Who says clients don't pay for modeling?

[lbuttery]

I will be going to meet the customer along with the builder
The builder will determine scope/feasability of project and cost. I will listen to customer's wants/needs and base re-model on that and input from builder.

I would then meet with the customer and builder for up to 3 drafts (minor) of the re-model before requiring an additional fee
either flat-rate or hourly.

If we were to charge by sqft I would do it by area of as-built and re-model that we actually model. If they only want a kitchen re-model then we would only model that room. This is where the
"minimum fee" might have to be used.

I prefer the 3% of project cost as this builder won't touch a kitchen re-model under $100k