Jenny Slingerland

Hi Trudi,

I feel like having a file in .dwg is imperative so they can share it with their designer or hired cad specialist to elevate, unless they are using SketchUp.

Trudi: Great question. We are only using the plans to elevate the bathrooms and kitchens for clarification for tile installers, placement of niches for the framers, placement of plumbing for the plumber, etc. We are not structurally changing anything from the plans, so need for concern about liabilities.

Gary: I think your wife will love you! 😉

Katherine: With remodels, in some cases you will have floor plans available from the GC or homeowner. With new builds, you will get the plans from the architect. If it is a remodel without plans, depending on your scope of work you may need to hire a draftsman to measure the space for you. If it’s a job that requires a GC, they may have a draftsman they like to use. Just ask. I
If you need a draftsman, you will need to find one in your area. They will come out, measure the home and then provide you with a cad file (.dwg file) to work from. You can then send that file to whomever you’re working with to create your elevations, furniture placement, etc.
If it’s a small job, one or two rooms, I will usually take measurements at my consultation and then give my sketched layout to one my designers to put in cad.

Samantha: Did this help? Gary had some links for you as well. Also, I added further clarification in a new forum post this morning.

I don’t have higher design fees because I don’t purchase. Just my square footage price that is based on my experience, our customer service and time spent to complete the project.
Because our market is nuts here, I am saying that in order to take on a new build or remodel there has to be a furniture package involved for me to take the job. On furnishing jobs I charge for my design time and I have a hefty mark up. 🙂
Hope that helps!

Great questions! Here’s what I’m thinking. Let’s have everyone start making a list of questions so that on our last day we can go over these. There may be some that we answer in the next few classes, if not we can do them on the last day when the builder is with me.
I printed your questions so we have them for reference.