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From:
jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Sent:
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:14 PM
To:
Richard Kahn
Subject:
Re: Compensation
he is a glorified secretary, no more . h= began woreking on housewards though thtat could have been done weks
ago=C2 when he did nothing
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Gregory Riches
> wrote:
> Jeffrey,
> I spoke to Rich yesterday afternoon about your desire to reduce my mon=hly pay.
> When we first meet, you asked me how much I charge and I told you $150=per hour plus 25%
> of the net purchases. You spoke of a full time position over several y=ars and we discussed a range of
> $200,000• $225,000 as a ballpark but I clarified that that depends on =he amount of work required.
> We only spoke of your mansion but that you had other properties that w=uld need work over time.
> Starting work on your project back on september 15th I was asked to co=e up with some ideas
> and then a full proposal for the first floor of your 71st street mansi=n. First you agreed you would give me a
> $1000 for a quick one week presentation which i worked on diligently a=d presented on the 25th of
september.
> You then told me to continue working for another week to begin to fine=tune the ideas but that it was a good
start.
> On September 30th you called to offer $15,000 a month to put together = complete proposal for the mansion
> and added that I should go see several apartments on 66th street to of=er my opinion of the existing
furnishings.
> I meet with Sue that day and saw 5 apartments besides hers and was giv=n the preliminary order from
> Artefacto which was a jumble of choices. I spent the whole week workin= on the orders and layouts while
> still working on the mansion presentation.
> October 4th I meet with
and was told that the order w=ll now be for all 10 of your apartments.
> Within another week while putting together ideas for the remaining apa=tments, your Palm Beach property
> was added to the list from Artefacto as well as complete renovations o= the apartments with Anthony and
Penn
> along with continuing to work on your presentation, I then began const=nt communications with Artefacto,
Rich,
> Daphne, Anthony,
over the full series of orders to be p=aced and a list of the work needed
> on each apartment.
> I presented a full presentation to you on October 23rd and was told th=t I was contracted for another month
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> fine tune the ideas from the presentation including pricing, work on t=e apartments and the Palm Beach
house.
> At my suggestion to you about wanting to see Artefacto's furniture=in person before I felt confident ordering
> over $400.000 worth of I product I had never personally seen, l flew d=wn to Florida. At this point I am
working
> over 60 hours a week, right through most weekends.
> November 2nd you emailed your request for me to fly to Little St James=to see about additional work which I
did
> within days that included the four cabanas. You wanted ideas as soon a= possible which I produced over the
> weekend. You then wanted a more formal presentation which I began work=ng on along with coordinating
> the construction with Anthony and meeting all of the trades required f=r the mansion project for quotes as
well as
> continued coordination with Artefacto. I voiced my difficulty keeping =p with the volume of projects all moving
> at the same time and how hard it was to keep up at this rate.
> We meet again on December 1 and you stated that you were in fact addin= too much to my plate only to come
> back at me two days later for not doing what you wanted. I had full pr=cing for you for the mansion project
which
> was rejected and then wanting completely new ideas. The following week=l was away on a vacation that was
> booked back in June before I meet you which you did not pay me for but=that was not expected.
> On my return I hit the ground running producing a full schedule for al= of the construction at 66th street along
with
> keeping tabs on the custom chairs ordered for the mansion, on top of t=e constant communication between
> all involved with the apartments, their renovations and the palm beach=house. The chairs were ready by
christmas
> as you requested only to have them wrapped while the gold leafing was =eing done through the holidays.
> I quickly gathered numerous images for the cabanas as well as for the =ansion, all of which you rejected.
> By the end of the month I was knee deep in the 66th Street apartments =etting
out of 10B,
coordinating
> with Penn, Anthony and Andrew to get that apartment finished along wit= dealing with Artefacto and their
> upcoming delivery to multiple apartments. That happened on January 6th=and 7th and was very difficult
because
> Artefacto sent additional things and the delivery crew could not compl=te the delivery that week.
> Several things came in damaged and wrong so I set out to document the =hanges. I began to work on the
> housewares orders for the apartments with ■as well move her out o= 10N along with the additional orders
> for Palm beach from Artefacto with_.
> You wanted a schedule for the housewares which i promptly produced and=then said was useless, you wanted
quotes.
> So I got those together along with adding new mattresses for all of th= apartments. After -
went to see
> them I was able to present that quote along with multiple quotes from =BC for sheets and towels at different
price points.
> All the while still working non stop for you which included sorting our the next wire payment for Artefacto
from the
> barrage of paperwork they generated and their upcoming delivery to 66t= street on the 24th and 25th of
February.
> Penn and Anthony are finishing up l0N this week which is the third apa=tment renovated in 3 months,
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> extremely quick by New York standards.They are ready to start 11P this=week. Crate & Barrel is ready to
deliver
> this week and the beds can be delivered on the 25th if Artefacto in fa=t makes the delivery schedule.
> I covered all of this history to illustrate that I have gone above and=beyond the original scope of work.
> I have devoted my full attention to you and your many projects through=these past months and
> I feel that I deserve the full monthly payment especially with what I =ave to coordinate and supervise for the
> remainder of this month and through next month. If you want to negotia=e a lower fee for less hours after
that
> we should discuss that.
> Sincerely.
> Gregory
> Gregory Riches
> INTERIORS
> 43 West 28th #3
> NYC, NY 10001
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