.#3 Contact Local Contractors for Labor PricingCall local Subcontractors and get budget pricing for common repairs on your typical rehab project.For example, call a roofer and ask what their average cost per Square of Architectural Asphalt Shingle Roofing would be on a 1,500 sf house, with a 6/12 pitch.Note: Some contractors will be reluctant to share pricing without seeing the property, but tell them you are just looking for a rough budget number you can use on future projects.#4 Compile Your Prices into a Spreadsheet or Estimating SoftwareOnce you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs comes with a spreadsheet that you can use to help you populate your own database of labor pricing and material pricing.

Any permitted work must come with Architectural plans even for lite interior permits.

It is on the National Register of Historic places and the prices there have been through the roof for at least 5 years. it is comprised of wonderful brick Revised-Tudor homes with whimsical architecture and is a truly lovely place. 

We just don't quite know how to approach it and to determine what would be a fair price (one example was his price was about 62K for the architectural plans, permits, labor, materials, demo)I was trying to find other articles online about these kinds of ventures, but didn't turn up anything; so I figured some of you fine folks might have some insight into this.

The seller is giving us his architectural/civil eng. plans and the history of his zoning approvals which have since expired.

I will provide all architectural services.

Architectural design?

I am Connecticut raised, received a degree in architecture at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts, and have been living and working in architecture in Denver, Colorado for four years in June 2020 with experience in developer driven SFR, Duplex and Multifamily as well as custom single family residence design and project management.

The city or county can have their own code requirements for architectural style and design which can up cost per sq ft a lot.

I'd use at least $275/sf or prob $350 just to be safe.Your soft costs including the architectural is prob half of what it should be.