Putting The Scheme In to Schematic

Back about thirty-five years ago, when $250,000 was a lot of money for the construction of a new house in our area, I almost landed a gem of a Client From Hell who balked at paying a meager $300 for schematic plans and elevations based on a cardboard model they built themselves “to move the process along and save some money on a designer’s fee”. Their objection?

Client: “Well, if the bids come in too high, we’ll be out $300, and you’ll need to redraw everything for free.”

Um, no.