From the article, "Unusually, she says she never supplied or was given a contract.

"I had unlimited time and unlimited budget....They said, 'If you ask for more, we'll give you more."

And "The renovation project grew with "delirious demands" from Pitt and more and more designers getting involved, Soudant said. She hired new staff and relegated her company's other projects to bottom priority.

She says she had 17 employees working exclusively on the lighting for Miraval at one point.

After 3 ½ years of work, the chateau stopped paying Soudant for her services, she said. Her staff continued working on the project, she says, and her bills started piling up, notably for government payroll charges."

What did she expect? No contract? Told she had unlimited time and budget? And she proceeded? Well, THAT'S her problem!

Reminds me of a line from Animal House, when Flounder saw the damage to his brother's Lincoln Continental and Otter says "You can't go through life blaming others. Hey, you f&cked up! You trusted us!".