Homeowner decision tool

Design cost needs a defined service.

Test the arithmetic behind a percentage-fee proposal while keeping scope, stages, specialists, reimbursables and tax visible.

The calculator supplies no market rate. Enter a percentage only from a planning scenario or an actual proposal.

Your assumptions

Test a proposed fee basis.

Enter the project construction budget and the fee percentage from an actual proposal or planning scenario. Keep reimbursables and any applicable tax visible instead of hiding them inside one number.

The percentage is only one line.

Compare proposals by included stages, deliverables, revision limits, coordination, site involvement, specialist appointments, approval support, reimbursables, taxes, intellectual-property terms and termination obligations.

A low percentage can still be expensive if essential work sits outside it. A higher percentage can still be incomplete. Read the appointment, then test its arithmetic.

Read the design-cost guide