From the plot to the building permit, your project is divided into five steps. After each step you decide how to proceed. For each step, the purpose, scope of services, your contribution, the duration and the remaining limitations are set out below.
All prices include VAT. Authority fees are additional.
For the time before buying a plot or right at the start: you want to know whether your dream house appears fundamentally conceivable on the plot before you spend more money.
At most one week after receipt of payment and of the information. We pass on extracts from authorities as soon as they are available.
The Quick Check is a professional initial assessment and not an assurance that the plot can be built on. It does not include a site visit, a drawing of the building or a construction cost estimate. Building-law obligations (Baulasten), contamination, unexploded ordnance, site servicing as well as unpublished statutes and development freezes cannot be conclusively clarified from public sources.
The price of the Quick Check is credited in full against the feasibility study.
The step before the design: we show what appears specifically possible on your plot, where the house can stand and what cost range you should expect.
Usually 2 weeks after receipt of payment and of all documents. This is a typical value, not a fixed deadline.
The feasibility study, too, is an assessment based on the records. Only the authority decides with binding effect. The list of limitations expressly names what remains open: building-law obligations (Baulasten), contamination, unexploded ordnance, site servicing, unpublished statutes and development freezes. The cost range is based on average benchmark values and is not a cost ceiling.
Fair arrangement: if the study shows that the plot fundamentally cannot be built on, for example because it lies outside built-up areas, we charge only the Quick Check price of €500.
If you commission the design within three months, we credit the feasibility study in full against the fixed price.
Not always necessary. Useful if a planning law question remains open after the feasibility study, for example whether the house fits in with its surroundings or how many storeys are permitted. The authority answers the questions asked with binding effect in a preliminary planning decision (Bauvorbescheid).
The authority determines the processing time. It typically takes around three months from receipt of a complete application.
We owe professional preparation and submission, we cannot promise a positive preliminary planning decision. The preliminary planning decision answers only the questions asked and does not replace a building permit. You bear the authority's fees and the costs of official documents.
The application for a preliminary planning decision is a separate service and is not credited against other services.
From the first conversation to the building permit application ready for submission. The fixed price is based on the construction costs, which result from living area and specification, and is set out in writing before we start.
We prepare the technical drawings (floor plans, elevations, sections) and the application forms usually within 2 weeks once the questionnaire and schedule of rooms have been worked out. The building permit application is submitted as soon as all documents are complete.
Revision rounds: the fixed price includes the design and two revision rounds. A round comprises the change requests you send us bundled together and their agreed processing. Each further round is charged at 15 % of the agreed basic design fee. The sole basis is the fixed price for service phases 1 to 4 including VAT, excluding the Specialist Consultant Service, visualisations, third-party costs and other extras.
The additional fee applies only to services that become additionally or repeatedly necessary because of changed wishes on your part. Corrections of our own errors, design services owed in any case and additional requirements from the authority concerning our application documents do not trigger an additional fee. Before starting any chargeable additional work, we inform you of the scope, the specific amount in euros and the effect on the schedule. We start only once you have confirmed this in text form, for example by email.
Not in the fixed price: the services of the specialist firms, which invoice you directly, the authorities' fees as well as utility connections and supply. With the Specialist Consultant Service for €2,500 we support you organisationally: we research suitable specialist firms, obtain quotes, pass on the contacts and, after your cost approval and power of attorney, handle the commissioning in your name.
If you later choose a larger living area or a higher specification, we recalculate the fixed price using the same method.
We submit the application and support the procedure through to the building permit as your point of contact with the building authority.
The authority determines the duration of the procedure. It typically takes around six months from receipt of a complete application.
Only the authority decides on the building permit application, we cannot promise a permit. Queries and additional requirements from the authority do not change the fixed price. Redesigns that go back to new wishes on your part are not included and count as a further revision round.
After the permit you use the drawings to obtain initial quotes from construction companies. We do not offer construction drawings, tendering or site management.
Your enquiry via this website is free of charge and non-binding. Sending it does not create a paid order. You commission paid services in a separate step.
With the calculator you see in three steps what your design is likely to cost. The enquiry is free of charge and non-binding.
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