House Building Platform Dr.Build Co., Ltd. Offers Free Consulting Services for Reconstruction of Aging Row Houses and Multi-Family Houses

Residential facilities such as row houses and multi-family houses that require reconstruction due to high aging levels are smaller construction sites compared to apartment reconstruction, but all processes related to the construction schedule can involve legal disputes (construction suspension, extension of construction period, additional estimate requests, exercise of retention rights, etc.). When problems arise, building owners or association members inevitably face significant risks such as bearing construction loan interest and litigation costs, causing much concern.

In response, the national safe home-building platform Doctor Build, which offers free consulting on architectural design and construction and reduces construction costs by comparing estimates from multiple architectural offices and construction companies on behalf of building owners, is gaining attention among prospective building owners and members of street housing maintenance project reconstruction associations through its ‘Aged Villa Reconstruction Development Project Support Service.’

Doctor Build presents a system that preemptively blocks causes of construction-related damages when individual building owners proceed with construction or new builds. Doctor Build’s reconstruction process, which prevents construction accidents in advance, proceeds step-by-step according to the convenience of the building owner.

First, after the building owner consults in detail with Doctor Build’s field experts about the site (land) to be used for construction and requests a design contract, three verified architectural offices with long experience in areas such as Gangnam, Cheongdam, Samseong, and Pangyo are selected to prepare construction plans and architectural design drawings, which are then delivered to the building owner. The construction plans and design drawings reflect the building owner’s opinions as much as possible from the preliminary consulting stage.

Alternatively, if the building owner obtains design permit drawings externally, Doctor Build can provide consulting on them. Doctor Build’s architectural experts perform quantity surveying (material quantity calculation) on the permit drawings to judge from the building owner’s perspective whether the design drawings are ‘correct’ and realistically meet the construction budget range, preventing additional construction cost expenditures that may arise later. Also, if construction can be carried out more reasonably than with the construction companies introduced by the existing architect, the building owner can use Doctor Build’s affiliated construction companies.

Among the three design drawings produced by the verified architectural offices collaborating with Doctor Build, when the building owner selects the preferred design, the design contract deposit prepaid to Doctor Build by the building owner is refunded to them.

Afterward, Doctor Build receives estimates from three construction companies responsible for construction and adjusts and reduces any overcharged construction costs on behalf of the building owner before delivering them. When the building owner selects a construction company, Doctor Build drafts the private construction contract on their behalf.

Doctor Build connects the building owner with architectural offices or construction companies and does not leave them unattended. From groundbreaking to completion schedule management, construction payment flow management (progress payment management), marketing management related to post-completion sales, and defect management for up to 10 years by construction type, Doctor Build handles everything on behalf of the building owner.

Doctor Build’s revenue comes from margins through bulk purchasing of construction materials required during construction, so the actual cost for building owners using Doctor Build is ‘Zero.’

A representative from Doctor Build’s business division stated, “Currently, Doctor Build provides all architectural-related advice and consulting free of charge, including aged villa and single-family, row house reconstruction, and new construction of income-generating buildings such as one-room and officetels, so anyone can apply for consultation through our website without burden.” They added, “Recently, many customers have inquired about generating profits through reconstruction and new construction of aged villas, one-room, multi-family, and multi-unit houses using good systems such as street housing maintenance projects and autonomous housing maintenance projects. Most inquiries come from Seoul and the metropolitan area, where reconstruction yields are high.”

Doctor Build’s service area mainly covers all of Seoul as well as metropolitan areas such as Yongin, Bundang, Pangyo, Suwon, and Hanam. Detailed explanations of the Aged Villa Reconstruction Project Support Center and free architectural consulting applications can be found on the Doctor Build website.

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