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Services tailored to your project and budget

To offer greater flexibility in cost and service, our design services are grouped into three design packages – Essentials, Designer, and Premium - giving you the option to structure our services to fit your project, your needs, and your budget.

Comparison Chart

Packages in all shapes and sizes

The above Comparison Chart highlights the various services included in each Design Package. Each Design Package can be tailored to meet your project's needs by adding any Additional Service [those with a gray check mark]. The fee for each Additional Service will be highlighted in your Design Proposal, and will be added to the cost of the selected Design Package.

Both Essentials and Designer Packages may be upgraded after your project has begun.

Fee percentages shown are typical averages based on construction costs of $250K.

Fees, An Inverse Relationship

The design fee for your project is inversely related to the cost of construction. For example, fee percentages are on the higher end of the range for smaller projects, and conversely, they are on the lower end of the range for larger projects. Within the Designer Package, for example, the fee percentage on a $250K project may be 8%, while the fee percentage on a $150K project may be 10%.

<< For additional details, see our article Design Fees Explained >>

The inverse relationship protects both parties. Every project, regardless of size, has a certain amount of "base level" work required. A higher fee percentage on a smaller project covers the "start up" hours required on every project, regardless of size. While a larger project certainly requires more work, it may not necessarily be directly, one-to-one, that much more work than a smaller project. Consequently, the fee percentage will drift lower.

Here is the typical fee percentage range for each Design Package.

Essentials

4-7%

Designer

8-11%

Premium

12+%

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