ARCHITECTS FEES IN EDINBURGH

The Small Print:

• This fee guide is only accurate when the site is located in Edinburgh, the Lothians, or Fife.

• The fees described here are dependent on using standard construction methods and materials.

• Projects with a construction budget above £800,000 are quoted individually.

• The Feasibility Study is always charged by the hour, at £125 per hour. The hours listed here are a rough guide based on projects of similar size. I record every hour and send a detailed timesheet with each invoice.

• Planning and Listed Building consent are a single stage. If your property is listed, there is no additional fee.

• The Planning, Building Warrant and Pre-Construction stages are fixed price.

• The Construction stage is charged as a monthly retainer plus a fee for each site inspection. The retainer is charged for every month in which work is carried out, until the completion certificate is granted; months where the site is dormant are not charged. I expect to inspect approximately twice a month while work is in progress.

• The Construction fee includes all correspondence, contractor valuations, payment certificates, instructions and cost reporting, together with snagging, the three month defects inspection and the application for completion certificate. There is no separate charge for any of these.

• Post-Construction applies only if an Amendment to Building Warrant is required, where the finished building differs from the approved drawings. This is needed on roughly a third to a half of projects.

• Once the Feasibility Study is complete the design is frozen. All fixed price fees assume the design remains unchanged from that point, and that Capital A is given full control of timescales, with the final say on when to lodge applications and begin construction. Changes requested after the Feasibility Study are charged at £125 per hour.

• Fees are based on the construction budget given at the outset. If the contract sum agreed with your builder, or the final cost of the works, falls into a higher band, the fees for any stage not yet completed will be adjusted to that band. I will write to you before making any adjustment, and fees for completed stages will not change.

• The Pre-Construction fee assumes pricing with no more than three contractors. Tendering more widely, or redesigning the project in order to reduce construction costs, is charged at £125 per hour.

• The fees described do not include interior design services. These can be provided at £125 per hour if required.

• If a Planning Application is refused permission, any appeal or new application is not included in the fee and will incur an additional charge.

• Planning applications next to agricultural land, or land whose ownership is unknown, may require an advertisement fee to be paid to the local council.

• Council lodgement fees for planning and building warrant applications are paid on your behalf and added to your invoice at cost. They are not a fee to Capital A.

• Projects can take several years to complete, therefore the fees will be reviewed annually and will increase in line with the Retail Prices Index until the project is finished.

•  Time arising from a dispute, from either party failing to comply with the building contract, from defective work by the contractor, or from the involvement of an expert witness, adjudicator or solicitor, is charged at £125 per hour. Please see the Project Guide for a full explanation.

• Please do not request a discount on our fees, as refusal may result in embarrassment.