I’ve seen this happen in some instances where a designer in unethical and in others where they just lacked communication skills. Either way, it’s not fair to you as the client to get this kind of surprise.
Our price quote is based on an hourly rate structure and estimated amount of time for the project we outline in detail on your project sheet. We have never gone over budget. If a client’s requests or changes would increase the price, we will give you a change order sheet so you can approve the changes and increase in budget.
Because we have no hidden fees, our initial quotes are sometimes higher than companies who don’t include all of their fees or a margin of error in their estimates.