Project settings

The project-scoped page Q10 and Q15 require: what this job is called, how much notice the homeowner needs, and the rule that a builder override can only make the runway longer.

1 · What this job is called
The project name is not an account name. It is the label the binder uses everywhere, defaulting to the family name until the homeowner changes it.
Project-scoped, not account-scoped

Frame 15 owns account and notification settings. This page owns facts about one build. Putting the lead-time default on 15 would make it look global, which is the bug Q15 exists to prevent.

The name is ordinary on purpose

Q10 says the default is {last_name} Home. The screen does not ask for a marketing name at signup; it lets the homeowner rename the binder once there is a binder to rename.

2 · When Dave asks for less time
The builder can set his own lead time, but not one that shortens the homeowner's runway. The screen states the rule where the conflict would otherwise feel like a hidden override.
The formula is product copy

effective = max(homeowner, builder) is the backend rule, but the homeowner should not need to trust an invisible calculation. The screen says which value won and why.

The builder override is not editable here

The homeowner controls their runway. The builder controls his own production signal. Each side sees the result; neither side edits the other's value.

3 · What changes after save
Saving does not rewrite history. Already-out links keep the dates and terms they were sent with; future sends use the new project settings.
This is the trust line

Lead-time settings affect derived due dates, but they do not mutate terms already sent through a link. A link is a record of what was asked at that moment.

The backend consequence is explicit

PATCH /projects/:p/settings recomputes future system-derived dates in the same transaction. It does not rewrite sent link payloads or settled decision history.

4 · The setup facts, changed later
The three setup facts, editable. 04-onboarding.html frame 3 promises "You can change it later", and this is where that is true.
One screen, not two

The setup facts are about this job, which is what the project-settings place is for. They join the built /house/settings screen as a second section rather than becoming a place of their own, so the name, the lead days and the three setup facts all live on one project-scoped page.

The locale line is not a round trip

The line under the ZIP is computed on the device against bundle content. It is not a field the server returns, so the frame draws it as a reflection of the saved code rather than as data that came back from a save. A round trip for a string the device can already derive is the defect this line exists to prevent.

The refusal states the consequence

While a phase is set, the state can not leave "We are building now". The option stays tappable and the screen says what happens rather than graying it out, which is the deck's posture on every constrained control. The save is refused at the field, not the whole form.

5 · Project settings, at a desk
One column. Settings is a worksheet, and a worksheet with a picture beside it is a worksheet you read twice.
Project settings
The Hollis House
Project settings

These apply to the Hollis House, not to your whole account.

Project name
The Hollis House
Shows on Now, House, Money and links sent about this job.
Decision notice
Default notice you need
14 days
Used when a decision has no more specific lead time.
Why hereThis is a project setting. Nora can have different notification preferences and the next job can have a different name.
Saving this changes what everyone on the project sees Save project settings

Why this is not frame 9 on Account

Account settings answer who you are and how you are told. Project settings answer what this one job is called and how much decision runway it needs. They are not the same object, and a screen that blends them would teach the wrong ownership model.

The ruling this page proposes to preserve

The homeowner default is the floor for their own runway. A builder can ask for more time, never less; the effective value is the longer of the two. Saving a project setting changes future derived dates, not already-sent links.