Kudos to Jeff for offering his Sunday to meet with them. I think you made the best decision by refusing the job. Initial talks and planning should never be that hard. Can't imagine the stress as the move in date approaches and decisions/changes need to happen. I am having a new driveway installed and organized my work schedule around weekday afternoons to meet contractors for bids on the job. That, IMO, is the norm.
The whole church thing is highly dependent on the individual. There is no one size fits all. Our daughter goes to church every Wed & Fri evening. Sometimes on Sunday if she can get a ride. Depending on the church there is flexibility in the schedule. These new homeowners are in uncharted waters. Don't be surprised if they call you back with a more flexible schedule when a couple weeks go by and they can't even get a GC to return their calls
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Originally Posted by look 171
I am working with this young couple who bought an old house and they are interested in two bathroom restoration as well as some other items that are absolutely necessary before they can move in. Some how they found me through a relative. I met up with them twice after hours in the freaking dark and we hit it off pretty well. I tried to schedule a meeting today, on Sunday because one of them works on Saturday so I am very understanding about client's work schedules. I wanted to take my kids out for a bike ride and feed the ducks around the lake due to the beautiful weather this time of the year so I tried to schedule this meeting in the morning. I got," We can't. Church, and we have to do some more church stuff after that, so best time would be after 2pm." They have been begging me to do this for them from the very beginning since they reviewed my design. I don't go to church and am not religious at all, so am I asking for too much? They want to go to church, hang out after but also want to move in because they are under the gun with their rental.
I found out Sunday is church day and it is very important to them apparently. Can they make it up some other time or miss a day? I made my decision over lunch this afternoon to not take the job due to their inability to be flexible with their leisure time. Plus, our plate is very full with projects. I will inform them tomorrow during regular hours. I have to make up some excuse(that's the easy part) but really want to tell them the truth. So for those of you who go to church every Sunday, is it something one must do or can it be done another time? I am just trying to understand what's going on so I will know next time.
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