I prefer to charge an hourly rate of £15.00 per hour - with a minimum charge of two hours.
This does not include any materials that may be needed.
For smaller jobs a free working sketch may be produced at the initial (free) meeting and the work commenced directly at an agreed date.
Larger jobs that require a series of sketches and some research or invention may attract a supplementary charge of £30.00
During the course of this job further ideas for design will occur and these can be considered for future implementation.
This is my prefered way of working: the design and build can then proceed organically, side by side.