The Architects Fix Kit
Built for architects.
An architect's fee is set early and earned late. The leak is in everything between: the design round that went one past the contract, the additional service done as basic, the reimbursable printing never billed, the site visit over the count, and the drawings handed over with no word about who owns them. I wrote this kit so you can close each leak from your own contracts, time records and invoices.
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The 9 leaks it covers
6 you can close it · 1 the other side owes it · 2 a pro decides
- Additional services done as basic servicesWhere to look first: Read the basic services and additional services sections of your last five contracts.Keep it from coming back: Notice before every additional service.You can close it
- Hours by phase never compared with fee by phaseWhere to look first: For your current projects, total hours spent in each phase so far.Keep it from coming back: Review hours by phase every month.You can close it
- Reimbursable expenses never billedWhere to look first: Read what your contracts list as reimbursable: printing, travel, permit fees, models, renderings.Keep it from coming back: Code every receipt to a project.You can close it
- Invoices sent late and paid laterWhere to look first: Run your receivables aging report.Keep it from coming back: Invoice on the same day every month.The other side owes it
- Designs handed over with nothing said about copyrightWhere to look first: Read what your contracts say about ownership and use of your drawings and designs.Keep it from coming back: Ownership clause in every contract.A pro decides
- Continuing education left to the last monthWhere to look first: Pull your AIA transcript and your state license renewal requirements.Keep it from coming back: Check your transcript every quarter.You can close it
- Subcontractors paid with no paperworkWhere to look first: List every consultant or drafter paid as a contractor you paid last year.Keep it from coming back: No W-9, no first payment.A pro decides
- Design rounds past the number in the contractWhere to look first: Read how many design revisions your contracts include.Keep it from coming back: Count rounds on every project.You can close it
- Site visits during construction over the countWhere to look first: Read how many site visits or meetings your contract includes during construction.Keep it from coming back: Log every visit.You can close it
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 9 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
Additional services done as basic services
You can close it- Read the basic services and additional services sections of your last five contracts.
- List work done on each project that the contract treats as additional.
- Total the hours (CALCULATED: hours times your rate).
- Send a written notice before starting any additional service.
- Bill it as the contract says.
Your part: Notice before you start.
Additional services notice: Hi [NAME], the [TASK] you asked for is an additional service under section [NUMBER] of our agreement. The fee is [AMOUNT / HOURLY]. Please confirm in writing and we will begin. [YOUR NAME]
Notice before every additional service.
What this kit can't decide for you: Your contract decides what is basic and what is additional.
That's 1 of 9. The other 8 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When architects go looking for answers, they search things like “architect fees”, “architect salary”, “architect contract” and “architectural fee percentage”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 9 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Additional services done as basic services: where do I start?
Start here: Read the basic services and additional services sections of your last five contracts. To keep it from coming back: Notice before every additional service.
Hours by phase never compared with fee by phase: where do I start?
Start here: For your current projects, total hours spent in each phase so far. To keep it from coming back: Review hours by phase every month.
Reimbursable expenses never billed: where do I start?
Start here: Read what your contracts list as reimbursable: printing, travel, permit fees, models, renderings. To keep it from coming back: Code every receipt to a project.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
- Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
- TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.
Use Jobber or Housecall Pro? Run the free leak check — it reads your job export in your browser and shows the money leaks the software doesn't flag. Nothing is uploaded.