Thanks for that. We plan to do the same thing ourselves and will hopefully save $5-10k with our old 4 bedroom brick veneer.

Mrs.B. You are kidding? What a bargain.
Architects I have spoken to have quoted me in the vicinity of 13% of the project costs. I have posted the splits elsewhere, but…

Casa, thanks for the advice.
For the record, the architect I had spoken to was charging 20% for the Schematic Design, 10% for Design Development, 40% for Contract Documentation and 30%…

Hey Muzz, I have taken the exact opposite approach.
We decided on the area we wanted to move into, and then looked for a knock-down opportunity. Have now made that purchase,…

Case, the architect was looking for 13% to basically take the entire project through to completion. Agree with your comments about him, and as I said, I am likely to…

Thanks for the feedback guys.
I have actually sent away for that "My Virtual Home" software and plan to put some of my ideas down in software form over the next…

Hi everyone,
First time poster, long time reader.
Let me say what a brilliant forum this is. Thanks to everyone for all their well thought out advice, it is fantastic!!
I am personally…