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PROPOSALS & CONTRACTS

PROPOSALS

Our proposal is a Detailed Cost Analysis (DCA) of your project based on the architectural plans and other necessary information you provide to us. Completing our DCA takes 2-3. We price all aspects of your project and give you options where necessary. We also provide a complete writeup of the scope of work, including specific materials, where relevant. It is very important for us to let you know exactly what is and is not included in your job. The more you know about what is going into your project, the more you understand the monetary value of your project.
 
We choose to include as much of the required scope of work as possible, rather than providing you with pages of exclusions. The more we include upfront in our base price, the less you incur unanticipated extra costs during the job. We include generous allowances for items you will need to select. While the amounts are based on what our clients typically spend, it gives you control over how much you spend on particular items that we supply. We use an open book allowance system, so you can easily know if you are within your budget before you finalize your selections.

CONTRACTS

After you approve our Detailed Cost Analysis, we issue a contract. This attorney-reviewed document spells out our obligations, your obligations, and the project payment schedule. It also includes the DCA, so the scope of work becomes a formal part of our agreement. This is the document that starts our service. Once you return the signed contract, we generate your project schedule in our software and begin our setup work prior to construction. 

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FIXED PRICE vs OPEN BOOK 

The majority of our contracts are fixed price. We agree to one complete price that includes the work detailed on the architectural plans and our DCA. We also agree to a payment schedule that is tied to project milestones and protects each of us from getting too far ahead or behind on the cost of the project. With this contract type, you know what you'll be paying and when you'll be paying it from the start of the project. 

 

Open book contracts are just that. We agree to a fee percentage that is added to all project costs. We share our detailed record of all project costs with you. Every two weeks, we submit an invoice that includes all project costs for that period, documentation of those costs, and our fee based on those costs. While this contract type affords you a greater degree of control over individual costs, it also means there is no set price for the project from the start. 

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