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not the best salesmen
Maybe it's like purposeful grammatical errors in phishing emails?
If you the sort of person who'd rather pay half and only do what's reasonable they don't want you as client.
hugo7-
Its really hard to make any money on small resi jobs - they are time consuming, especially in competition with surveyors/architectural designers/Resi etc who offer services cheaper. There's not much point in doing a standard dormer / back extension under PD using standard materials and details etc etc for 45-60k or whatever. As an Architect that gets you nowhere.
A client who wants to do something interesting / different that can contribute to your portfolio and develop your business - is what you want. But the reality is that this costs more than the status quo.
You only need an Architect if you want Architecture.
Sheppz
Yeah you should get plenty for that. Our architects did a loft recently and it was around 90k but they openly told me they were not the cheapest because they are quite OCD (basically took half the house down to make sure the loft was perfect) and said they found people who could do very similar for half the price (not the best salesmen).
Built in storage is a game changer IMO, I'm almost more excited about the storage space cutting my bathroom in half is going to create than the bathroom itself (that's the Sauna area which will be converted once the loft is done).
One thing I really want from a loft is a balcony too, not a Juliet one with a big sheet of glass like a weatherspoons pub but a legit balcony, set back, so I can have a coffee/wine watching the sun rise/fall. I think setting it back will prevent issues of over looking and/or having it out the front where we overlook no one... over to you @Sheppz ;-D