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[quote=Anonymous]I would decide your true max budget and use 80% of that # to start discussions. Keep that 20% in your back pocket - even if you work through all details up front there is surely something that comes up. Set up initial meetings with architects and design/builds. Bring your 80% number and a rough idea of what you want to do. They should be able to discuss options at the high-level. Some might roughly draw out ideas for you. You could then do an initial design for a fixed fee. We paid a few thousand to get a high-level design (not construction-level plans). This went through a few iterations to get what we wanted. Along the way there were other options presented that would be $X more (tap into your 20% here if desired, but save some for construction snafus/unexpected upgrades). We went with design/build because we only wanted to pay overhead/mgmt fees once (not construction mgmt fees PLUS architect mgmt fees). [/quote]
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