Architectural Environments
About us
Outdoor living design. Specialized indesign for pools, patio covers, fire features, outdoor kitchens. Refers licensed contractors for landscaping work.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Landscaping - hardscape, lighting, softscape
Amenities
Free Estimates
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Kirk was prompt, very thorough and professional. He asked a lot of questions that helped me determine exactly the type of landscaping and lighting that I wanted and made suggestions that would make it possible to achieve the design within my budget. He was accessible throughout the design process and readily made changes we discussed when reviewing the plan drafts. He provided me with two copies of the completed plans. The contractor who will be doing the work was very impressed with the quality and detail of the plans. I could not have been happier with the experience or the results.
His plans for us included specific plants, in exact quantities, locations, lighting, pool lights, garden area, fire pit, dog area, and patio with a cover. He thought of things that we never would have and did a phenomenal job! All of this, plus a humble and professional demeanor. Thank you Kirk!
He is also able to recommend contractors to do the job, so it's well worth having a good design plan from the start.
We highly recommend Kirk Molday for residential landscape design.
I called Kirk several months ago to schedule an initial meeting. The initial meeting included the conceptual design for landscaping front and backyard project, expectations and fees. He arrived on-time for the meeting. He listened to our ideas and wish list. He also suggested a few ideas to make the landscape flow, proper scale, texture, atheistic, curb appeal, etc.
Approximately one week later (as promised) Kirk returned with a conceptual design plan. At first glance, we were WOW! He went over the design with some details on material selection, color and placement. We were pleased with the design. He gave us an opportunity to review the proposed design and make any necessary changes.
We were ready to moved forward to the detail phase. Kirk met with us several weeks later to discuss the plans in depth on the hardscape, softscape, lighting and other details. He also suggested proper drainage for the property and plants. We were pleased with the amount of details provided in the plans. The hardscape plan included the color, material, concrete finish and texture, size and location. The softscape plan included plant selections, location and quantity. He also provided pictures of the plants and trees by name. The lighting plan included type of transformer, lighting fixtures, wiring and locations to accent some key features on the property and walk paths. He suggested the drainage scheme on this property to prevent damages to the house foundation, structures and vegetation. He also provided a design for the pergola. This work was in addition to the original scope. I was thankful and pleased for the pergola design. It was beautiful and perfect based on our theme for the backyard.
Kirk went out of his way to help me obtaining City permits on pergola, gas line for the fire pit and electrical for GFIs. He is very good for his design and vision. He is very professional, patient, and impressionable. He delivered on promises and prompt on scheduled meetings. He promptly returned all my calls and emails.
Our overall experiences with Kirk exceeded our expectation. I provided his detailed plans to contractors for bidding purposes and received many great compliments on the design, detail and easy to interpret. We were glad to spend the money for the plans. We feel confident that our project will have a good start and go well.
Suggestion on good experience with Kirk or any project. I did some research on landscaping ideas prior to hiring Kirk. It helped me and it helped Kirk of objectives.
Two weeks later, Kirk returned with the design of our pool and patio and reviewed each item on the drawing with my wife and I. We were very happy with his initial design and we are now in the process of getting bids from pool companies. Once the pool construction is underway, we will have Kirk return to help us with picking out plants for the surrounding garden.
Overall, I was very impressed with Kirk's level of knowledge and ability to visualize a design that met our needs and sense of style. I would highly recommend him to anyone needing a landscape design.
is considering a landscaping or pool project.
We worked with Kirk over a period of about a month. He was very patient as we worked through our decisions on each phase of the project and supplied a number of good ideas. He was also helpful in steering us away from ideas that we hadn't thought through thoroughly. He was also helpful with his knowledge of what would be expected by our HOA.
Based on our approval of the concept design, Kirk went on to develop the detailed hardscape design, and drainage and lighting plans for the property. Those documents are necessary for submittal to most HOAs and also to provide competing construction contractors with sufficient detail to formulate bids. Kirk provided us with the detailed designs about 10 days after we approved the concept design. He again met at our home and spent extensive time walking my wife and I through the detail designs, which included color photos of the proposed plants in the hardscape, as well as extensive details of water drainage and lighting on the property. Kirk delivered large-scale/plotter prints of the detailed designs and followed-up with .pdf softcopies of the documents after the meeting. At that time he collected the remaining 1/3 of his total fee.
Overall, working with Kirk was a pleasant experience and he provided us with an excellent design for what will be our new yard. His fees are fair and he works with a couple of landscape construction firms who rebate a portion of the design fees if you choose them as the construction contractor. We strongly recommend Kirk to Angie's List members looking for a landscape designer.
Kirk called us within a day of our Angie's list request for contact. As I spoke he truly "listened" to all of our objectives, later including them in the design that he would create for us. He was prompt and professional for our first meeting and inspired confidence with his knowledge and in the way that he was able to answer our questions and concerns. He was also wonderfully easy going and we knew that we would enjoy working with him. At the conclusion of that first meeting he quoted an estimate for his design (which we accepted it immediately) and he began taking photos of the site. Within a couple of days he sent images of the plants that he was considering for our design and solicited our input about them. He also offered several options for the plant material. After we called to discuss our plant preferences he drew up the design and we met on-site again to review his design and discuss details along along with suggested changes. Within a few days he sent over the final design and has forwarded our design to the landscape contractor who is to install the job. At this point we are looking forward to hearing from his suggested landscape contractor (who can also be found on Angie's list). In summary, he was responsive to our emails/phone calls, and was professional, extremely knowledgeable, patient, helpful, resourceful and most importantly, truly competent in this (landscaping) field. We are most pleased with his work and will recommend him highly to anyone who is looking for a landscaping consult/plan.
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