Aside from the costs and permit requirements, architects are trained in making things look and perform better.
There's a house near me that just added an addition the owner designed himself. It looks awful—the lines between the house and addition don't match, the access is weird, and there's a lot of wasted space.
When talking about it with an architect friend, she pointed out a few changes that would've made it significantly better and, she thinks—because the roof lines of her design would've been cleaner—probably cheaper to build.
If it makes permitting and building simpler in the process, that's a win-win. Good luck!
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