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Remodeling - use designer?
Any recommendations on using a designer for kitchen/bath remodel? Have
you had experience with designers? The good ones would surely know a lot more about available materials and construction options than the homeowner doing this for the first time. The incentives seem sorta weird, though, particularly when they charge a percentage of the project cost and make more money by specifying more expensive materials. Even with a flat fee for the design, there will likely be additional cost for construction management services - and the worse the job they do on the initial design, the more questions the contractors will have, resulting in more time billed by the designer. -- You go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money. ....Joey Bishop |
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Remodeling - use designer?
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:25:52 -0800 from Steve :
Any recommendations on using a designer for kitchen/bath remodel? Have you had experience with designers? The good ones would surely know a lot more about available materials and construction options than the homeowner doing this for the first time. The incentives seem sorta weird, though, particularly when they charge a percentage of the project cost It's like any other professional service -- the best way to choose a provider is through personal recommendation from people you know and trust. Next best is to get references from the designer and check them out. But that's not as good because even an incompetent crook will probably satisfy at least one customer, someone who doesn't know good work from bad. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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Remodeling - use designer?
In article , Steve says...
Any recommendations on using a designer for kitchen/bath remodel? Have you had experience with designers? The good ones would surely know a lot more about available materials and construction options than the homeowner doing this for the first time. The incentives seem sorta weird, though, particularly when they charge a percentage of the project cost and make more money by specifying more expensive materials. Even with a flat fee for the design, there will likely be additional cost for construction management services - and the worse the job they do on the initial design, the more questions the contractors will have, resulting in more time billed by the designer. I had my kitchen re-laid out by a designer who was allied with my usual contractor (he does a lot of kitchen and baths subcontracted to him). Free for my getting the cabinets from him. Possibly the long standing relationship ameliorated costs, since his firm did my bathroom some years prior (no design was necessary there.). I gave him the parameters as far as certain things I wanted in the placement, and he worked in a design for semi-custom cabinets from there. He needed to work in three inch incrementes for the semi-custom cabinetry. He did a really good job, I woulnd't have had the 'knack' for the layout. I'd recommend a kitchen designer if you're doing any changes in the footprint of your kitchen. Banty |
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