In certain cases, the recourse to an architect is obligatory for the construction of a house. They is in particular constructions of more than 170m ², private individuals who build in the name of a third person and also when the owner is a company or a legal person. Obtaining the building permit is then conditioned with this obligation.
Interest to call upon an architect
The role of an architect is to provide a plan of construction drawn up in the rules of Article They is in general subjected to an order and has a code of conduct which they must absolutely respect.
The plan which it draws up must take into account the means and the needs for the owner, it offers overmeasure. The standardized plans or models do not enter its competence, it adapts as desires of its customer. That led to a personalized construction.
He is in particular competent for the layout of the premises, the optimization of livable space, the organization of volumes, the general esthetic aspect… In his reason of professional of the sector, the architect can also help you with each stage of the construction of the execution of the administrative formalities to the negotiation of the prices of the various suppliers and people receiving benefits.
He can also draw up his plan according to the medium where the future building will be located. But also to choose the materials, the techniques and the architecture which will be used. All the councils provided by this one will in the long term allow to reduce the maintenance expenses and of use of the house. The plans for that will have to be rigorously established and the work carried out with serious. The additional advantage of the recourse to an architect is also the fact that it can accelerate the opening of work or give his person for the monitoring of the building site.
Fees of an architect
Under the terms of the principle of the free competition imposed on the sector by the law of December 1st, 1986, the architect is free to fix his price and to establish itself his own scale of fees.
However, to calculate his fees, this professional will take into account the cost of the operation, his complexity as well as the extent and the difficulty of the mission which it will have to carry out. The recourse to a technician does not generate that expenditure, because one can also make savings thanks to his councils and his experiment while asking him to optimize his construction as well as possible.
In general, the tariff is function of the cost of work from 8 to 12% of the total costs. A tolerance of 10% can be granted while waiting for the various estimates of each implied person receiving benefits.
Three modes of tariffing can be used for the payment of the fees:
• Remuneration with the fixed price: it makes it possible to establish a price according to work to be carried out. It applies in general for the projects of less than 172 m ² and the project and the mission of established construction precisely as a preliminary;
• Remuneration with the percentage of the costs of work: it is selected when the complete mission is defined advances some, but the itself project is not yet known;
• Remuneration with time vacation: it is used when the architect is there only to provide assistance and council. |
