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From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> 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 to EFTA_R1_01642060 EFTA02510378 > 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, 2 EFTA_R1_01642061 EFTA02510379 > 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 please =ote The information contained in this communication is confiden=ial, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside informati=n, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. 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