to provide advice during the time of our build? Would it be wise to just deal directly with the builders architect? This only raises the question on the ownership etc of the plans to which the technician drew, do they have rights over these?
Im so glad I have this forum to ask help - I dont know what I would do without it!