Timeline for Should I hire an architect to design my house?
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| Oct 8, 2016 at 8:20 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/784669694838136832 | ||
| Feb 8, 2013 at 15:59 | comment | added | Fiasco Labs | You get structurally sound plans you can build to, instead of facing the expense of building and then having the inspector tell you to rip portions of it out and redesign it afterwards. Your occupancy permit depends on the inspector, not having to rebuild parts of it or having it rejected altogether makes having the expertise @0A0D mentions brought to the table worth it. Was peripherally involved with someone who put a foundation in on silty soil. Redos because the footing width is insufficient stink. Consulting a soils engineer is not a bad idea either. | |
| Jun 4, 2011 at 2:22 | history | edited | BMitch |
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| Jan 20, 2011 at 15:38 | answer | added | SchwartzE | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 19, 2011 at 20:43 | answer | added | DA01 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 2, 2010 at 10:11 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Jeff Widmer | ||
| Aug 16, 2010 at 15:47 | answer | added | ConsultUtah | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 14:54 | answer | added | mohlsen | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 14:25 | comment | added | Engineer2021 | actually the architect I used for my room addition on my house had a lot of institutional knowledge that you simply won't have, will know the right way to build things, and strongly recommend good design decisions. While it was a pain in the beginning because I was a newbie at it, the whole process went a lot smoother because I used an architect. Oh and it didn't end up looking like Taj Mahal either :) | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 14:23 | answer | added | Joe | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 11:29 | comment | added | user558 | Sigh. You might want to put down your well thumbed copy of "The Fountainhead". You are wrong if you think that an architect is in business to make a statement about society, or to draw fancy buildings that do not represent the desires of their clients. I will concede that some buildings end up overdone. But this is something driven by the client's desires, not the architect. | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 11:10 | answer | added | Engineer2021 | timeline score: 14 | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 10:41 | history | edited | Vebjorn Ljosa |
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| Aug 16, 2010 at 9:12 | comment | added | Riduidel | An architect could also give you an estimate of the cost of building, as it has pretty good knowledge of cost of both materials and workforce. | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 3:33 | history | asked | Jay Bazuzi | CC BY-SA 2.5 |