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I have to re-do 2 bathrooms and a kitchen in a house I intend to (hopefully) buy. It would be my first house and my first renovation experience.

If all I have to do is replace the bathrooms and the kitchen, and NO reconfiguration is required at all, I assume I do not need an architect, right? Will a simple contractor do? Or do I call bathroom/kitchen specialists? I have no idea what kind of professional (architect v. contractor) I am supposed to start with!

My very rudimentary understanding is that folks who are gutting or re-designing a place will usually call an architect who handles the whole thing–design and construction work. But my project is relatively simple and involves replacing bathrooms and a kitchen that are already in place. So I assume I do not need to waste money on a design professional–is this about right? Thanks in advance.