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About Fees

Consultation Fee: Application fee: 5,000 JPY (the first consultation fee is included.)
From the second consultation onward: 10,000 JPY per hour

Investigation: Preliminary Investigation
Fee: 65,000 JPY or more (+ actual expenses + transportation cost)
*Legal checks and report on consultation with government offices are included in the fee.

On-site Visit: (of planned construction site, building to be purchased, or existing house)
In Kyoto Prefecture: 10,000 JPY per hour + transportation cost
* If traveling time exceeds 30 minutes, 5,000 JPY or more /one way
is added to above for the exceeded time.
Other prefectures: 50,000 JPY per day + transportation cost (includes highway expenses)
+ accommodation expenses
* Transportation cost and accommodation expenses are not charged for the first visit.
Overseas: 100,000 JPY per day
+ transportation cost (business class or above for the fight) + accommodation expenses

Design Fee: New-built House: Minimum design fee of 3,500,000 JPY or 12% of construction cost
Renovation of House: 800,000 JPY or 12% of construction cost
New-built Store/Restaurant: Minimum design fee of 4,500,000 JPY or 12%
of construction cost
Renovation of Store/Restaurant: 1,000,000 JPY or 12% of construction cost
Kindergarten/Nursing Home or other facilities: Minimum design fee of 7,000,000 JPY
or 12% of construction cost
Condominiums/Office: Minimum design fee of 5,000,000 JPY
*Please feel free to contact us for renovation of other buildings.

Payment Methods for Design Fee: The design fee will be paid in 4 phases under an official design contract.
* Fees to request for a construction permit to the governmental offices
and any other applications requested by related laws
and regulations are separately charged.
Investigation and planning: 10% of total design fee
Concept design plan: 20% of total design fee
Basic design: 40% of total design fee
Implementation design: 30% of total design fee

Construction Supervision: 18,000 JPY /㎡ or more (Unit price 132㎡)
Work Sphere of Construction Supervision:
(1) Grasping the contents of building construction drawings
(2) Collating construction site with drawings
(3) Communicating with construction contractors for questions
(4) Asking questions to client about construction details
(5) Conveying requests from client to construction contractor
(6) Providing other necessary assistance and giving advice to client
* Consumption tax will be added to the above fees.

Revised on January 1, 2020
K. Watabe Architect Office