I did appreciate his honesty but I told him I would look for a better way to get my pergola built. After that I called a local handyman who told me if I would get a complete materials list and draw up some detailed step-by-step plans he would build it for $500 plus materials and two cases of beer. Since I knew that material would only cost about $300 I had a deal. I spent the next weekend drawing up pergola plans that were monkey-proof. I made sure I explained everything no matter how simple or small it was. I created what I thought would be something so simple anybody could do it. After seeing the plans the handyman asked if he could use them on some other jobs he had coming up. I told him sure. I had no idea that they would become so popular in such a short amount of time. People and builders started calling me, asking me to print some pergola plans for them. I don t mind printing out a plan for people ...