The Professional Services Agreement

Our remodel process is set up to provide our clients with a smooth remodel experience and a high quality product. We do this by spending the necessary time developing and planning a remodel before any construction begins. We call this planning period our “project development phase.”

The project development phase starts with a Professional Services Agreement (PSA). About 50% of your project will be completed during this time. During this phase, we will provide multiple layout drawings and designs, meet subcontractors on site, and you will make all decisions necessary for us to finalize the scope of work and come to a fixed-cost contract. Therefore, the construction phase of your project is not riddled with decisions: that work has already been done.

If you are comfortable with the range-of-cost given at your initial meeting, and believe we are the best company to trust with your home, you will sign a PSA and pay a retainer fee to begin project development.

All payments made to Buck the Builder during project development are credited toward your final project.

This retainer fee amount varies depending on the size of your project. It will go toward the hours we spend developing your project. Once we exceed your retainer, you will be billed hourly for any remaining project development time.

Buck and his team completed a full kitchen remodel for us this past summer. We could not be happier with how it turned out! All of the sub contractors were professional and you could tell they took pride in their work. The PSA process meant we knew exactly what the cost of the remodel was going to be before we got started. We were able to pick all the finishes within our budget without being surprised by the cost of an upgrade once things got started. Our project manager, Daniel, communicated excellently about the status of the project and he worked hard to keep us on schedule. We would highly recommend Buck the Builder for any remodel project!

Laura T.

College Station, TX

Below are the 3 categories of project development services offered by Buck the Builder.

Category I

No Charge

Initial consultation with client on site
Inspection of lot or site of the remodel to determine suitability for intended project
Preliminary range-of-cost estimate

Category II

Covered by PSA retainer fee;

Billed at an hourly rate after retainer is exceeded

Layout drawings and 3D renderings of potential remodel designs
Development of the required scope of work in one document
Material selection meetings off-site
Budget development and revisions
Value engineering
Permit and contract preparation
In-house consultations between Buck the Builder employees, subcontractors, and client on site

Category III

Services billed directly to the client by a third-party

Demo & discovery work needed to determine scope of work
Third party investigations, reports, and renderings (architects, designers, engineers, etc.)
Survey work