Just to avoid misinformation, we commissioned about ten different contractors for the project, and none of the fees were dependent on those for the others. The (less than) 2% figure was simply the architect fee divided by the overall cost. For that, we had a visit and consultation on site, the...
We used Drum. David is a lovely guy, practical, and reasonable. For a kitchen extension and re-design, fee was less than 2% of the overall project. Money well spent:
https://www.drumarchitects.com/