100% this. Through friends' experiences and also every renovation show ever, I would want to know that this is actually achievable within my budget.
cosigned - we were v advanced on our design/planning by time it became apparent that this could be a v real issue (i.e. tender stage came back with quotes significantly north of what we'd anticipated)... despite being very upfront about what our budget (+ contingency) was.
cosigned - we were v advanced on our design/planning by time it became apparent that this could be a v real issue (i.e. tender stage came back with quotes significantly north of what we'd anticipated)... despite being very upfront about what our budget (+ contingency) was.