Then divide by the hourly rate to see the hour range:Įxperience dictates over 110 hours, so we’re at least in the ballpark on this.
And $150,000/$200= 750 hours.īASIC SERVICES = 600 to 750 hours +/- for this project size and complexity historically.įrom architectural firm time sheets keep over several decades, this level of effort can and will take between 600 to 750 hours, so, for Basic Services, this is in the right ballpark. Now then, let’s apply the architect’s average fee rate to see how their hours stack up: So: the average Basic Services architectural fees for a nice custom home with 2,300 HSF costing about $1.500,000 to build might be in the range of $120k to $150k. So, let’s try this:īASIC SERVICES historic average fee percentage: 8% to 10%. How would the architect get an idea of the amount of hours he or she might spend on your project just from the realistic construction cost? Pretty simple: he or she can divide their average hourly rate into the amount of percentage fee ranges to yield a decent guesstimate of the number of hours.Īnd that’s not a bad idea. So: once the architect has a pretty good idea of the real cost of construction (not necessarily what you want to pay to have it built, but what it will likely really cost when all is said and done), the architect can apply these percentage ranges of fees for Basic Services and the other service types, to obtain at least a ballpark idea of where their fee dollars and hours might be. But first: why all the fuss over the actual construction cost of the house, which no one will know exactly, until the builder signs a contract to build it anyway? Well, here it is: the theory of architectural compensation is, has been, and will likely always be, in some respect, based partially on the level of complexity, size and amount of detail associated with the project they are designing. Now then, let’s examine the historic fee range percentages for each phase of architectural work based on this amount. That’s probably realistic (unless the homeowner starts adding higher end goodies).
Let’s call this a $1.5M house with 2,300 HSF, which is roughly $652/HSF. We are talking about the time it takes your architect to design and document your project, along with their other activities. The fact that your architect designs these is the point. Like a nice large kitchen with custom full-height backsplash, custom master bathroom with custom oversize 2-person shower and a host of other features. Let’s figure that you are going to have your architect design some nice things into your house. That’s the going rate and that’s not the upper end. If you have a problem with that, it’s really too bad. How about 2,300 HSF? Quite a few people these days think they want to downsize, but very few actually end up much under about 2,300 HSF. You will, by that time, be a believer of more realistic prices for nice homes. If you are one of those who think you’re going to get your architect designed custom home with tall ceilings, stone walls, fireplaces, steep roofs, 3 car garage, big kitchen with top of the line appliances for $100/HSF you need to go somewhere for about 2 years, researching these things, then come back to this website. Let’s say it is about $600/HSF (Heated Square Foot). Now let’s look at what the actual cost of construction might be for a house. Let’s establish an hourly rate somewhere in the middle: $200/hour. So, let’s look at the Residential Architectural Fees page and review those percentage fee ranges and see how they stack up next to the hourly rates charged by many architects. Let’s do some math to see what this means on a typical project, comparing with the fee range ballpark estimator on the Fees tab of this website. If your architect is charging between $175 to $250/hour, that’s in the normal fee range for Architectural fees. Architect Hourly Fee Rates and what that means: that’s the subject of this page.
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