so i wrapped up a real estate shoot last week, delivered the full package, client was happy, done right? nope. two days later she emails asking if i can come back and get a shot of the back fence area because apparently the landscapers came in and it looks nicer now. like i quoted and flew for a specific property walkthrough, edited everything, delivered it. now she wants a whole second visit for free basically.

i dont have anything in my contract that specifically addresses this and i kind of just said sure because i didnt want to lose the referral but it's been bugging me. how do you guys word your scope of work to prevent this? or do you just build in a buffer and accept that some clients will always push a little

yeah this is basically rite of passage stuff for real estate aerial work lol. what i started doing after getting burned a few times is putting in the contract something like "shoot day is X date, all revisions and additional requests received after 48 hours of final delivery are billed at [my hourly rate]." simple as that. most clients dont even push back on it, they just needed to know where the line was.

also honestly for the fence thing i probably wouldve just charged a small revisit fee, like half my normal rate or whatever, and framed it as a convenience thing for her. keeps the relationship warm but you're not just giving away your time. time is the one thing you cant get back doing this stuff.

im kind of in the same boat right now with a client who keeps adding stuff and im only three months into doing this commercially so i dont really have a solid contract yet. gonna be watching this thread. did you end up going back for free or did you charge anything?