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Originally Posted by yasir
How long ( time wise ) and tidious ( involving ) is the process in making a sketch to say a design that gives you the room measurments/elevations ?
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Field measuring and drawing on graph paper and or marking up an old set of plans for verification can take any where to 1/2 day to 3 days depending on the scope of work, size, complexity, how many levels, how many visits, how many people holding the tape (two is quicker than one) and how detailed the observed notes get into (documenting existing structure etc....). Many photos are typicaly taken, questions asked and answered (by both parties). Sometimes the owner takes up some of your time wanting the design instantly worked out in your head or is constanly adding to the mix. Talking takes time, getting there and back to the office takes time, everyting takes time, time is money.
Most of my custom home additions take a full day to mark-up. I often come back to double check one or two detail items.
At this point you still will not have a "to scale" base sheet in which to do design studies on, things must be drawn up either by hand or put on computer. Again this may vary from a day (carport job with no interior) to several weeks (could be a month if stretched out because of other projects). If the project is just an addition pretty much separate from the rest of the house then a cut off line or break line ignoring the parts of the house unaffected by the work is a shortcut (not to be used in your case from what I know) commonly used.
On small projects where the design is simple and straight foreword, just putting all of the existing house to scale is half the work and time spent. On larger more complex projects the set-up time for base sheets may be a small fraction of total project time spent.
Documenting the existing house right will save time, money and problems later. Working off an existing set of plans without painstaking verification is an accident waiting to happen. I've never seen or been given an accurated as-built set, never.
I want to say that I've had clients in which some outside influence was whispering conflicting advice (and dangerous misconceptions). As an architect I see my job as making my client happy, not some invisible force creating mischief in my project. Questions are welcomed, but micromanagement is not. Anyone can become anxiety ridden when given conflicting opinions. I fear that my opinion which is based on not seeing your project is pretty much weightless in this situation.
Weight that as you will.