Honestly declined: a structural underpinning

01 The goal

A homeowner asked Shared Plan to coordinate a basement underpinning and structural lowering as part of a “refresh”.

• Structural work that changes the building
• Requires architecture/engineering and permits
• Outside Shared Plan’s supported small-project scope

02 Named participants

Every business expected on site is named before work begins — disclosure, not pre-verification by the Collective.

04 Sequencing challenge

There is no coordination story here — the honest answer was that this work is structural, needs engineered design and permits, and is outside what Shared Plan supports.

05 Key decision

Shared Plan declined the project and explained the boundary before proposing any alternative — ineligible work is explained, never quietly routed to a “vetted network”.

06 A recorded change

No budget was prepared. Presenting an estimate for out-of-scope work would be exactly the dishonesty the model is built to avoid.

07 Milestones

1. Brief received
   Goal captured; scope assessed against supported project types.
2. Out of scope identified
   Structural/engineered work flagged as unsupported.
3. Declined & explained
   The boundary was explained to the homeowner in plain language.
4. Referred appropriately
   The homeowner was pointed toward the qualified professionals this needs.

08 Outcome

Declined and referred — a demonstration that qualification means saying no when work is out of scope, not routing it anyway.

Completion. No project was undertaken. The record shows the decision to decline and the reason.

Deficiencies. Not applicable — no work was performed.