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architect. The number of misses, goofs, just didn't get it rights in homeowner led designs is staggering. What you pay for with a good architect is full vetting of your needs, options for solving them and then detailing of the design that will produce the result. Example are my neighbors. Spent a ton of money on their kitchen. It is done to about 75% of what it could be. The other 25% is the benefit a design professional brings. Can you get by, yes. But do you want to just get by?

The other side of it is during construction you have a professional who does this for a living and can talk with the contractors about issues. Even the best intentioned contractors will hit you with changes that should have been anticipated.