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Archtect charges,

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Friday, September 16, 2011 04:40 AM 

What are the usual charges of architect for designing a two floor villa of 60 x 90 in Lahore or Islamabad . I know it is very subjective question and would depend on a lot of things but was wondering to know if architect charges are based on covered area or lump sum and get some idea for budgeting purpose of my home.... i just need to some very rough estimation.


thanks

Shahid

Jameel replied on Friday, September 16, 2011 07:29 AM 

from scratch to all
If You have Plan in Mind and only want Map for presentation to LDA they will charge 5000, If you want also map for Construction [with slight modifications from LDA] they will cahrge 8 Lac.
If You want Map plus Pictures both exterior and interior they will Charge 25000
If You want all above with Model especially from some reputed Architect they will Charge 70000 to 100000
If You want supervision Plus all above then they will charge 2,3 Lac
And above all with material Management will cost you about 4 Lac.
Of course all is service or Labour so rates vary from 30% to 100% of above price based on reputation office etc.
Some society bound you to make map from their approved architect whaich are costiler Bahrai is one of them
LDA approval of Map takes some 60000 Legal fees and 5 to 10 extra charges.
Once you approve map you are bound to make house in 3 ys. other wise approval is lost.
If You already started Construction and increased 3 years then from LDA/DHA governed societies LDA/DHA takes Penalty.
After Completion of House you are bound to take Completion certificate in which an officer from LDA comes to your house and inspects that all construction was according to approved map, If he finds some violations then he will charge Fine, Once your House is Complete, Then you are not allowed to do any major modification without permission.
I guess in DHA case you have to get completion from DHA.

AG replied on Friday, September 16, 2011 08:15 PM 

@Jameel.

Really very usefull information. It will encourage people to hire Architects for the design/design & supervision of their houses because, given the total cost of building a house, the fee/charges of Architects are very reasonable.

Regards.

shahid replied on Monday, September 19, 2011 05:26 AM 

Thanks Jameel,

However what is not clear to mean is charges of " 8 lacs" in the start of your mail. if could elaborate more.

thanks,

Shahid
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