Professional Fee Structure

2019 | 2020

It is the IID recommendation that where an hourly rate fee is charged to a client that the designer works within the following range:

BILLABLE HOURLY RATE - INTERIOR DESIGNER

1-3 YEARS EXPERIENCE - JUNIOR 4-10 YEARS EXPERIENCE - MID WEIGHT 10 YEARS + EXPERIENCE - SENIOR

1 YEARS EXPERIENCE R400.00 4 / 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE R800.00 10 / 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE R1,300.00

2 YEARS EXPERIENCE R550.00 6 / 7 YEARS EXPERIENCE R950.00 15 YEARS AND OVER R1,500.00

3 YEARS EXPERIENCE R700.00 8 / 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE R1,150.00

SQUARE METER RATE - INTERIOR DESIGN

CONCEPT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT 2D DRAWINGS (PLANS / ELEVATIONS ETC) TECHNICAL DRAWINGS / DOCUMENTATION

SPACE PLANS, FLOOR FINISHES, REFLECTED CEILING PLANS,

MOOD BOARDS / SAMPLE BOARDS - PER SQ M R20.00 R40.00 PER DETAIL R2,500.00
LIGHTING LAYOUTS ETC - PER SQ M

3D SKETCH UP DRAWINGS - PER SQ M R40.00 ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS THROUGH - PER SQ M R20.00 BILL OF QUANTITIES / SPEC DOCUMENT - PER SQ M R80.00

3D PHOTO-REALISTIC PERSPECTIVE VIEWS - PER SQ M R100.00 PROPOSED MECHANICAL LAYOUTS - PER SQ M R15.00 PROJECT MANAGEMENT - PER SQ M R550.00

PERCENTAGE FEE BASED ON TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE - INTERIOR DESIGN

SMALL TO MEDIUM PROJECTS MEDIUM TO LARGE PROJECTS LARGE TO VERY LARGE PROJECTS

R1.00 TO R500,000.00 15% R2 MILLION TO R5 MILLION 10% R10 MILLION TO R15 MILLION 6%

R500,000.00 TO R1 MILLION 12.5% R5 MILLION TO R8 MILLION 8.5% R15 MILLION TO R20 MILLION 5%

R1 MILLION TO 2 MILLION 11% R8 MILLION TO R10 MILLION 7% PROJECTS OVER R20 MILLION 3%