Professional Services and Fees
We can manage all aspects of a project for our clients, from earliest sketch stage, through to post-completion. Clients can choose from three different fee structures: fixed quote, percentage fee, or our very competitive hourly rate. Our specialty is to deliver projects on budget and on time.
Getting a professional's input early adds quality to your home improvement or new house. We produce a design concept which considers energy efficiency, cost effective materials, design trends and environmental considerations, all in accordance with your priorities.This adds up to greater enjoyment and resale value of your home.
By involving us in design and working drawing stages, and then shopping around, you can be confident that all builders are quoting on the same job. Selecting this option normally saves thousands of dollars, which often pays for all architectural costs, and can produce a better quality, trouble-free project.
When drawing up an extension for approval, we can provide a fixed fee quote. For open-ended tasks, such as design and building budget advice, we charge a very competitive rate of only $200 for initial consultation (1 hour) and $60 for each additional hour.
After designs and working drawings have been completed, we can approach builders whose quality is known, or offer your project to builders via competitive tender for an "open market price". We then observe and report on construction, for quality control, smooth-running and cost control. Full architectural service includes managing the project for you, from earliest sketch plan stage, through to completion. It includes sketch plans, budget cost estimates, all "architect-quality" working drawings, handling of all surveys and certifications required by building authorities, detailed specifications, contract documents, architect’s periodic inspections, checking of progress claims, and responsibility for the project after completion. Fees for such full architectural service are from only 8% of the cost of work. We can often save you up to 10% on building costs by calling competitive tenders for your project to ensure that you get fair value for money.
For commercial projects we can prepare a total consultancy package based on a percentage of the cost of work ('works as executed'). This may include all sketch plans, budget cost estimates, drawings for tendering, detailed specifications, contract documents, architect’s periodic inspections, checking of progress claims, allowances for site survey, soil classification, structural design, engineer's inspections, and architect's responsibilities for the project after completion. The only items to complete the commecial project will be approvals and building contract.
Heritage advice and archaeology are generally time-charged, but we are also happy to provide fixed quotes.
| Residential Building Services and Fees |
| Service | Fee |
| Drafting service | Fixed quote based on standard hourly drafting rate ($60 per hour) |
| Design advice, feasibility studies, and other open - ended tasks | $200 initial consultation - payable at time of consultation - then $60 for each additional hour |
| Full architectural service - Residential homes & extensions | 8% plus time charge on client meetings (hourly rate) |
| Defined tasks | Fixed quote |
 House featuring sleek roof lines and plantation style shuttered windows. |
| Commercial Building Services and Fees |
| Service | Fee |
| Open-ended tasks, for example design advice, feasibility studies, preliminary sketch plan with cost estimate | $60 per hour |
| Commercial projects to $1M: Full architectural service fee package may include allowances for engineeering works such as site survey, soil classification, structural design and supervision | 8% |
| Commercial projects $1M to $3M: Fee package as described above | 6% |
| Defined tasks | Fixed quote |
| Project samples |
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| Unisys Building, Canberra: cladding detailing contracted to Godfrey Spowers Australia. |
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| Shop front design for Ladybird Boutique, Woden Shopping Plaza |
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| Scale architectural models to illustrate massing of buildings |
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| Belconnen bus interchange: construction detailing contracted to Leith Bartlett P/L |
| Heritage Services and Fees |
| Service | Fee |
| Heritage advice and archaeology. | $60 per hour including travel time |
| Specific projects, for example heritage grant applications, archaeological surveys, excavations, community based heritage studies, heritage reports. | Fixed quote |
| Sample Project: Adaptive reuse of a 19th century parish hall |
| The following
project example of adaptive reuse of a 19th century
building was for our client, the new Hennessy College at
Young, NSW. Previous plans to demolish the old building
because of its old age, cracked walls and gloomy
interior, were shelved. Instead, our client capitalised on the opportunity of making this heritage building a signature for the school. Instead of paying for demolition, the old hall was converted into a new College art department. Features include a bold new colour scheme, huge pinboard display gallery for student works, repolished floors, custom-desgined joinery, improved lighting, new roof and freshly repainted exterior. This is now an exemplary art teaching facility, with new graphic art areas, ceramic and print-making facilities. |
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| Detailed views of the conserved facade statues and masonry |