If you are about to build in Paraguay, the first meeting with a construction firm often lasts an hour and leaves a feeling: trust or fog. The mistake is going there to be sold an image. A useful meeting is different: you leave with answers about works you can visit, how a budget is built, and who will talk to you when the lot does not match the drawing.
Key points
- Ask to see a site, not only a folder: A on-screen portfolio can be assembled in an afternoon.
- Who speaks and who decides: Ask who your counterpart will be in design and on site, how often you get reports, and what happens if that person is away.
- How the number is built: Do not demand a magic square-metre price in the first hour.
- Reading the lot and the climate: Bring photos of the land, neighbours and street.
- What to take in writing: Ask for a recap: tentative scope, next steps, what they need from you.
Ask to see a site, not only a folder
A on-screen portfolio can be assembled in an afternoon. A site is walked. Ask for two or three visitable works, even recent dated photos. If the answer is “we will send renders later”, you already have a fact.
Who speaks and who decides
Ask who your counterpart will be in design and on site, how often you get reports, and what happens if that person is away. If you live abroad, that question matters more than the moodboard.
How the number is built
Do not demand a magic square-metre price in the first hour. Ask for the method: trades, exclusions, how changes are written down. A loose total is not an agreement.
Reading the lot and the climate
Bring photos of the land, neighbours and street. Asunción is not solved like a lot in Cordillera. Anyone who does not ask about the lot is selling a generic house.
What to take in writing
Ask for a recap: tentative scope, next steps, what they need from you. If there is no clear next step, it was not a meeting. It was a sales chat.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
What does "Ask to see a site, not only a folder" mean for your project?
A on-screen portfolio can be assembled in an afternoon. A site is walked. Ask for two or three visitable works, even recent dated photos. If the answer is “we will send renders later”, you already have a fact.
What does "Who speaks and who decides" mean for your project?
Ask who your counterpart will be in design and on site, how often you get reports, and what happens if that person is away. If you live abroad, that question matters more than the moodboard.
What does "How the number is built" mean for your project?
Do not demand a magic square-metre price in the first hour. Ask for the method: trades, exclusions, how changes are written down. A loose total is not an agreement.
What does "Reading the lot and the climate" mean for your project?
Bring photos of the land, neighbours and street. Asunción is not solved like a lot in Cordillera. Anyone who does not ask about the lot is selling a generic house.
What does "What to take in writing" mean for your project?
Ask for a recap: tentative scope, next steps, what they need from you. If there is no clear next step, it was not a meeting. It was a sales chat.
Next step
It was a sales chat. To apply this to your case, you can talk to MU with the lot and brief on the table.
