ACCEPT THAT YOUR TIMEFRAMES ARE ONLY YOUR TIMEFRAMES. You might want your project completed in a certain amount of time, but you are using the se...
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HAVE A REALISTIC CONTINGENCY AND ACCEPT IT AS ALREADY SPENT BEFORE YOU START. The contingency is there to cover you for any surprises. Its like an ins...
INVEST IN THE APPROPRIATE PRE-DESIGN TESTS AND DESIGN REPORTS. Alterations surprise us with what's actually behind the linings and New Builds surp...
SMALL SPACES CALL FOR CREATIVE OUT THE BOX THINKING. Don't short change yourself by being stuck on a sketch or concept, be open to suggestions.&nb...
BE CLEAR ON YOUR MUST-HAVES AND DEFINATELY NOTS. The clearer you can be to your designer, the better considered your design solution can be. ...
What is your Design Fee? How do you calculate it? An important question. There are many stories about how Designers and Architects price ...
Its something as low as 4-5% of projects has on-site observation by the Architect or designer who designed the building in the residential sector in N...
So how do you know what you are paying for? I mean there are designers right, and then there are designers. How do you get a feel for the tangibl...
Let's talk about the Elephant in the room. The blog links closely to the Value of Building Relationships earlier so check that out (link at ...
The story is all to common, "I told my Architect what my budget was and it ended up costing way more than that" I have often asked a clie...
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