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[quote=Anonymous]You paid for a design and a general estimate. It's high but probably not wildly off, especially if it includes all fittings and fixtures (tile, lighting, cabinets, counters, plumbing and glass for bathrooms.) If you own the design, you can try to get other contractors to give you a ballpark cost estimate. If you're doing structural work, you will probably need detailed construction drawings to get accurate bids from contractors - so an architect and/or structural engineer. You'll definitely need those plans to get permits. I sympathize OP - it's so hard to understand how to proceed without having a good sense of what this kind of work costs (and what it *should* cost.) We talked to a bunch of design-build firms and then eventually went with an architect and a contractor for a big project. I think that's generally the less expensive approach. Still found the costs surreal.[/quote]
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