How long from the first meeting to handover
Phase by phase, from brief to handover, scaled to the size and the complexity of the project, with the permit time your city quotes.
How long a project really takes
Clients plan their lives around the handover date, so the timeline matters as much as the budget. This estimator lays out the phases from brief to handover and scales each with the size and the complexity of the project.
The permit phase is the one nobody controls. It can be six weeks in one municipality and six months in another, so the estimator lets you put in the time your own authority quotes rather than guessing.
The phases assume a client who decides on time and a contractor who is available. Every change of mind after design development pushes the end date; show the client this timeline and the cost of changing it.
Use it for the first conversation and update it at each milestone. A timeline that is revisited is a timeline that stays honest.
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The numbers are done. Now the image.
Turn the sketch, plan or model into a render the client can react to.