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An architect once told me that he always plans for a solid gold block hidden away in the cellar. Once the project invariably goes over budget, he drops the pla
by gherkinnn 6y ago
An architect once told me that he always plans for a solid gold block hidden away in the cellar.
Once the project invariably goes over budget, he drops the plans for the gold and frees up extra funds.
Edit: I think it was a large marble slab. Same thing.
- emmab 6y agoWhat?!? How does that work? Does he just draw up a blueprint and write "solid gold block goes here" and them some contractor says "yes that gold block will be $NNNNN" and includes it in the budget??
- marshmallow_12 6y agoCheck your basement!
- viraptor 6y agoIt's likely not literal. He likely quotes for price +50k or something like that, so that people will start thinking about reducing the price before they run out of budget.