I don’t know if this is the right section, but…
I’m trying to get blueprints drawn for a house.
The architecture costs are eating me alive. I’ve been quoted around $12,000 for a 2500 square foot house.
Is there any way to get this done cheaper? Such as buying ready-made blueprints?
Or even drawing them myself and getting an architect to sign off?
GOOGLE ready to use house plans. I just did and got lots of them.
Good Luck.
But it still has to be signed by a licensed architect in the state of Florida. I am not building this house to live in.
There is NO SUCH THING as the FREE LUNCH.
Get a copy, have yOUR FL architech review, change as necessary and sign…MUCH less expensive than starting from scratch.
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!!!
That’s what I’m already doing. I’m just buying it from the architect, but whatever is cheaper, I will do.
I’m going for “cheap,” lunch.
I just spent a good day and a half meticulously detailing what areas of Naples, FL are wetlands and what are uplands and found out that it is still possible, actually very common, to build for profit in wetlands.
I don’t think I’m THAT stupid.
I would check and see if they will allow building in wetlands. President Reagan signed a bill in 1986 forbidding wetland building.
Investigate BEFORE you invest.
They most certainly do. You just need a permit from the Florida DEP and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
You have to offset the wetlands you “destroy” by “creating” wetlands on another site, usually one owned by a bank or other large firm. This is called “mitigation.” This creates a zero loss of wetlands.