Architectural fees are NOT just for pretty pictures
Posted: 26 June 2026
Wah wah wahhhh🎶
That’s the sound of a project that hasn’t been checked and co-ordinated.
Most people think architectural fees are just for the pretty pictures.

They > are > not.
My fees also cover you for the hours spent checking:
- If the ventilation ducts are about to hit steel beams, coupled with ceiling height restrictions.
- If the custom box gutter is the right size and slopes the right way so rainwater doesn’t hang around in all the wrong places.
- If the drainage levels below ground actually work and horrid stuff isn’t going to come back and haunt you in the worst possible way.
- + loads more topics that probably aren’t that interesting to a lot of people but they are to me who wants to see things built correctly, so they don’t fail in the future.

My Technical Truth Method means:
- 3D clash detection.
- Thorough ‘red pen’ markups.
- Thinking through assemblies before builders arrive on site.
It saves weeks in delays and thousands of £ in ‘uh oh’ moments.
Want a project that stays on track and on budget?
Do the right thing – get in touch.