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The people I know that build layouts here aren't making a lot of money at it. The reason is that to charge what you are really worth drives up the price of a layout. What should I charge an hour as a custom layout designer and builder. First figure out how long it took me to get good at all the skills required, then factor in all the time required. So what would you value as your hourly rate? <br /> <br />As anyone who has built a layout will tell you, everything seems to take about 4 times longer than you thought. And there is more work required than you originally thought. Layouts are unbelievably labour intensive. So $50,000 for a large layout wouldn't surprise me at all, especially if he wants a high level of detail.
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