> I wonder if the person asking the question would be happy to let someone do a job in his home with an uncapped budget and timeline? Huh? Every major contract

> I wonder if the person asking the question would be happy to let someone do a job in his home with an uncapped budget and timeline? Huh? Every major contract job on my house and my friends' houses that I have heard of has taken longer than originally "planned". More often than not unexpected expenses come up along the way. The same is true for commercial construction/remodeling. That's just how these things work; pretending otherwise is going to be a huge source of friction.