{"id":49488,"date":"2010-10-07T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T11:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=49488"},"modified":"2010-10-07T11:47:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T11:47:54","slug":"architect-fees-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/10\/architect-fees-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Architect Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I have an informal agreement with my architect to pay him a fee based on a % of the construction costs.  We never specified whether this would include the cost of finishes but I gather that is pretty standard.  But what if the architect has no part in helping to pick the finishes &#8212; is the cost of finishes still included in calculating the fee?  And how is the fee actually calculated &#8212; based on a list that i prepare?  And finally would the fee just include finishes that constitute fixtures &#8212; so for instance a through the wall AC but not a window box AC or TV for that matter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I have an informal agreement with my architect to pay him a fee based on a % of the construction costs. We never specified whether this would include the cost of finishes but I gather that is pretty standard. 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