My husband Wayne is in school to get his master degree in architecture. He currently works part-time on a plantation, and also does residential design on the side.
He met with a client a few months ago, to go over what she wanted, her budget with between 350K-400K. Wayne designed the house as she wanted, making several changes along the way to meet the ladies needs.
In April he drew up her bill, and sent it on it's way. A few weeks later he got a phone call, she was upset because she didnt except the bill to be "so high". Wayne explained the changes over again, she seemed content.
Their conversation ended with "your check will be in the mail tomorrow" Fast forward to the month of May, still no check. Time to send out another bill. This time we get a phone call from one of the ladies friends, she's upset yet again about her bill.
Since Wayne is not a licensed architect, he offers his services as a draftsman at 60% less than what an architect would charge. Apparently Wayne's talent, isn't worth what he thinks it is, and this lady is going to send a check for what she thinks his services are worth.
No big deal, as Wayne has already decided to write it off as a business loss at the end of the year. Sure Wayne could take her to court, but with small town living, things get around town. By taking her to court it could turn out to be bad for business..
It makes me angry that this lady has 400K to drop on a house, but she can't shell over the $2,000 that she owes to Wayne, we were counting on that money.
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You should have him call the lady, ask her what price she expected to pay. Then maybe work out a compromise some money would be better than none. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteI would be mad to I guess he is going to have to get half of his money first.
ReplyDeleteWayne told the lady to pay what she felt was a fair amount, and that he would writ the rest off. If you have 400K to build a house surely you can afford to pay $2,00 for the design. If she had went with an architect, she would have paid close to 8,000K. People suck
ReplyDeletetake the bitch to cour lol.. I would or I would call her and chew her out lol
ReplyDeleteyea ay the firm before last they would have charged her 30-40,000
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