[secondnature]

I have actually had quite a few installers meet with me, go over the plan in person together, and I feel they understand.

Then, I show up on the day they are starting the layout, and it is FEET off from what is shown on the plan. Not even a tape measure is layed out to organize the space, so basically the plan is disregarded!

Needless to say, the customer is then upset, as they have paid $$ for my ideas, and they are not utilized. Especially when the installer has already used herbacide and killed morer grass then they needed to....then THEY are upset! Needless to say, I do not refer to these installers again.

I have thought recently that for clients that are hiring out (and, for that matter, homeowners that are installing themselves) that I would up my price a bit and do the layout myself. That way, it will be done following the design.

Do other designers you have worked with do this?