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Update:
The landscape designer I referred to has just completed his first design for me and it is impressive. Done using DynaScape and includes a few digital photo blow-ups of specific features (pergola, decorative screen, etc...). As well, he included a plant care package giving digital photos and detailed care instructions for 90+% of the plants to be installed. He scanned my business card into the title block with his name under "Design By:". It looks great, and he presented it to me yesterday along with his invoice for $642.00 incl. tax.
Now I need to sell the job to the client. My potential problem is that I did not get a design contract signed beforehand and have just set it all up verbally and via e-mail. Ironic that I (of all people) should do that, since I have formal contracts for all aspects of maintenance including items as small as driveway snowplowing. I didn't specifically tell the client that it'd be $75/hr and end up taking 8 hours to do.
So...I'm meeting them likely tomorrow night and I'm not even going to mention design fee initially. I'll let them be WOWED by the design and start talking about phases and scheduling availability. However, I can't leave their house without either a cheque for the design (at minimum), or a contract for installation of at least phase one. Arrrgh, open to sugestions as to how to handle this...
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