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There is one thing that you have to remember about having your designer sell the job. The designer is a designer. You are building it. It is great to have the designer sell the idea of the job. But unless that designer really understands and is experienced in the construction and pricing of YOUR jobs, there is a lot of potential for gaps between what they tell the client and what you would say or do. I mean honest mistakes like telling a client that they need a four foot deep steel reinforced footing under a wall that you would build on a compacted gravel base. Or, telling a client that planting an extra 10' Birch in the back yard will cost $1,000 without noticing the fence and the hill that add to the cost.
There are a few people out there in the job market that can handle that, but they are few. The fact is that most of those people are in your position owning a business and trying to find people to work for them.
Designers are a dime a dozen. Good ones are fewer. Good ones that have enough knowledge to design, price, and sell your jobs are very few. Of the latter, those that are available are rare.
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