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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plan that you will exceed every allowance the contractor quotes you and possibly by many thousands for cabinets, granite, lighting, etc. Look carefully at allowances. [/quote]

This is one of the primary reasons to have a good architect...they will counsel up front on realistic materials allowances.[/quote]
I beg to differ...Builder here - just last week when I mentioned to a high end architect in the middle of "value engineering" some plans that did not price out that it would ultimately be cheaper for the client to build as designed/priced then for client to pay archi to redesign and rebid he looked at me like the cat that ate the canary...oohh,,or the other architect who told me a couple of months back that I could a job I was bidding on if I did some work on his house for free...both architects design multi million dollar residences...and after they are through apprising you how they will protect you from the nefarious builders - who protects you from the architect ?

or the knuckleheads that spec 11 inches of foam insulation @ .45 an inch when a) there are active class action lawsuits regarding foam off gassing and b) insulation reaches 97 percent efficiency at about 5 inches...why - its not their money. Or the kickbacks they solicit from contractors and the material vendors they spec...I could go on and on....

Don't be so naive...[/quote]

Oooh, keep posting builder-man! This is helpful inside knowledge.[/quote]

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