“The first meetings between potential clients and myself is an important step at the beginning of our working relationship. I’m usually not the only designer they will be interviewing, so what they say about first impressions couldn’t be more appropriate than in this situation. If there is ever a time that I will don a suit and tie, it will be then ——— but probably not.”

“My fee is 30% of the cost of the job. There is an additional design fee that will depend on the size of the job and if I will be working with an architect. All expenses incurred (drafting, traveling, blueprints, etc.) will be billed back to the clients at my cost. Any additional costs will be discussed with the client before they are incurred. As a designer, I am given every item and fabric’s wholesale or net price. This is the price I pass on to the client. I never mark up any prices.”

Yes.

As often as is needed

Yes if not the physical item them a photograph of it.

Yes.

Every job is unique in the size of the project, permits needed, etc., so we can’t provide a generic estimate. We will do our best to provide a timing and schedule estimate when we begin the job.

Paul does not provide landscape design services. He can recommend landscape designers and would like to be part of the landscape design discussion.