A lot of senior citizens are retrofitting
their houses, some for handicapped
accessibility, others just to fix
them up now that the kids are finally
gone. Whatever the reason behind the
trend, it's good news for remodelers —
unless in the middle of one of these
projects, the elderly client dies. Surely
the remodeler would feel a personal
loss, especially if in the course of the
project the client had become a friend.
But the homeowner's death would also
create uncertainty about the status of
the contract for the remodeling project.
When a personal acquaintance dies,
it's difficult enough to deal with one's
own grief and that of the surviving
spouse or other relatives, and the business
relationship