{"id":4356,"date":"2020-02-28T18:36:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T18:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2020-02-28T18:36:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T18:36:42","slug":"when-did-you-stop-thanking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/when-did-you-stop-thanking\/","title":{"rendered":"When Did You Stop Thanking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week we received a very nice email from a young couple that came for an initial meeting. All it took them were two lines and maybe one minute of writing. How easy is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spend a lot of time with initial meetings, if the meeting needs to be outside of the office it could take up to 3 hours including travel and meeting time. We then prepare a fee proposal, it could take up to 2 hours to have it ready and sent off. It is a lot of hours that we offer free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial meetings are often very informative and an eye opener particularly for young couples unaware of the complexity of the construction process. It is nearly a master class where at the end their brains hurt with so much information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young couple sent an email thanking for taking the time to meet with them.<\/strong> This simple gesture is very unusual and it was highly appreciated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have lost the count of how many times we have sent a fee proposal and never heard back from people. It hurts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When did you stop thanking people? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you ask someone to prepare a quotation for you at least acknowledge the time they spent taking care of you and say THANK YOU. Never mind if you have no intention of proceeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow the example of the young couple – It is nice to be nice, it is essential to be kind and grateful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few sentences you can use. They are all free and quick to execute:<\/p>\n\n\n\n