July 21, 2008PowerPhrase ~ This is higher than we anticipated and I can tell you now, it won’t work for us
My husband and I need more space, so we’re looking at remodeling. Our first bid was daunting, so we spoke with another builder about a scaled down project. We were stunned when the bid came in. It was 40% of the house for 80% of the price.
Money is one of those touchy topics of discussion, and it was tempting to avoid the truth and say “we’ll think about it.” But we didn’t need to think.
As an independent contractor, I’ve had plenty of occasions where people indicated they were undecided when I suspected they just didn’t want to tell me no. I would much rather hear the truth and move on. That’s why we told the builder,
- This is higher than we anticipated and I can tell you now, it won’t work for us.
It’s better to tell the truth and not waste anyone’s time.
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