Should i renegotiate my contract when scope creeps beyond the fixed price?

[Eleanor.R]

I’ve been working with a client for almost a year, and the scope of the project has slowly crept far beyond our original agreement. I’m hesitant to bring up renegotiating the contract because they’re a great client otherwise, but I’m effectively doing a much larger job for the original fixed price.

[Jason_T]

I hear you. I’ve stuck with a fixed price for a long time and watched scope creep sneak in. It starts with a few extra hours here, a small new requirement there, and suddenly the quote isn’t covering the effort. I didn’t bring it up, hoping the client would stay happy, but the work kept piling up anyway.

[ThomasR]

I did try to name the extra work and price it separately once. I proposed an hourly rate for the new scope and a cap, plus a one page addendum. It felt awkward, but after I showed the extra hours and the risk to delivery, they agreed to the change.

[Mila.C]

I kept a running log of what was added and tried a scope freeze until renegotiation. We paused the big changes, but then the client suggested extending the deadline instead, which bought time but didn’t fix the price.

[OliverG]

Maybe the issue isn’t the scope at all. Could be timing or how we define done. Is the problem actually something else and the contract a proxy?