Whom We Don’t Work With – Saggu Associates

To cater better to our professional clients, we prefer to avoid unprofessional clients completely.

Bad Bargains

If the client negotiates beyond reasoning and is unable to understand the importance and quantity of intangible work involved.

Penny Wise Pound Foolish

If the client is not willing to follow standards such as soil testing, electronic site surveys, abiding mandates and byelaws etc.

I want it yesterday

If the client has mismanaged the project's time and wants the burden to be transfered to the architect at the cost of design process and creativity.

Stigma Obsessed

If the client is obsessed over social stigmas like Vastu / Fengshui to the extent it interferes in getting the basics of a good design.

Chaotic Teams

If there're too many stake holders involved in taking basic design decisions. We can work only for one master who'll be the voice of all stake holders.

Brushing It Under Carpet

If the client handily passes payment delays on their side to be handled by an accountant but insists on progress in our work, without understanding we're dependent on it.

Limited Minds

If the client gives priority to some pre-conceived notions over bringing out the potentials of the project.

Design Hoppers

If another architect was involved and was not paid / acknowledged for his / her efforts

NIL Acknowledgement

If we're denied of our design credits or our photographic rights at the end of the project.

When do we say No

ARCHITECTURE

When the project doesn't need any design consultaion other than standard practices which a good contractor can handle. We'll recommend those contractors on good will basis.

ARCHITECTURE

When we understand our costs / fee is not going to be proportionate to the value additions we're going to make to a project.

ARCHITECTURE

When the requirements are lesser than the benefits we can transfer to the project as architects and designers. We can suggest specific consultants who can handle it for you at much lesser costs.

Statement we hate to hear

I know someone who does it for half the price

We know people who'll do it for one tenth too. But we don't know people who can do what we do. The choice is yours.

I just need a rough sketch

There's nothing called a rough sketch. If there's one, you can try that yourself. We're professionals and we have our bills to pay.

Do this for less price.

We're not desperate for more projects. We like to work on a limited number of projects with a healthy design fee, to deliver the best out of us, every time.