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Questions & Answers
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What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a company like yours?
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My advice in teaming with an Architect is to find someone who listens to your wants and needs and responds with practical and well-crafted solutions to fit the function and aesthetic goals of the project.
When we work together, communication and feeling understood is tantamount to a successful project.
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What is the most common type of project or service your company provides?
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Residential renovations and addition design is our area of expertise.
We have over 30 years of practical, architectural design experience.
Design with Balance prioritizes your projects Form, Fit, Function and Budget.
We are often engaged to work directly with building contractors to ensure a design is developing along budgetary lines.
Collaboration between our clients and their contractors is tantamount to the success of a project.
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What is your company best known for?
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Bucks County Residential Architecture
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How We Charge For Our Services
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Architects - Commercial
- $100.00 to $150.00 per hour (plus materials)
- 8.00 to 10.00 percent of construction cost
We approach each project with a 2-phase design process.
Phase 1 (Schematic Design): Meet with Client to understand their wants and needs, generate design options for plans and elevations This phase allows for design option development as well as rough construction cost development. Clients typically use these documents to collect pricing from contractors.
Once the client's contractor provides a rough estimate for construction and the client approves, we move on to Phase 2.
Phase 2 (Contract Documents): Generate fully detailed documents to be used for obtaining building permits and for construction of the project.
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