Finish the Half-Built
Take over an abandoned project
Take over an abandoned project means picking up work someone else put down. We read the existing code first, tell you honestly what is salvageable, and quote to finish it, not to start again unless starting again is genuinely cheaper.
How it works
- Describe the job. Tell us what's broken or what you need built. Screenshots and links welcome.
- Review the estimate. See the expected hours, scope, assumptions, exclusions, and $95 service-hour value before work starts.
- Delivered to the approved scope. You get the agreed deliverable and a walkthrough. Report a validated scope issue within 30 days and we correct that delivered scope without deducting more credits.
Related in Finish the Half-Built
Take over an abandoned project: what people ask for
Requests from the HanDI catalog that this covers, with the hours each usually takes.
Take over a half-finished website repair that another developer abandoned.
A repair another developer left half-finished picked up and completed.
Finish a half-completed website another freelancer abandoned.
A website another freelancer abandoned picked up and finished.
Take over a half-finished automation that never worked correctly.
A half-finished automation that never worked properly taken over and completed.
Common questions
Take over an abandoned project: how much does it cost?
It is quoted as an hour estimate at $95 a service hour, and you see the number before any work starts. Jobs of this type on HanDI typically land at $475 to $1140. If the work comes in under the estimate you are not charged for hours nobody worked.
Take over an abandoned project: how long does it take?
5 to 12 hours of work is typical, scheduled once you approve the estimate. If the job turns out to need more than that, we stop and tell you what we found and what it adds before carrying on.
Take over an abandoned project: what do you need from me to start?
The existing files or repository, whatever brief or spec exists, and a plain description of what is left to do.
Take over an abandoned project: get an estimate
Tell us what’s wrong. We’ll reply with what it takes and an estimate before any work starts.