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[quote=Anonymous]We purchased a home in DC and would like to add on a master bedroom and bath, renovate the kitchen, and renovate a bathroom.  We would like the addition to look natural as it relates to the rest of the house, but it will not be a crazy architectural design...rather, the focus will be more on function.

We have met with one design build firm and one architect (we have plans to meet with more).  The one architect told us it would be 14% of construction costs.  I don't doubt it would possibly be worth that cost, but I think that is a higher cost than we would like to spend.  One of the benefits to design build to me is that they seem to do more management of the project than an architect, which would result in less stress for me and my husband.

I think I have two questions, but any additional thoughts are appreciated:

1) What are your personal experiences with design build?
2) How much did your architect charge, who was the architect, and did you like him/her?  [/quote]

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