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Originally Posted by Dottore
I will shortly be shopping interior designers to re-do my parents former apartment prior to sale.
I gather most of them work on a cost plus basis; ie, they arrange all the materials and labour and charge a percentage on top of gross for their services.
1. What, typically is that percentage? Is there a range within one negotiates?
2. Anyone work with designers with other fee arrangements?
I would be interested to hear from anyone with experience in this.
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I've had nothing but bad experience with an interior designer. Expensive and hard to get along with. Of course I wanted to live in the place afterwards, so I wanted some input as to what I could live with. Our biggest conflict was over a sofa. She wanted something stylish and I wanted something comfortable. I "ruined" her design by insisting that I be comfortable living in it.