{"id":1409,"date":"2012-11-02T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2012-11-29T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T16:32:13","slug":"the-secret-guide-to-deal-with-architects-take-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/the-secret-guide-to-deal-with-architects-take-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Guide to Deal with Architects &#8211; Take 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have never dealt with an Architect before this is a guide for you.<\/p>\n<p>We will give you a few tips for each of the stages involved in your construction project.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not sure if you need an Architect or an Architectural Technician stop reading right now. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/10-reasons-why-you-should-hire-an-architect\/\">this<\/a> first and come back when you are ready.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 2px 6px 4px 6px; color: #555555; background-color: #eeeeee; border: #dddddd 2px solid;\"><strong>1. Stages<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every construction project has different <a title=\"The Project Stages\" href=\"http:\/\/www.riai.ie\/consumer_services\/working_with_an_architect\/the_project_stages\/\" target=\"_blank\">stages<\/a> , it is important to understand these stages when you are comparing fee proposals from different Architects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Take-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1424\" title=\"Take 1\" src=\"http:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Take-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Take-11.jpg 600w, https:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Take-11-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hot tip: You can get away without some of the stages (although you will regret it later) but there are a few stages that CANNOT be removed from the process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/the-secret-guide-to-deal-with-architects-take-2\/\">Go to Take 2 &#8211; Fee Proposals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If you have never dealt with an Architect before this is a guide for you. 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Read this first and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[62,22,86],"class_list":["post-1409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-general","tag-architects","tag-construction-2","tag-guidance","post-preview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Secret Guide to Deal with Architects - Take 1 - Isabel Barros Architects - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/the-secret-guide-to-deal-with-architects-take-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Secret Guide to Deal with Architects - Take 1 - Isabel Barros Architects - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; If you have never dealt with an Architect before this is a guide for you. 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