I'll let you gain from my pain...
Same type of job, but worse...the owner was going to help and "cut my time in half"...his help would best be stated as saving me no time at all, probably adding time with all the curiousity questions and cheap recessed lighting, and no-show. Basically my time was normal, or more. I worked on a Holiday to meet his schedule demands. I worked overtime on that Holiday, and he doubled the amount of outlets, along with some baseboard heat and cabinet lighting.
The bill ended up 4Xplus (double labor (plus his "help" and overtime), double project (plus)). He hit the roof and yelled at me on the phone wondering why it wasn't at the bid price (he didn't ask me to work on a Holiday, he told me all the outlets he wanted in a walk-through...etc.).
Warning...WARNING!
Dave
