When working with an architect or building designer, you spend a lot of time massaging the design to ensure it’s just right. We get fixated on all manner of things from how the design flows, storage solutions, the size of rooms, floor finishes and window styles, to name only a few. However, underneath those higher-level decisions is a collection of a lot of smaller considerations that also need to be nominated and clarified in some way. There are dozens of things that are represented on the floor plan, or simply assumed to be included in a builder’s quote because it just seems obvious. However, these items are often not dealt with in sufficient detail to ensure that you and your builder are on the same page – and when that is the case, you are more exposed to inaccurate quoting, build-stage cost variations, builder’s margins and budget blow-outs.