Technical aspects post PP grant. Realistic costs?

[flanagaj]

So now our PP has been granted, we have some conditions to discharge and will most likely do this myself.

 

The architects have come back with the below quote for the technical drawing side of things and I wasn’t anticipating it to cost nearly double what our PP cost.

 

Any advice here would be appreciated.  Service run is pretty much sorted as I specified the room layouts and associated soil pipe stack design ..

 

Just wondering what half of these items are and whether they are required.

[nod]

That’s very high 

We we’re under 4K 

mans that included design and gaining full PP

Edited Wednesday at 18:11 by nod

[flanagaj]

50 minutes ago, nod said:

That’s very high 

We we’re under 4K 

mans that included design and gaining full PP

Ok, thanks.  I'm wondering whether the items listed are what you'd get anyway from a technical architect.

[nod]

Half of what’s up there You don’t need 

Just to add I would always select your own SE Independent of your Architect and builder 

Edited Wednesday at 19:32 by nod

[ETC]

38 minutes ago, nod said:

Half of what’s up there You don’t need……..such as?

Just to add I would always select your own SE Independent of your Architect and builder……..so your architect can stand back and blame you and your choice for a f*ck up…..one stop shop means the liability stays with one consultant 

 

[Buzz]

3 hours ago, flanagaj said:

So now our PP has been granted, we have some conditions to discharge and will most likely do this myself.

 

The architects have come back with the below quote for the technical drawing side of things and I wasn’t anticipating it to cost nearly double what our PP cost.

 

Any advice here would be appreciated.  Service run is pretty much sorted as I specified the room layouts and associated soil pipe stack design ..

 

Just wondering what half of these items are and whether they are required.

Looks a bit pricey compared to ours, we paid £2.5k for a basic package but looking at what is included in yours I can't see much over and above what we received. 

Can only think they have factored in designing your (zinc ?) roof ?

[flanagaj]

4 minutes ago, Buzz said:

Looks a bit pricey compared to ours, we paid £2.5k for a basic package but looking at what is included in yours I can't see much over and above what we received. 

Can only think they have factored in designing your (zinc ?) roof ?

The roof is simple.  Now I’m wondering who I could contact to get another quote.  

[nod]

53 minutes ago, ETC said:

 

Or when your Architect does the inevitable and messes up He or she will side with your Architect 

SE rarely mess up Unlike Architects 

[Buzz]

3 minutes ago, flanagaj said:

The roof is simple.  Now I’m wondering who I could contact to get another quote.  

I suppose I will depend on whether you want to keep your architect close to you throughout your build, im sure there are company's out there who will just do a building regs submission package .

Once we started I only contacted our architect once for technical assistance and that was for a cad drawing of a pair of 30 degree lintels to send to the lintel supplier so they could manufacture them, other than that he would call to see how we were getting on and I called him a few times to ask for trade recommendations ,who would he use for air tests etc .

 

 

 

[mr rusty]

I'm a DIY builder, but in the day job I work with construction contracts for MEP packages with the tier 1 contractors. The question I always ask when looking at any contract is "who has design responsibility". Most disputes and problems are associated with design, so making sure you understand exactly where this sits is fundamental in assessing the value for money of any service. The alternative to using your own architect is to employ a builder on a full design and build contract, but of course they will price-in the design risk. I'm not going to comment on your post in detail, as this is not what I have experience with.