How Much of Your Time Is Involved in Schematic Design?

So you meet with them, correct? They agree to some price. There's some money exchanged, whether it's hourly or otherwise. And then how much of their time is involved? And how much, you know, calendar wise, count calendar wise. Generally, for a typical pull party a year away, the schematic design takes six to eight weeks. Ah, maybe eight weeks, depending on how complicated the project is.