Jace Architecture

Last year we hired an architect listed on your site - Jace Architecture.  The result turned out to be a complete nightmare.  The worst experience I've ever had with an outside professional.  We paid them $5,000 up-front, in good faith, and we never received plans from them.  What they did create (but never delivered) was a set of drawings that were not at all what we asked for.  Then, they tried to charge us even MORE to correct the plans!  Unbelievable. This firm should not be in business.  They cost us a lot of money, even beyond what we paid them for no benefit. Thank you for your time.

It turned out that I had to remodel the entire house as it was old and not up to code. They worked with me to restructure the interior of the house so it would stay as beautiful as the Noe Valley Victorian exterior always has been. They made great use of space in the home with help in both the design, and the fixtures within the space. The experience throughout was excellent. Now that I live in the home, I find every day that I discover details that glow together harmoniously, and bring me a source of pleasure. It is very beautiful. With every detail, they made sure that everything worked. I also liked that I was billed every month for actual time spent working. The permit process was a one day ordeal, and was not an issue after that.

All went well. Yes there were disputes like cracking walls inside house due to house moving as basement was redone and who should pay for that. But we agreed to 50:50 split on repair costs. What was great was that final inspection was passed the first and only time! No return inspections and no complicated changes forced by city inspectors. They liked the work done and approved sign off on first go around. This is rare and shows Jace and Tapia know how to get the job done and under code.

Jace provided excellent service in a timely and cost effective manner. He is knowledgeable, creative, and thoughtful. In addition to the ideas he had for the reconfiguration of the rooms, we were very impressed with how he worked with The City of San Francisco Planning and Building Departments. We had a very difficult situation with the proposed unit merger and we came to understand that these are not granted often, but Jace handled the entire process and was successful. We have continued to work with Jace on other projects.

We contacted several architects from Angie's List and chose to work with Jace because we liked the way he approached the project. He is organized, knowledgeable and detailed.

We chose Jace because of Angie's List. The project was complicated as the elevator had to be right in the middle of the building (no room in front or side yards, rear yard too far from street). The shaft penetrates four flours, and there were numerous structural elements, plumbing, and wiring to be avoided or to be moved. We did not know if it was even feasible until we consulted Jace. He figured it all out, and minimized the impact.

He was knowledgeable and helpful. Especially seemed to understand city codes well.