Plans and permits for home renovation and extension
David helped me completely redesign my new house including an extension, basement lowering, and completely new layout.
I am very pleased with my whole experience with David: because the changes were so huge, this redesign was by nature a very evolutionary process: I needed to explore various approaches in order to fully understand my needs and wishes and balance them with reality. David supported this process extremely well and very patiently, producing alternate creative designs (including even a few 3D models!) at key points in the development so that I could fully explore different approaches. It was also a very interactive process which I liked very much: I wanted to be involved in the design and David did integrate some of my better ideas into the plans and very respectfully eliminated the less promising ones. I am very satisfied with what we produced - I say "we" because it felt like teamwork even though David did 95% of the work; as a result I have quite a sense of ownership in this design.
In addition to this redesign, David worked extremely well to get the engineering, HVAC plans and city permits in a timely way and keeping me posted on their progress. This was actually also a lot of work, as it involved interacting with the city, engineers, etc. but I it all got done without me worrying about it. That was also great.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $6,000.00
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- Company Response
Thank you Sophie for taking the time to craft such a detailed review, it’s always nice to work with clients that take an interest in the process and want to remain hands on from beginning to end. Your ideas and feedback were incredibly insightful and very important and I doubt that the final design would have come out as successful or have been as accurate a representation of what you were hoping to achieve without all of your input. It was a pleasure working with you on this project and I wish you all the best with the construction. Take care and keep in touch.