The three contract lines
No fit-out finishes exactly as it was priced. The client changes their mind, the site finds something behind a wall — each of those is a variation.
The commercial screen keeps the contract in three lines: the base contract you signed, the approved variations on top of it, and the effective contract — the real number the job is worth today.
Here is a real one. Rania asked for upgraded master-bath sanitaryware on the Twin Villas. That is not a favour and it is not a phone call — it is a priced change order.
The moment that variation is approved, the effective contract value lifts automatically. There is no separate spreadsheet, no side letter, no number to chase at handover.
The cost of the kind yes
A variation is a change order: a description, a value, a status, and a name approving it. The status is what stops you invoicing for work the client has not agreed to.
The habit this exists to protect against is the kind one. The foreman does the extra work because Rania asked nicely, nobody writes it down, and the studio pays for the upgrade it never charged.
Every extra hour, every upgraded finish, every wall opened and rebuilt — if it is not on this list, with a value and an approval, it is work the studio gave away.
The habit that matters
One habit worth building: when the client asks for more, the answer is yes — and a change order. Agree the value before the work starts, not after the tile is laid.
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The three contract lines
No fit-out finishes exactly as it was priced. The client changes their mind, the site finds something behind a wall — each of those is a variation.
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The cost of the kind yes
A variation is a change order: a description, a value, a status, and a name approving it. The status is what stops you invoicing for work the client has not agreed to.
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The habit that matters
One habit worth building: when the client asks for more, the answer is yes — and a change order. Agree the value before the work starts, not after the tile is laid.
Open the commercial summary Opens Taskity in your own project.