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.

Architectural services where we check and co-ordinate everything properly.
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.

Architectural services where we check and co-ordinate everything properly.

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.

Architectural services where we check and co-ordinate everything properly.
Architectural services where we check and co-ordinate everything properly.
Architectural services where we check and co-ordinate everything properly.

If you’re bouncing around ideas, or if you’re ready to…

...start your project, or anything in between - please do get in touch and we can kick things off with a chat.

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