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Today the designer I work with reached out to me. Before this, she only gave me small assembly-type jobs. Now she wants to do a remodel of a small basement bathroom. The scope is to convert a bathtub into a shower, since that’s what her clients want. My question is about pricing. As a general contractor, I would normally sell this bathroom remodel as a full project. If I understand correctly, the total project cost should be around $12,000–$13,000. I estimate labor at about $5,000–$7,000, materials around $3,000, and roughly $3,000 as profit. What’s the correct way to price this? Should I present it as a full GC project, or just give her a labor price of around $7,000?

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I watched your video, thanks for explaining everything. I have a question about the $150 per hour for design work, because I want to clearly understand how this works in real life. How do you actually count those hours? Do you sit with the client and work together live, or does this also include the time when your designer works on the project separately? At what point does the hourly charge start — after the deposit, after the client approves the concept, or from the moment the design work begins? If you hire a designer for, say, $50/hour and they end up working 2 hours instead of 6, how do you track that time and explain it to the client so everything stays transparent? How do you usually explain this to the client upfront so they understand what they are paying for within those $150/hour? And one more thing — if the client changes their mind or stops the design process earlier than planned, how do you handle that time? Do you bill only for the actual hours used? Just want to make sure I fully understand how you manage and control this on your side.

I have a question about working with interior designers. When a designer brings me a project or refers a client, is it standard practice to offer a commission or referral fee from the contractor’s side? If so, how is this usually structured (percentage of labor vs. total project cost)? What percentage is typically offered in this type of relationship? I’m trying to understand the correct and professional way to quantify and structure this so it’s fair for both sides and sustainable long term.